Today is a new year
I find myself meditating
on the balcony of my new home.
I observe the nature,
all the immense beauty
that my eyes dimmed with tears
get to see.
How I would like not to cry and be able,
to forget the past bitterness.
But today is a new year and
to my memory come all nice souvenirs
of the year gone by.
Oh my Lord!
Give me the courage and the consciousness
to be able to see with optimism this new year
and so be able to admire with love
this new country that destiny
assigned me.
I must be grateful to God for having
a nice home and the necessary bread
to share with my dear children.
I would like to extirpate this home-sickness
that breaks my heart,
but I can't stop thinking
of my dear-ones who are no more with us.
Oh my Lord! Give me the necessary courage
to watch over my children
who need me so much
and in this way
hope for a new future.
