If wine fills the stomach it intoxicates a child; if there is too much sun it makes a child go insane; if one has too much authority one goes mad; spinach grew in too great abundance by the stream and became ordinary weed.
Bí ọtí bá kún inú, ọtí á pọmọ; bí oòrùn-ún bá pọ̀ lápọ̀jù a sọ ọmọ di wèrè; bí a bá lọ́ba lánìíjù a sínni níwín; tẹ̀tẹ̀ ẹ̀gún pọ̀ lódò o di olú eri.