الْمَقَامَةُ الصَّنْعَانِيَّةُ

English: Containing a crowd and wailing

Yoruba: Tí ó kun fun ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn àti ẹkún

English: So I entered the thicket of the gathering

Yoruba: Nígbà náà ni mo wọ inú àkojọ ènìyàn náà

English: To probe the cause of the tears

Yoruba: Láti wádìí ìdí ẹkún náà

English: And I saw in the center of the circle

Yoruba: Mo sì rí ní àárín àyíká náà

English: A person of aged appearance

Yoruba: Ẹnìkan tí ó ti dàgbà

English: Upon him was the gear of a traveler

Yoruba: Tí ó wọ aṣọ irin ajò

English: And he had the tone of lamentation

Yoruba: Tí ó sì ní ohùn ẹkún

English: And he was imprinting rhymed prose with the jewels of his words

Yoruba: Ó sì ń ṣe àkọlé ọ̀rọ̀ orin pẹ̀lú àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ dáradára rẹ̀

English: And he strikes the ears with the rebukes of his admonition

Yoruba: Ó sì ń lu etí pẹ̀lú àwọn ìkìlọ̀ ìwàásù rẹ̀

English: And mixed groups had surrounded him

Yoruba: Àwọn ẹgbẹ́ oríṣiríṣi ti yí i ká