الْمَقَامَةُ الدِّمْيَاطِيَّةُ

English: He said: So I read the saddle to the group.

Yoruba: Ó sọ pé: Nítorí náà mo ka ohun tí ó kọ sí gàárì fún àwọn ẹgbẹ́.

English: So that those who blamed might excuse him.

Yoruba: Kí àwọn tí ó bá ń bínú lè dárí jí i.

English: They were amazed by his fable.

Yoruba: Ẹnu sì ya wọ́n sí ìrọ rẹ̀.

English: And sought refuge from his calamity.

Yoruba: Wọ́n sì wá ààbò kúrò nínú ìparun rẹ̀.

English: Then we departed.

Yoruba: Lẹ́yìn náà a kúrò níbẹ̀.

English: And we didn't know who chose another to replace us.

Yoruba: A kò sì mọ ẹni tó ṣẹṣa ẹlòmíràn dipò wa.