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 verse and paste it on the wall outside. This is how it goes:

Tien hwang, hwang, dee hwang, hwang, Ngo jah yo go yea coo long, Go wong jwin dz nien san bien, Ee jo shway dao da tien liang.

In English it is—

Ye gods in the heavens, ye powers on the earth, My baby began from the hour of her birth With horrible screams to rend the night! O passing stranger, these my rhymes Read, I pray you, through three times, And then she will sleep till broad daylight.

But I'm afraid there were not many who read them three times, for it didn't make much difference. Still, it was the correct thing to do, so mother felt satisfied.