الْمَقَامَةُ الصُّورِيَّةُ

Al-Harith ibn Hammam narrated: I departed from the city of Al-Mansur to the City of Sur.

Hárìsù ọ̀mọ́ Hammam sọ pé: Mo kúrò ní ìlú Mansuru lọ́ sí ìlú Suru.

When I arrived, I become an owner of high places and wealth, and a master of rise and fall.

Nígbà tí mo dé ìlú náà, mo rí ìpo giga àti ọ̀lá, mo sì tún jẹ oluṣakoso ipò gíga àtí ìṣubú.

I longed for Misr (Egypt ) like the longing of the sick for the physicians, and the noble for companionship.

Mo fẹ́ràn ìlú Misra (Ejipiti) bí ìfẹ́ràn ẹni tí ó ṣàìsàn sí àwọn Oloola, àti alapọnle sí ìfẹ́ràn.

So I abandoned the ties of stability and shook off the obstacles of residence.

Nítorí náà, mo kọ́ àwọn okùnfà ìdúróṣinṣin, mo sì gbọ́n àwọn idiwọ ìdúró déédé.

And I mounted the back of the Ibn Na'āma, and hastened towards it like an ostrich.

Mo gùn ẹ̀yìn ọmọ Nọ̀'āmah, mo sì yara lọ síbẹ̀ bí ẹyẹ ogongo.

When I entered it after enduring fatigue and nearing time.

Nígbà tí mo wọlé síbẹ̀ lẹ́yìn tí mo fara da ìrora àti ìsúnmọ́ àkókò.

I became attached to it like the intoxicated to the morning drink, and the bewildered to the breath of dawn.

Mo fẹ́ràn rẹ bí ẹni tí ó ti mú amupára sí ọtí òwúrọ̀, àti bí ẹni tí ó ṣe iyàlẹ́nu sí ìmí owurọ.

While I was wandering one day, with a slow horse beneath me.

Nígbà tí mo ń rìn lójú ọjọ́ kan, pẹ̀lú ẹṣin tí ó lọra ní abẹ́ mi.

I saw, on swift horses, a group like the lamps of the night.

Mo rí, lórí ẹṣin tí ó yara, ẹgbẹ́ kan bí àwọn ìmọ́lẹ̀ alẹ́.

So I asked, for sake of securing a favourable trip, the direction of the group and their destination.

Nítorí náà, mo béèrè, nítorí àti rí irọrùn ìrìn-àjò, fún ìtọ́sọ́nà ẹgbẹ́ náà àti ibi tí wọ́n ń lọ.