الْمَقَامَةُ الْكُوفِيَّةُ

English: What do you have for a destitute traveler?

Yoruba: Kí ni ẹ ní fún arinrìn-àjò aláìní?

English: A weary night wanderer in the pitch-dark night.

Yoruba: Aláàárẹ̀ arìnrìn-òru ní òkùnkùn biribiri.

English: With a hungry belly wrapped around emptiness.

Yoruba: Pẹ̀lú ikùn tí ebi ń pa tí ó sì ṣófo.

English: Who has not tasted food for two days.

Yoruba: Ẹni tí kò tí ì tọ́wọ́ bọ oúnjẹ fún ọjọ́ méjì.

English: And has no refuge in your land.

Yoruba: Tí kò sì ní ibi ìsádi ní ilẹ̀ yín.

English: The wing of the falling darkness has spread.

Yoruba: Ìyẹ́ òkùnkùn tí ń wọ̀ ti tàn.

English: And he is in restless confusion.

Yoruba: Ó sì wà nínú ìdàrúdàpọ̀ àti àìbalẹ̀.

English: Is there in this dwelling a sweet spring?

Yoruba: Ǹjẹ́ orisun omi dídùn wà ní ibùgbé yìí?

English: That says to me: Cast down your staff and enter.

Yoruba: Tí yóò sọ fún mi pé: Jù ọ̀pá rẹ sílẹ̀ kí o sì wọlé.

English: And rejoice in good cheer and quick hospitality.

Yoruba: Kí o sì yọ̀ sí inú dídùn àti àlejò kíákíá.