2. The kindness of bearing suffering during birth
The pregnancy lasts for ten lunar months
And culminates in difficult labor at the approach of the birth.
Meanwhile, each morning the mother is seriously ill
And during every day is drowsy and sluggish,
Her fear and agitation are difficult to describe;
Grieving and tears fill her breast.
She painfully tells her family
That she is only afraid that death will overtake her.

3. The kindness of forgetting all the pain once the child has been born
On the day the compassionate mother bears the child,
Her five organs all open wide,
Leaving her totally exhausted in body and mind.
The blood flows as from a slaughtered lamb;
Yet upon hearing that the child is healthy,
She is overcome with redoubling joy.
But after the joy, the grief returns,
And the agony wrenches her very insides.

4. The kindness of eating the bitter herself and saving the sweet for the child
The kindness of both parents is profound and deep,
Their care and devotion never cease.
Never resting, the mother saves the sweet for the child,
And without complaint she swallows the bitter herself.
Her love is weighty and her emotion difficult to bear;
Her kindness is deep and so is her compassion.
Only wanting the child to get its fill,
The compassionate mother doesn't speak of her own hunger.

5. The kindness of moving the child to a dry place and lying in the wet herself
The mother is willing to be wet
So that the child can be dry,
With her two breasts she satisfies its hunger and thirst;
Covering it with her sleeve, she protects it from the wind and cold.
In kindness, her head rarely rests on the pillow,
And yet she does this happily,
So long as the child is comfortable,
The kind mother seeks no solace for herself.

6. The kindness of suckling the child at her breast and nourishing and bring up the child
The kind mother is like the great earth,
The stern father is like the encompassing heaven;
One covers from above; the other supports from below.
The kindness of parents is such that
They know no hatred or anger toward their offspring,
And are displeased, even if the child is born crippled.
After the mother carries the child in her womb and gives birth to it,
The parents care for and protect it together until the end of their days.

7. The kindness of washing away the unclean
Originally she had a pretty face and a beautiful body,
Her spirit was strong and vibrant.
Her eyebrows were like fresh green willows,
And her complexion would have put a red rose to shame.
But her kindness is so deep she will forego a beautiful face.
Although washing away the filth injures her constitution,
The kind mother acts solely for the sake of her sons and daughters
And willingly allows her beauty to fade.

8. The kindness of always thinking of the child when it has traveled far
The death of loved ones is difficult to endure.
But separation is also painful,
When the child travels afar,
The mother worries in her village,
From morning until night, her heart is with her child,
And a thousand tears fall from her eyes,
Like the monkey weeping silently in love for her child,
Bit-by-bit her heart is broken.