الْمَقَامَةُ السَّاوِيَّةُ

Provide yourself with goodness.

Fún ara rẹ ní rere.

Leave what brings harm.

Kí o gbé jù sílẹ̀ ohùn tí ó jẹ́ ìnira

Prepare your vessel for travel.

Pèsè ọkọ oju-omi rẹ fun irin-ajo.

Fear the depths of the sea.

Bẹru awọn ibu okun.

With this, I advised you, O friend.

Pẹ̀lú eyí ni mo gbà ọ́ ní ìmọ̀ràn, ọ̀rẹ́.

I have spoken openly.

Mo sì ti sọ ọrọ bí ẹni tó sọrọ ní gbangba

Blessed is the young man who goes.

Orire ní fún èèyàn tó lọ

To follow my manners.

Lati tẹle àwọn ìwà mí

Then he lifted his sleeve from a strong arm.

Lẹ́yìn náà ó gbé àṣọ rẹ kúrò níbi apá to ni ìṣàn

Bound by the braces of cunning, not of fracture.

Ti a dè nipa awọn àmúró ti arekereke, kí ṣé ti egungun.