“Oníbàjẹ́ ò mọra; oníbàjẹ́ ńlọ sóko olè ó mú obìnrin lọ; ọkọ́ kó akọṣu, ìyàwó kó ewùrà.”
English
The shameless person does not know what is fitting; the shameless person is off to raid a farm, and he takes his wife along; the husband steals staple yams, the wife steals wateryams.
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