1. Many an old woman acts coy and coughs,
Gesturing, commanding, giving orders,

2. Her old man obeys with compliance,
He keeps serving her, always diligent,

3. She sits there, speaking nonsense,
Her audience says she casts spells,

4. She says "In my house there's a dog and a cat"
"The cat is scared when the dog growls"

5. "The cat watches me when I eat"
"Looking right and left cautiously"

6. "My daughter Leza comforts him"
"So he always stays near a rock"

7. "I once had a Jerboa before"
"With a colorful belly, chest and back"

8. "I was very fond of him"
"I would fill cups of water for him"

9. "Then a nobleman's daughter came to us"
"And took him from me, may my eyes be sacrificed for her"

10. "He would sleep on my thigh"
"And lick my breadcrumbs when I ate"

11. "So and so brought me a hedgehog in year such and such"
"It didn't live for more than a month"

12. "She asks you to forget the date of that"
"Significant day for Zayd and Amr"

13. "As for women, what they specialize in"
"Is eating what resembles figs, slaughtered"

14. "They eat with winds in their skin"
"Chewing secretly, discretely"

15. "You hear tea bubbling"
"From their pots, narrating here, bubbling there"

16. "She takes in her plate with the ladle"
"Some meat that resembles a nail"

17. "She chews it for a while"
"So it can pass later, melted"

18. "The host's wife says to him, take"
"My dear, from what's in front of you, a burden"

19. "He thanks her and says, your grace upon me is plenty and continuous"
"She sits dividing the guests' food"

20. "Giving you bits and pieces from it"
"With every bit, you lower your head reluctantly, and thank her"

21. "If there are two colors, she tells you, choose"
"Your share from what's here, and take"

22. "It would not be proper between those two to gather"
"As if you married two sisters in succession"