31
وَعَافَ وَصْلَتَهُمْ وَصِلَتَهُمْ.
English
And shunned their connections and gifts.
Yoruba
Ó sì kọ̀ àjọṣe àti ẹ̀bùn wọn.
32
وَاحْتَجَّ بِأَنَّهُ عَاهَدَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِحَلْفَةٍ.
English
He argued that he had sworn an oath to Allah,
Yoruba
Ó jíyàn pé òun ti búra fún Ọlọ́hun,
33
أَنْ لَا يُصَاهِرَ غَيْرَ ذِي حِرْفَةٍ.
English
Not to marry his daughter to anyone without a profession.
Yoruba
Láti má ṣe fẹ́ ọmọ òun fún ẹnikẹ́ni tí kò ní iṣẹ́ ọwọ́.
34
فَقَيَّضَ الْقَدَرُ لِنَصَبِي.
English
So fate decreed for my hardship,
Yoruba
Nítorí náà, kadara pín ìpọ́njú fún mi,
35
وَوَصَبِي.
English
And my affliction.
Yoruba
Àti ìbànújẹ́ mi.
36
أَنْ حَضَرَ هَذَا الْخُدْعَةُ نَادِي أَبِي.
English
That this deceiver attended my father's gathering.
Yoruba
Pé ẹlẹtànjẹ́ yìí wá sí àpéjọ bàbá mi.
37
فَأَقْسَمَ بَيْنَ رَهْطِهِ.
English
He swore among his group,
Yoruba
Ó búra láàrin àwọn ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀,
38
أَنَّهُ وَفْقَ شَرْطِهِ.
English
That he met the condition.
Yoruba
Pé òun ti tẹ̀lé àwọn ìpèsè náà.
39
وَادَّعَى أَنَّهُ طَالَمَا نَظَمَ دُرَّةً إِلَى دُرَّةٍ.
English
He claimed that he had long strung pearl to pearl,
Yoruba
Ó sọ pé òun ti ń so iyùn mọ́ iyùn fún ìgbà pípẹ́,
40
فَبَاعَهُمَا بِبَدْرَةٍ.
English
Selling them for a large sum.
Yoruba
Tí ó ń tà wọ́n fún owó púpọ̀.