الْمَقَامَةُ الْمَعَرِّيَّةُ

English: For the compensation of what I have weakened.

Yoruba: Fún ìsan ohun tí mo ti bà jẹ́.

English: A slave of mine, proportionate in both ends.

Yoruba: Ẹrú mi kan, tí ó dára ní ìhà méjèèjì.

English: Descended from blacksmiths.

Yoruba: Tí ó jẹ́ ọmọ ará ilé agbẹ́dẹ.

English: Pure from filth and blemish.

Yoruba: Tí ó mọ́ kúrò nínú èérí àti àbàwọ́n.

English: His place is comparable to the blackness of the eye.

Yoruba: Ipò rẹ̀ dàbí dúdú ojú.

English: He spreads kindness.

Yoruba: Ó ń tàn ìnúrere káàkiri.

English: And creates admiration.

Yoruba: Ó sì ń mú ìyìn dìde.

English: And nourishes mankind.

Yoruba: Ó ń bọ́ ọmọ ènìyàn.

English: And avoids the tongue.

Yoruba: Ó sì ń yẹra fún ahọ́n.

English: If he blackens, he excels.

Yoruba: Tí ó bá dúdú, ó ń ṣe déédé.