الْمَقَامَةُ الدِّينَارِيَّةُ

English: And inhabited the lowlands,

Yoruba: Tí a sì ń gbé ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀,

English: And trod upon thorns,

Yoruba: Tí a sì ń rìn lórí ẹ̀gún,

English: And forgot our saddles,

Yoruba: Tí a sì gbàgbé àwọn gàárì wa,

English: And found pleasure in catastrophic death,

Yoruba: Tí a sì ń ní inú dídùn si iku apanirun,

English: And found the available day too slow.

Yoruba: Tí a sì rí ọjọ́ tó wà lọ́wọ́ bí ẹni pé ó lọ́ra.

English: Is there any noble consoler or generous sympathizer?

Yoruba: Ǹjẹ́ ari abanikedun tàbí aláàánú kan?

English: By He who brought me out from keilat,

Yoruba: Ní orúkọ Ẹni tó mú mi jáde nínú keila,

English: I have become impoverish,

Yoruba: Mo ti di olòṣì,

English: Not owning a night's shelter.

Yoruba: Tí n kò ní ibùjókòó fún alẹ́ kan.

English: Al-Harith bin Hammam said:

Yoruba: Harisu ọmọ Hammam sọ pé: