As for me, I'm holding on to my mother
And my wife I will save a little later on

Though my wife I am lavishing with gold and pearls,
Still my mother comes first in this blessed world.

If there's a quarrel between you and your mum
She may be mad, but consider what it started from.
No matter hasty that your mother may be,
She will never try to make this little talk so lengthy.
But your wife, from the time you have a row with her,
She may be gone with somebody to America.