الْمَقَامَةُ الْبَغْدَادِيَّةُ

That you are the springs of gifts

Wí pé ẹ jẹ́ orísun ẹbun

May God bless the one who fulfills my vow,

Kí Ọlọ́run bù kún ẹni tí ó mú ìbúra mi ṣẹ.

And confirms my insight.

Tí ó jẹ́rìí ìmọ̀ mi.

And looked at me with an eye hardened by coldness.

ó wo mi pẹ̀lú ojú tí ó ti di dídì nítorí òtútù.

And softened by generosity.

Tí ó ti rọ̀ nítorí ẹbun.

Al-Harith ibn Hammam said:

Hárìsù ọmọ Hammam sọ pé:

We understood the brilliance of her expression.

A gbọ́ agbọye ìmòye rẹ̀ nínú ọrọ rẹ̀.

And the beauty of her metaphors.

Ati ẹwà ti ìṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀.

And we said to her: Your words have enchanted us.

A sọ fún un pé: Ọrọ rẹ̀ ti fa wa mọ́ra.

So how about your actions?

Nítorí náà, báwo ni ìṣe rẹ̀ ṣe rí?