الْمَقَامَةُ الْمَرَاغِيَّةُ

English: He asked him to join his inner circle

Yoruba: Ó bẹ̀ ẹ́ láti darapọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀

English: And to take charge of his composition bureau

Yoruba: Kí ó sì mójútó ilé-iṣẹ́ ìṣẹ̀dá rẹ̀

English: So he considered it a gift

Yoruba: Nítorí náà ó kà á sí ẹ̀bùn

English: But his pride kept him from the governorship

Yoruba: Ṣùgbọ́n ìgbéraga rẹ̀ dá a dúró láti gba ipò gómìnà

English: The narrator said: I had known the wood of his tree

Yoruba: Olupatan náà sọ pé: Mo ti mọ igi ẹ̀ka rẹ̀

English: Before the ripening of its fruit

Yoruba: Kí èso rẹ̀ tó pọ́n

English: And I almost pointed out his high status

Yoruba: Mo fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ sọ nípa ipò gíga rẹ̀

English: Before the illumination of his full moon

Yoruba: Kí òṣùpá rẹ̀ tó tan

English: He hinted to me with a blink of his eye

Yoruba: Ó ṣàpẹẹrẹ sí mi pẹ̀lú ìṣẹ́jú oju rẹ̀

English: Not to unsheathe his sword from its scabbard

Yoruba: Kí n má ṣe yọ idà rẹ̀ kúrò nínú àkọ̀ rẹ̀