الْمَقَامَةُ الْحُلْوَانِيَّةُ

any novel expression you found pleasing?

àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ tuntun tí o rò pé ó dára?

He said: Yes, his saying:

Ó dáhùn: Bẹ́ẹ̀ni, ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó sọ pé:

As if she smiles revealing pearls arranged,

Bí ẹni pé ó ń rẹ́rìn-ín láti fi iyùn tí a to lẹ́sẹẹsẹ hàn,

or hailstones or camomile,

tàbí yìnyín òjò tàbí ewé funfun,

for he innovated in the simile,

nítorí ó ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ tuntun nínú àfiwé náà,

embedded within it.

tí a fi pamọ́ sínú rẹ̀.

He said to him: Oh, how strange!

Ó sọ fún un: Háà, èyí yà mi lẹ́nu!

And what a waste of literature!

Àti irú ìsọ̀kúsọ̀ lítíréṣọ̀ wo ni èyí!

You've considered fat, O you, what is merely swollen,

Ìwọ ti ka ohun tí ó jẹ́ wíwú sí ọ̀rá,

and blown into what is not aflame!

o sì ti fẹ́ afẹ́fẹ́ sí ohun tí kò ní iná!