She gave birth to a milk-sucking Prince,
Who would become the ruler and exterminator of the opposing rulers.(16)
She had not disclosed the secret of his birth,
And had placed him in a box, away from the sight of others.(17)
She applied musk and perfumed it in Otto.
Then she coated it with saffron, and kindled incense around.(18)
After placing a red stone in his hands,
She pushed the box into the deep flowing water.(19)
Immediately after the launching, she tore off her clothes,
And sat down to prey God to protect him.(20)
The washermen sitting on the bank of the river,
Noticed the box drifting in the river.(21)
They decided to fetch the box out,
And break it open.(22)
Using the power of their arms they pulled the box out,
And on its fringes they found lot of precious things.(23)
When they opened it using further force,
They came across more precious articles.(24)
They broke its seal,
And inside, they found him dazzling like the moon.(25)
The washer men had no children,
They thought, ‘God has endowed us with a son.’(26)
As they had rescued him from the deep water,
They thanked God for endowing them such a cherished gift.(27)
They brought him up like their son,
And went to Mecca on pilgrimage as well.(28)
When two or three years and a few months had gone past,
The daughter of the washer man, brought him to the king’s palace.(29)
The great phoenix went into deep thought on seeing him,
But, then, realised that he was the son of a washer man.(30)
He asked, “Oh, you the kind lady,
“How did you get a son so handsome in stature, and so sober in habits.”(31)
She thought, ‘It is me only who knows the secret.
‘No body else knows what is the truth.’(32)
The person wanted to take away her son, and
Quickly proceeded to the house of the washerwoman.(33)
The washerwoman said, “I will tell you, how did I find him,
‘I will narrate to you, how did I discover him.‘(34)
‘In such a year and at such day, in the evening,
‘I performed all this task.(35)
‘I got hold of the box in deep water,
‘When I opened it, I found him there, and that is the truth.(36)
‘On seeing him, I felt the milk dripping out of my breasts,
‘And I took both his hands on them.(38)
‘Recognising the place, his both the lips opened (to suck milk).
‘I never revealed this secret to anybody.’(39)