You made no secret pact with minnows, and you entered into no covenant with the ìrókò tree; yet when your needle dropped into the stream you proposed to retrieve it.
O kò bá ìṣín máwo, o ò bá ìrókò mulẹ̀; abẹ́rẹ́ ẹ ẹ́ bọ́ sómi o ní o ó yọ ọ́.