الْمَقَامَةُ الْقطيعية

And exposes to humiliation?

Ó fi ara rẹ̀ han fún yẹyẹẹ́?

These are twelve questions according to your number.

Èyí ni àwọn ìbéèrè méjìlá wọ̀nyí gẹ́gẹ́ bí onka yín.

And the weight of your obstinacy.

Ati ìwọ̀n ìdààmú yín.

If you increase, we increase.

Tí ẹ bá pọ̀ sí, a máa pọ̀ sí.

If you return, we return.

Tí ẹ bá padà, a máa padà.

The narrator of this story said:

Ẹni tó sọ ìtàn yìí sọ pé:

So he brought upon us riddles that astonished.

Nítorí náà, ó mú, ninu àwọn alọ tó tó yà wá lẹ́nu, wá bá wa.

When they poured down.

Nigbati wọ́n rọ̀.

That bewildered thoughts and transformed them.

Tí ó yà àwọn èrò lẹ́nu tí ó sì yí wọn padà.

When we were unable to swim in its sea.

Nigbati a kò lè wẹ̀ nínú òkun rẹ̀.