الْمَقَامَةُ الْبَرْقَعِيدِيَّةُ

English: In times of leisure

Yoruba: Ní àkókò ìsinmi

English: He handed them to his old cunning woman

Yoruba: Ó fún obìnrin arúgbó eletekete rẹ

English: And ordered her to look for a customer

Yoruba: Ó sì pàṣẹ fún un láti wá oníbàárà

English: Whoever she sensed generosity in his hands

Yoruba: Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá rí ọwọ́ ẹ̀bùn lára rẹ̀

English: She would throw one of the notes to him

Yoruba: Yóò jù ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìwé náà sí i

English: The blamed fate made available to me

Yoruba: Ìpín tí a bá wí mú wá fún mi

English: A note on which was written

Yoruba: Ìwé kékeré kan tí a kọ̀wé sí

English: I have become afflicted

Yoruba: Mo ti di aladanwo

English: With pains and fears

Yoruba: Pẹ̀lú ìrora àti ìbẹ̀rù

English: And tested with the arrogant and the deceitful

Yoruba: A sì ti dán mi wò pẹ̀lú agbéraga àti ẹlẹ́tàn