1. Amina, my dear daughter
I congratulate you on your second year

2. And I ask that you live long years for me
And that you be granted wisdom and wellness

3. And that you are destined for the best of men
And that you give birth to noble souls

4. But I asked you for the sake of your parents
And implored you for the sake of your precious toys

5. Do you know what has happened of events
And what was in the past year

6. And how many silk dresses were worn out on you
And how many pots you have broken

7. And how many nights the eyelids were sleepless for your consent
While you were sleeping angrily

8. And how empty your father's pockets have become
While yours are not empty

9. And how many sick have complained of their living
While you and your sweets are in a corner

10. And how often you fell ill and made him ill
And you stood up and were a healer for him

11. He laughs if you come to him laughing
And cries if you come to him crying

12. And it is amazing how events have passed
While you are oblivious to the latest of them

13. If a mother envied her child
She would envy you, a carefree toddler