الْمَقَامَةُ الرَّحْبِيَّةُ

spare the governor from being enchanted by his forelock?

ko si tu Gomina náà sílẹ̀ kuro nibi yi yoo fe si irun iwájú rẹ̀?

He said: "If his forehead had not revealed a ringlet like the letter 'Sīn,' I would not have collected the fifty."

Ó sọ pé: "Tí iwájú rẹ̀ kò bá han bi lẹ́tà 'Sīn', èmi kò bá má gba àádọ́ta náà"!

Then he said: "Spend the night with me, so we may extinguish the fire of grief and give love its time after separation."

Lẹ́yìn náà ó sọ pé: "Wá lo òru yìí pẹ̀lú mi, kí à lè pa ìnà ìbànújẹ́ àti kí à fún ìfẹ́ láàyè lẹ́yìn ìpínyà."

"For I have decided to slip away at dawn and set the governor's heart aflame with regret!"

"Nítorí mo ti pinnu láti sàlọ nígbà ìmọ́lẹ̀ òru, kí n sí jó ọkàn Gómìnà náà pẹ̀lú ìnà abamọ!"

He said: "I spent the night with him in conversation, more delightful than a garden of flowers and a grove of trees."

Ó sọ pé: "Mo lo òru yìí pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ nínú ìjọṣe ọrẹ, tí ó dun jù ọgbà ododo àti ibùsùn igbó lọ."

Until the horizon glittered with the tail of the wolf, and the dawn began to break.

Títí tí òfurufú fi tán kárí òṣùpá iru ìkookò rẹ̀, tí ìmọ̀lẹ̀ òwúrọ̀ náà sì bẹrẹ láti wà.

He mounted the road and made the governor taste the torment of the burning flame.

Ó gùn ràkúnmí ojúọ̀nà, tí ó sì jẹ́ kí ọkàn Gómìnà náà tọ ìyà iná wo.

And at the moment of parting, he handed me a tightly sealed note.

Nígbà tí wọ́n ya ààyè kúrò, ó fìyàtò kan fun mi níléfòyé tí ó dì mọ́ tán.

He said: "Deliver it to the governor when his resolve is stripped and our escape is certain."

Ó sọ pé: "Fún ọ̀gá náà ní láti gbà nígbà tí ìlànà rẹ̀ bá di ọ̀rọ̀, tí àkọsílẹ̀ wa sì fi hàn pé a ti sá lọ tán."

So I unsealed it with the caution of one who opens a letter like the letter of Mutalammis.

Nítorí náà mo ṣí i nígbà tó bá jẹ́ pé a ṣíwé ẹ̀wé bíbọ̀, bí ikọ̀wé ti Mutalammis.