English: Who decreed that I should give while you hoard?
Yoruba: Ta ní ó dájọ́ pé kí n máa fún ni nígbà tí ìwọ ń kó jọ?
English: That I should be gentle while you are rough?
Yoruba: Pé kí n rọ̀ nígbà tí ìwọ ń le?
English: That I should melt while you freeze?
Yoruba: Pé kí n yọ́ nígbà tí ìwọ ń dì?
English: That I should blaze while you extinguish?
Yoruba: Pé kí n jó nígbà tí ìwọ ń pa?
English: No, by Allah! Rather, we shall balance in speech
Yoruba: Rárá, mo fi Ọlọ́hun búra! Kàkà bẹ́ẹ̀, a ó ṣe déédé nínú ọ̀rọ̀
English: To the weight of a grain.
Yoruba: Sí ìwọ̀n èso kékeré.
English: And we shall match in deeds
Yoruba: A ó sì ṣe bákannáà nínú ìṣe
English: Like a pair of sandals.
Yoruba: Bí ẹsẹ̀ bàtà méjì.
English: Until we are safe from mutual loss
Yoruba: Títí a ó fi rí ààbò kúrò nínú àdánù
English: And spared from hatred.
Yoruba: Kí a sì bọ́ lọ́wọ́ ìkórìíra.