1. A mother triumphs when her sons
Are guided by her secret signs

2. An aging mother counts her husbands
Many, each with his excuse

3. If she bears a bastard child
Resembling her in temperament

4. Her sons make her convert
To Islam, till to unbelief she returns

5. Her sister arranges her affairs
And things proceed as she desires

6. When her womb bears to full term
A boy she shows off on her back

7. She takes pride in pedigree
And lineage through him, forgetting herself