الْمَقَامَةُ الدِّينَارِيَّةُ

If not for it, no thief's right hand would be cut,

Bí kò ṣe nítorí rẹ̀, a kì bá gé ọwọ́ ọ̀tún olè,

Nor would injustice appear from a sinner,

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àìṣòdodo kì bá ti hàn láti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀,

Nor would a miser be disgusted by a visitor,

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ahun kì bá ti kórìíra àlejò,

Nor would the delayed complain of the delayer's delay.

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹni tí a dá dúró kì bá ti ṣàròyé nípa ìdádúró olùdádúró.

Nor would refuge be sought from a shooting envier,

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kì bá ti wá ààbò kúrò lọ́wọ́ olupegan tó ń ta ọfà,

And the worst of its characteristics,

Àti èyí tó burú jù nínú ìwà rẹ̀,

Is that it doesn't suffice you in hardships,

Ni pé kò tó fún ọ nígbà ìpọ́njú,

Except when it flees like a runaway slave.

Àyàfi nígbà tí ó bá sá bí ẹrú tó sá lọ.

congratulations for the one who throws it from a height,

Órire fún ẹni tó sọ ọ́ sílẹ̀ láti ibi gíga,

And for the one who, when whispered to like a lover,

Àti fún ẹni tí, nígbà tí a bá sọ̀rọ̀ sí i bí olùfẹ́,