الْمَقَامَةُ الْكُوفِيَّةُ

English: He said: Then a young man appeared to me.

Yoruba: Ó sọ pé: Lẹ́yìn náà, ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin kan yọjú sí mi.

English: Wearing a cloak.

Yoruba: Tí ó wọ aṣọ ìborí.

English: And said: By the sanctity of the elder who established hospitality.

Yoruba: Ó sì wí pé: Ní orúkọ ọlọ́lá àgbà tí ó fi ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àlejò lélẹ̀.

English: And founded the pilgrimage in Mecca.

Yoruba: Tí ó sì fi ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ìlọ sí Mẹ́kà.

English: We have nothing for a night visitor when he comes.

Yoruba: A kò ní nǹkan fún àlejò òru nígbà tí ó bá dé.

English: Except conversation and shelter in the courtyard.

Yoruba: Àyàfi ọ̀rọ̀ sísọ àti ìsápamọ́ ní ààfin.

English: And how can one offer hospitality who has been deprived of sleep?

Yoruba: Báwo ni ẹni tí a gba oorun lọ́wọ́ rẹ ṣe lè pèsè àlejò?

English: Hunger has worn his bones when he set out.

Yoruba: Ebi ti jẹ egungun rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó jáde lọ.

English: So what do you think of what I have mentioned?

Yoruba: Nítorí náà, kí ni èrò rẹ nípa ohun tí mo sọ?

English: I said: What can I do with an empty house?

Yoruba: Mo sọ pé: Kí ni mo lè ṣe pẹ̀lú ilé òfìfò?