Yóo san ohun tí ó yẹ kí ó san fún OLUWA tí kò san, pẹlu èlé ìdámárùn-ún rẹ̀ fún alufaa, alufaa yóo sì fi àgbò ẹbọ ẹ̀bi náà ṣe ètùtù fún un, a óo sì dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ jì í.Betisuri, Soko, ati Adulamu; Ó ti fi ibinu fà mí ya,ó sì kórìíra mi;ó pa eyín keke sí mi;ọ̀tá mi sì ń fojú burúkú wò mí.Ẹnìkan lè bi baba rẹ̀ pé:‘Irú kí ni o bí?’Tabi kí ó bi ìyá rẹ̀ léèrè pé:‘Irú ọmọ wo ni o bí yìí?’Olúwarẹ̀ gbé!”Today, my chicken has gone to roost in the wrong place; tomorrow, my chicken has gone to roost in the wrong place; some day soon the errant chicken will disappear permanently.
Yoo san ohun ti o ye ki o san fun OLUWA ti ko san, pelu ele idamarun-un re fun alufaa, alufaa yoo si fi agbo ebo ebi naa se etutu fun un, a oo si dari ese re ji i.Betisuri, Soko, ati Adulamu; O ti fi ibinu fa mi ya,o si koriira mi;o pa eyin keke si mi;ota mi si n foju buruku wo mi.Enikan le bi baba re pe:‘Iru ki ni o bi?’Tabi ki o bi iya re leere pe:‘Iru omo wo ni o bi yii?’Oluware gbe!”Today, my chicken has gone to roost in the wrong place; tomorrow, my chicken has gone to roost in the wrong place; some day soon the errant chicken will disappear permanently.