Letter translation

To start I want you to know how deeply you are loved. Sending you to be raised by another was the most difficult thing in my life besides loosing your mother. I should probably elaborate on that. Your mother and I were the targets of a dark plot and unfortunately your mother did not survive their transgressions. I do not know how your new life has shaped your feelings of me. Maybe you idolize me, or most likely you hate my filthy guts. Either way know that I have done and will do anything to protect you, no matter the cost. I admittedly am not a good man. I have lied, stolen, cheated, and done a fair bit of murdering, but I have always kept my word. Now I swear this to you my boy, I will track down the serpents who took your mother from us and make them pay. By the time you read this, I will have gotten vengeance for the both of us. So don’t become consumed by it as I must be. As your father I will not pass my burdens unto you. Live a good life. love a beautiful woman, or man I’m certainly not one to judge. Above all become the man I know you can be, one better than I ever could be. If I am still alive I hope to meet you. Your grandparents have a house in Kurvajai, I will wait for you there once my work is done.
 
The only memento I have for you is this nail. The instrument that both ended your mother’s life, and saved yours. Keep it and remember that in every shitty thing that exists in this world, there is the chance to use it for good.
 
With all the love I have left in my heart, your father,
 
Hasim Yilan