الْمَقَامَةُ الرَّحْبِيَّةُ

English: Al-Harith bin Hammam narrated, saying: The caller of longing beckoned me.

Yoruba: Hárìsù ọmọ Hammam sọ̀rọ̀, ó wí pé: Olùpè ìfẹ́ pè mí.

English: To the courtyard of Malik bin Tawq.

Yoruba: Sí àgbàlá Malik ọmọ Taoq.

English: So I answered him, mounting a swift camel.

Yoruba: Nítorí náà mo dáhùn, mo gun ràkùnmí tó yára.

English: And drawing a blazing determination.

Yoruba: Mo sì fa ìpinnu tó gbóná jáde.

English: When I cast my anchors there.

Yoruba: Nígbà tí mo jù ìdúró mi síbẹ̀.

English: And tightened my ropes.

Yoruba: Tí mo sì di okùn mi mú ṣinṣin.

English: And emerged from the bathroom after washing my head.

Yoruba: Tí mo sì jáde láti inú ìlewẹ̀ lẹ́yìn tí mo wẹ orí mi.

English: I saw a youth molded in the form of beauty.

Yoruba: Mo rí ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin kan tí a dà sínú àwòrán ẹwà.

English: And clothed in the garment of perfection from comeliness.

Yoruba: Tí a sì wọ̀ ní aṣọ pípé láti inú ẹwà.

English: An old man had grasped his cloak.

Yoruba: Arúgbó kan ti di ẹ̀wù rẹ̀ mú.