الْمَقَامَةُ الدِّمْيَاطِيَّةُ

English: Who doesn't obligate right upon himself.

Yoruba: Tí kò fi ẹ̀tọ́ dé ara rẹ̀ lọ́rùn.

English: Many insincere person imagined me

Yoruba: Ọ̀pọ̀ èèyàn eletan ń rò pé èmi

English: I'd give him sincere love despite his confusion.

Yoruba: Pé n ó fún un ní ìfẹ́ tòótọ́ láìka ìdàrúdàpọ̀ rẹ̀ sí.

English: He didn't know in his ignorance that I

Yoruba: Kò mọ̀ nínú àìmọ̀ rẹ̀ pé èmi

English: Pay my debtor in kind.

Yoruba: Máa ń san gbèsè mi ní irú rẹ̀.

English: Abandon one who thinks you a fool with hatred's abandonment

Yoruba: Fi ẹni tó rò pé ò jẹ́ aṣiwèrè sílẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìkórìíra

English: And consider him as one buried in his grave.

Yoruba: Kí o sì kà á sí bí ẹni tí a ti sin sínú ibojì rẹ.

English: Wear for one whose connection is ambiguous

Yoruba: Wọ fún ẹni tí àjọṣe rẹ̀ ní iyèméjì

English: The garment of one who shuns his companionship.

Yoruba: Aṣọ ẹni tí ó kọ ìbágbépọ̀ rẹ̀.

English: Don't hope for love from one who sees

Yoruba: Má ṣe retí ìfẹ́ lọ́dọ̀ ẹni tó rí i