الْمَقَامَةُ الْكرجية

True pride is in piety and chosen manners.

Ìgbéraga tòótọ́ wà nínú ìwà pẹ̀lẹ́ àti ìwà rere tí a yàn.

Then he recited: By your life, man is only the son of his day.

Lẹ́yìn náà, ó kọrin:Mo búra pẹlú ayé rẹ, Nígbà gbogbo, ènìyàn jẹ́ ọmọ ọjọ́ rẹ̀.

He is defined by what his day reveals, not by yesterday.

Ó jẹ́ ẹni tí ọjọ́ rẹ̀ fi hàn, kì í ṣe ọmọ àná.

And there is no pride in decayed bones.

Kò sí ìgbéraga nínú egungun tí ó ti bàjẹ́.

True pride is for the one who seeks it within himself.

Ìgbéraga tòótọ́ jẹ́ fún ẹni tí ó ń wá a nínú ara rẹ̀.

Then he sat down, straightening his back, and folded his legs.

Lẹ́yìn náà, ó jókòó, ó tẹ́ ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ sẹ́yìn, ó sì tẹ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ mọ́ra.

And he said: O Allah, who has overwhelmed us with His gifts and commanded us to ask Him,

Ó ní: Ọlọ́run, ẹni tí ó ti fi ẹ̀bùn rẹ̀ bọ̀ wá, tí ó sì pàṣẹ fún wa láti bẹ̀ ẹ̀,

Bless Muhammad and his family, and help me against the cold and its terrors.

Ẹ jọ̀wọ́, bù kún Muhammad àti ẹbí rẹ̀, kí ẹ sì ràn mí lọ́wọ́ lòdì sí òtútù àti ìbẹ̀rù rẹ̀.

Grant me a generous person who gives even in hardship and consoles even with a scrap.

Ẹ fún mi ní ẹni tí ó jẹ́ onífẹ̀ẹ́ tí ó fi dùn-ún-ràán fún àwọn míràn, tí ó sì ń tù wọ́n nínú pẹ̀lú ìyókù.

The narrator said: When he revealed the self-reliant soul and the eloquent anecdotes,

Olupatàn sọ pé: Nígbà tí ó fi ẹ̀mí tí ó gbẹ́kẹ̀lé ara rẹ̀ àti àwọn ìtàn ẹlẹ́wa hàn,