الْمَقَامَةُ الدِّمْيَاطِيَّةُ

English: I rose to saddle my mount.

Yoruba: Mo dìde láti di ẹṣin mi ní gàárì.

English: And prepare for my journey.

Yoruba: Kí n sì múra sílẹ̀ fún ìrìnàjò mi.

English: I found Abu Zayd had written.

Yoruba: Mo rí i pé Abu seidu ti kọ̀wé.

English: On the saddle:

Yoruba: Lórí gàárì náà:

English: O you who became my supporter.

Yoruba: Ìwọ tí o di olùrànlọ́wọ́ mi.

English: And helper among humans.

Yoruba: Àti olùṣèrànwọ́ láàrín àwọn ènìyàn.

English: Don't think I left you out of boredom.

Yoruba: Má ṣe rò pé mo fi ọ́ sílẹ̀ nítorí ààrẹ̀.

English: Or recklessness.

Yoruba: Tàbí àìgbọ́n.

English: But I've always been.

Yoruba: Ṣùgbọ́n mo ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀.

English: Among those who, when they taste, they move

Yoruba: Nínú àwọn tí, nígbà tí wọ́n bá tọ́wò, a máa tàn káàkiri.