Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark
أبي الذي يستيقظ متعباً في الظلام

(كلمة اسبانية) "Your abuelito is dead"
papa says early one morning in my room
"لقد توفي جدك"
قال لي أبي في ذلك الصباح الباكر في غرفتي

(كلمة اسبانية) Esta muerto
إنه ميت

,,,,and then as if he just heard the news himself
,,,crumples like a coat and cries
my brave papa cries
ثم وكأنه سمع الخبر لأول مرة
تكوم مثل معطف وبكى
أبي الشجاع يبكي

i have never seen my papa cry and don't know what to do
لم أرى أبي في حياتي يبكي ولا يعلم ما لذي عليه فعله


,,,,i know he will have to go away
,,,that he will take a plane to Mexico
,,,,,,,all the uncles and aunts will be there
أعلم أنه سيضطر للذهاب بعيداً
أنه سيأخذ طائرة للمكسيك
كل أعمامي وعماتي سيكونون هناك

and they will have a black and white photo taken in front of the tomb
with flowers shaped like spears in a white vase
because this is how they send the dead away in that country
وسيأخذون صورة سوداء وبيضاء أمام القبر
مع زهور كالرماح (منسقة بشكل مستقيم)موضوعة في فازا بيضاء
لأن هذه هي الطريقة التي يرسلون بها موتاهم بعيد اً في تلك البلاد

,,,,,Because i am the oldest
,,,,my father has told me first
and now it is my turn to tell others
ولأنني الأكبر
أخبرني أبي أولاً
والآن دوري لأخبر الآخرين

i will have to explain why we can't play
علي أن أشرح لهم لماذا لا يمكننا اللعب اليوم

i will have to tell them to be quiet today
علي أن أخبرهم أن يبقوا هادئين اليوم

,my papa

,,his thick hands and thick shoes
,,,who wakes up tired in the dark
,,,,who combs his hair with water
,,,,,drinks his coffee
,,,,,,and is gone before we awake

today is sitting on my bed
أبي
بيديه السميكتين وحذاءه السميك
الذي استيقظ متعباَ في الظلام
الذي مشط شعره بالماء
شرب قهوته
وذهب قبل أن نستيقظ
يجلس على سريري اليوم

and i think if my own papa died what would i do
وفكرت لو مات أبي أنا ماذا سأفعل

i hold my papa in my arms
احتضنت أبي بين ذراعي

i hold and hold and hold him
واحتضنته واحتضنته واحتضنته

I joined the Boston Police Department seven years ago.and as of now I am still with the department as a police officer.I'm assigned to the mayor's office .I'm the Mattapan/Dorchester liaison to the Mayor's office.
Being a police officer is a very exciting and sensitive job.I do not like to call it a job.I call it career. To be a police officer,you have to be a professional.You have to carry yourself as a professional .and you have to be able to sacrifice . because being a police officer you are a public servant.You help the public.You have to be able to spend an awful lot of time with people.You have to be able to know all the people's name in order to help them.You have to be very dedicated.I take my job very seriously.TO me
for anyone to become a police officer is not to come to the job because of the money aspect of it.If you love it you're going to be a good police officer If you don't and you just come for money you have a lot of surprises a head of you
The greatest reward you get in the Police Department is what you do with the people you work with
That's where I get my satisfaction out of it.When I get out there and I help an old woman, or a disabled person,or if I arrest a burglar or I arrest a murderer.I fell good about it.There are people who see the police officer as only one way.We are cops who go after criminals.It's not true.It depends on what part of the city you are working in.because each division has a different type of client.and our job is to respond to any type of emergency.It can be a woman who's having a child and we've been trained to help with the birth of a child.Somebody could have mice in the house and they call us.Somebody might have a barking dog and they call us.Anything you can imagine.You never know when you're going to get a call and what situation you're going to be dealing with.This is not a boring job.because every day
and every minute you'll be dealing with a different type of thing