171
لَهَا نَحَافَةُ الصَّبِّ.
English
It has the slenderness of the lovesick.
Yoruba
Ó rí pẹlẹbẹ bí igi ìfẹ́.
172
وَصَقَالَةُ الْعَضْبِ.
English
And the polish of a sharp sword.
Yoruba
Àti ìdán bí idà olójú méjì.
173
وَآلَةُ الْحَرْبِ.
English
And the instrument of war.
Yoruba
Àti ohun èlò ogun.
174
وَلُدُونَةُ الْغُصْنِ الرَّطْبِ.
English
And the flexibility of a tender branch.
Yoruba
Àti ìrọ̀rùn ẹ̀ka tútù.
175
قَالَ: فَنَهَضْتُ فِيمَا أَمَرَ.
English
He said: So I rose to do as he commanded.
Yoruba
Ó sọ pé: Nítorí náà mo dìde láti ṣe bí ó ti pàṣẹ.
176
لِأَدْرَأَ عَنْهُ الْغَمْرَ.
English
To ward off from him the inexperience.
Yoruba
Láti yí àìmọ̀ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀.
177
وَلَمْ أَهِمْ إِلَى أَنَّهُ قَصَدَ أَنْ يَخْدَعَ.
English
And I did not suspect that he intended to deceive.
Yoruba
Èmi kò sì ṣe àkíyèsí pé ó ní ète láti tàn mí jẹ.
178
بِإِدْخَالِيَ الْمُخْدَعَ.
English
By making me enter the chamber.
Yoruba
Nípa mímú mi wọ inú iyàrá.
179
وَلَا تَظَنَّيْتُ أَنَّهُ سَخِرَ مِنَ الرَّسُولِ.
English
Nor did I imagine that he mocked the messenger.
Yoruba
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò rò pé ó ń ṣe yẹyẹ ìránṣẹ́kùnrin náà.
180
فِي اسْتِدْعَاءِ الْخِلَالَةِ وَالْغَسُولِ.
English
In requesting the toothpick and the wash.
Yoruba
Nínú bíbèère fún ohun ìtọ́jú eyín àti ohun ìwẹ̀.