الْمَقَامَةُ الدِّمْيَاطِيَّةُ

English: That you need his penny.

Yoruba: Pé o nílò ẹyọ owó rẹ̀.

English: Al-Harith bin Hammam said:

Yoruba: Hárìsù ọmọ Hammam sọ pé:

English: When I understood what passed between them,

Yoruba: Nígbà tí mo mọ ohun tó ṣẹlẹ̀ láàrin wọn,

English: I longed to know their identities.

Yoruba: Mo fẹ́ láti mọ ẹni tí wọ́n jẹ́.

English: When the son of brightness appeared

Yoruba: Nígbà tí ọmọ ìmọ́lẹ̀ farahàn

English: And light covered the atmosphere,

Yoruba: Tí ìmọ́lẹ̀ sì bo ojú ọ̀run,

English: I set out before the mounting of steeds.

Yoruba: Mo jáde kí àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣin tó gùn ẹṣin wọn.

English: Nor the early morning journey of the crow.

Yoruba: Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì í ṣe ìrìnàjò òwúrọ̀ ẹyẹ ìwò.

English: I began to trace the direction of the night's voice.

Yoruba: Mo bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní tọ ìlà ohùn alẹ́.

English: And examine faces with a clear gaze.

Yoruba: Mo sì ń wo àwọn ojú pẹ̀lú ìwòye tó dájú.