الْمَقَامَةُ الرَّحْبِيَّةُ

Lower your gaze to find peace from longing.

Rẹ ojú rẹ̀ sì lẹ kí ó bá lè ní ìsinmi lọ́wọ́ ifẹ

For it clothes you in the garb of humiliation and shame.

Nítorí pé ó wọ aṣọ ìyẹpẹrẹ àti àbùkù.

The man's trial is following his own desires.

Adánwò ọmọniyan ni tí tẹle ìfẹ́ inú

Seed of desires is an insatiable eye.

Èso ifẹ́ ní ojúkòkòrò

The narrator said: I tore his letter into tiny pieces.

Olugba ẹgbawa sọ̀rọ̀: Mo ya lẹ́tà yẹlẹ yẹlẹ

And I did not care whether he blamed or excused me.

Ẹ mí kò sí wádìí pé bóyá wọn yóò bù mí tàbí f'ori jì mí.