It was originally a new way for children to learn, however the poem is so well know that the characters are often used as a romantic numbering system. On the original Keno boards, instead of using just numbers, they used these characters.
Awali ilikuwa njia mpya kwa ajili ya watoto ya kujifunza, hata hivyo shairi ni vizuri kujua kuwa wahusika ni mara nyingi hutumika kama mfumo wa kimapenzi na hesabu.