لامية الشنفرى

Three companions: a devoted heart, a gleaming sharp unsheathed sword, and a long-necked bow of yellow hue.

Àwọn ọrẹ mẹ́ta ni: ọkàn aṣotito, idà ( tí wọn yọ jáde kúrò nínú akọ) funfun tí ó mú, àti ọrun ọ̀fà ọ̀lọrùn gígùn.

It is sonorous, from those with smooth backs, adorned with ornaments and a carrying-shealth tied upon it.

Ó ní ohùn ariwo, lára àwọn tí ẹ̀yìn wọn dán, tí àwọn ohun ọṣọ àti àpò akọ rẹ tí a so mọ́ ọn ṣe e lọ́ṣọ̀ọ́.

When the arrow slips from it, it groans as if it were a bereaved, hasty woman who sobs and wails.

Bí ọfà bá yọ́ kúrò lórí rẹ̀, ó ń kùn bí ẹni pé obìnrin tó ṣọ̀fọ̀ ọmọ, tó yára, tó ń ṣàkún tó sì ń polówó.

I arise with hollow stomach, neither greed nor a tormented heart provokes me toward food.

Mo máa ń jí ní ààrọ̀, ikùn mi ṣófo, ojúkòkòrò kò darí mi sí oúnjẹ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò si ọkàn tó ń dà mí láàmú.

I am not a weakling who feeds his livestock at night, with their young ones mutilated while they are heedless.

Èmi kì í ṣe aláìlera tó máa ń bọ́ ẹran rẹ̀ lálẹ́, tí àwọn ọmọ wọn sì gbẹ́, tí wọn kò sì bìkítà.

Nor am I a cowardly, impotent man who clings to his wife, consulting her about his affair as to how he should act.

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kì í ṣe ẹni tí ń wárìrì, aláìlera, tó ń naju pẹ̀lú iyàwó rẹ̀, tó máa ń bá a wá ìmọ̀ràn nípa ọ̀rọ rẹ̀ bí ó ṣe yẹ kó ṣe.

Nor am I a foolish, tall man whose heart seems to be such that the whistling bird rises and falls within it.

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kì í ṣe aṣiwèrè, gígan, tí ó dà bí ẹni pé ẹyẹ aládùn ń bọ́kọ̀ bọ́ sọ̀kalẹ̀ nínú ọkàn rẹ̀.

Nor am I a one who stays behind in the encampment, a flirt, spending his evening and morning anointed and applying kohl.

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kì í ṣe olujoko sí ibùdó, olubaobinrin naju, tó ń ṣepe nìrọ̀lẹ́ àti lààrọ̀ ní O fi ń para, tó sì ń ṣe ara rẹ̀ lọ́ṣọ̀ọ́.

Nor am I a man whose evil surpasses his good, one entwined who, when you startle him, he becomes unsettled, likewise he doesn't have weapon

Èmi kì í ṣe eegbọn tí ibi rẹ̀ ju rere rẹ̀ lọ, tí ó dì pọ̀, tí ó bá dẹ̀rù bá, yóò damu, kò sì tún lágbára

Nor am I a confused person in darkness when the vast, swirling desert overcome the guide of the senseless lost fellow!.

Èmi kì í damu ninu ókùnkùn nígbà tí aṣálẹ̀ gbígbòòrò, bá kọdí imọna arákùnrin didinrin tó ń sọnu.