I AM A MOTHER

I am a mother

Who conceives all colours and all lives;

All little and huge are born of me.

I have concealed the secrets of happiness;

Mysteries of treasure are in me,

But you never see them, nor take them.

I am a book, a book of life you should preserve;

All that can be taught about life is found in me.

I am a lesson you should learn by heart

And teach the same to your descendants.

I am a mother who can endure the mischiefs of my children.

Never consider me as neglected as a bin of trash,

And plunder me not, for I am to beget a future.

Use me as you wish, but never for your selfishness.