الْمَقَامَةُ الصَّنْعَانِيَّةُ

English: And I stuck my hook in every unripe date

Yoruba: Mo sì fi ìwọ̀ mi sí gbogbo ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ tí kò tíì pọ́n

English: And I made my preaching a trap

Yoruba: Mo sì sọ ìwàásù mi di pakute

English: With which I hunt man and woman

Yoruba: Tí mo fi ń dẹ okunrin ati obinrin

English: Time forced me until I entered

Yoruba: Àkókò fipa mu mi mọ́lẹ̀ títí mo fi wọlé

English: With my subtle trickery, into the lion's den

Yoruba: Pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n ẹ̀tàn mi, sínú ihò kìnnìún

English: Though I did not fear its pure form

Yoruba: Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé n kò bẹ̀rù irú rẹ̀ gangan

English: Nor did any of my muscles twitch from it

Yoruba: Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí iṣan ara mi tí ó mì nítorí rẹ̀

English: Nor did it lead me to a watering place

Yoruba: Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò mú mi lọ sí ibi ìmumi

English: Where a greedy soul would sully my honor

Yoruba: Níbi tí ẹ̀mí ojukokoro yóò ti bà ọlá mi jẹ́

English: If time were just in its ruling

Yoruba: Tí àkókò bá ṣe déédéé nínú ìdájọ́ rẹ̀