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MY MOTHER-IN-LAW

My dear in-law, this is what I want to tell you.
Today, we have become relations.
I am giving you my daughter for a daughter-in-law.
May she not lose face with you.

My dear-in-law, this is what I want to tell you.
Do not wake my daughter too early in the morning.
And should you hear an evil word from her,
May you forgive as her own mother would.

My dear in-law, this is what I want to tell you.
It needs much effort to bring up a child.
And if your son looks lovingly at his wife,
Do not keep a jealous eye on him.

My dear in-law, this is what I want to tell you.
I am willing to bet you
That if you are going to be an angry,
unforgiving mother-in-law,
My daughter is quite a brilliant herself!