Nobody knows but mother
How many buttons are missing today? Nobody knows but mother.
How many playthings are strewn in her way? Nobody knows but mother.
How many thimbles and spools has she missed?
How many burns on each fat little fist?
How many bumps to be cuddled and kissed? Nobody knows but mother.
How many muddy shoes all in a row? Nobody knows but mother.
How many stockings to darn. do you know? Nobody knows but mother.
How many little torn aprons to mend?
How many hours' toils must she spend?
What is time when her day s work shall end? Nobody knows but mother.
How many lunches for Chetak and Chaand? Nobody knows but mother.
Cookies and apples and blackberry jam- Nobody knows but mother.
How for her care can a mother be paid? Nobody knows but mother.
How many cares does a mother s heart know? Nobody knows but mother.
How many joys from her Mother
love flow?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many prayers for each little white bed?
How many tears for her babes has she shed? Nobody knows but mother.
Poem for our very special mother By Chetak & Chaand D. Hirani