If a youth is in the grips of excessive privations, he should go after an elephant; if he kills an elephant his privations will be over; if an elephant kills him, his privations will be over.
Bí ìṣẹ́ bá ń ṣẹ́ ọ̀dọ́ láṣẹ̀ẹ́jù, kó lọ sígbó erin; bó bá pa erin ìṣẹ́ẹ rẹ̀ a tán; bí erín bá pá a, ìṣẹ́ẹ rẹ̀ a tán.