الْمَقَامَةُ الصَّنْعَانِيَّةُ

It would not have given rule to the deficient ones

Kì bá ti fún àwọn aláìpé ní àṣẹ

Then he said to me: Come closer and eat

Lẹ́yìn náà ó sọ fún mi pé: Súnmọ́ tòsí kí o sì jẹun

And if you wish, stand and speak

Tí o bá fẹ́, dìde kí o sì sọ̀rọ̀

So I turned to his student and said

Mo sì yí padà sí ọmọ ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀ mo sì sọ pé

I adjure you by the One with whom you repel harm

Mo fi Ẹni tí o fi ń tì ìpalára sẹ́yìn be ọ

To tell me who this is

Láti sọ fún mi ẹni tí èyí jẹ́

He said: This is Abu Zayd al-Saruji

Ó sì sọ pé: Èyí ni Abu Seidu omo ilu Saruji

The lamp of strangers and the crown of the learned

Àtùpà àwọn àlejò àti adé àwọn olùkọ́

So I left from where I came

Mo sì padà sí ibi tí mo ti wá

And I was amazed at what I had seen

Mo sì ṣe ìyàlẹ́nu sí ohun tí mo rí