The Daughter Was Named Mary Poem by Sayeed Abubakar

When she was born,
The moon of the sky smiled.
But her mother's bright face
Turned pale.

She recollected her past
And got frightened.
Being a girl was a matter of shame
In her dark village.
She had been neglected
Throughout her life.

She looked at her daughter's beautiful face;
Tears flooded her two deep eyes.

When her hubby came to her,
She cried, 'Alas! I've given birth
To a daughter. Let me flee taking her away.'
He asked her smiling, 'Why? '
Her father-in-law rushed and asked, 'Why? '
Her mother-in-law rushed and asked, 'Why? '

She stared at their faces and said,
'Nobody loves a girl on earth.'

Her father-in-law said laughing,
'Time has changed.
Now there's no difference
Between a girl and a boy.'

She couldn't believe her ears.
She again stared at their smiling faces.
Her baby cried in hunger. Her
Mother-in-law shouted, 'Go you all.
Let us care our baby.'

The male left naming the daughter Mary.