الْمَقَامَةُ الْحُلْوَانِيَّةُ

English: the cup of separation.

Yoruba: Ife ìpínyà.

English: And the lack of meal enticed him,

Yoruba: Àìsí oúnjẹ sì tàn án jẹ,

English: to leave Iraq.

Yoruba: láti fi ìlú Irak sílẹ̀.

English: And the lack of provisions expelled him,

Yoruba: Àìko rí àwọn nkan ìgbádùn, sì lé e jáde,

English: to the desert areas.

Yoruba: sí àwọn àgbègbè àṣàlẹ,

English: And strung him in the thread of companions,

Yoruba: Ó sì so ọ mọ́ okùn àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́,

English: the fluttering of the flag of failure.

Yoruba: Fìfẹ̀ àsíá ìkùnà.

English: So he sharpened for the journey the edge of his determination,

Yoruba: Nítorí náà ó pọ́n ojú ìpinnu rẹ̀ mú fún ìrìnàjò náà,

English: and departed, taking heart along with its reins.

Yoruba: ó sì lọ, tó ń fa ọkàn lọ pẹ̀lú okùn rẹ̀.

English: No one who met me after his departure pleased me,

Yoruba: Kò sí ẹni tí ó bá mi pàdé lẹ́yìn lìlọ rẹ̀ tí inú mi dùn sí,