الْمَقَامَةُ الْبَرْقَعِيدِيَّةُ

English: I would not have directed my hopes to family or governor

Yoruba: Èmi kì bá ti fi ìrètí mi sí ìdílé tàbí gómìnà kan

English: Nor would I have dragged my coattails

Yoruba: Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni n kò ní fa etí aṣọ mi

English: On the path of my humiliation

Yoruba: Lórí ọ̀nà ìrẹ̀sílẹ̀ mi

English: My prayer niche is more fitting for me

Yoruba: Ibi àdúrà mi ló yẹ mí jù

English: And my rags are nobler for me

Yoruba: Àwọn aṣọ àkísà mi sì ní ọlá jù fún mi

English: Is there a free man who sees fit to lighten my burdens by a mithqal

Yoruba: Ṣé ẹnìkan wà tí yóò fẹ́ láti dín ẹrù mi kù pẹ̀lú ìwọ̀n kékeré kan?

English: And extinguish the heat of my anxiety

Yoruba: Kí ó sì pa ooru ìdàmú mi

English: With a shirt and trousers

Yoruba: Pẹ̀lú ẹ̀wù àti ṣòkòtò

English: Al-Harith bin Hammam said

Yoruba: Hárìsù ọmọ Hammam sọ pé

English: When I reviewed the garment of verses

Yoruba: Nígbà tí mo ṣàyẹ̀wò aṣọ àwọn ẹsẹ