الْمَقَامَةُ الْبَرْقَعِيدِيَّةُ

And marveled at the strangeness of his conduct.

Mo sì ṣe iyà lẹ́nu sí àwọn ìwà àjèjì rẹ̀.

I found no rest.

Èmi kò rí ìsinmi.

Nor could I muster patience.

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò lè ní sùúrù.

Until I asked him: What called you to feign blindness.

Títí tí mo fi bi í léèrè: Kí ló mú ọ ṣe bí ẹni tí kò ríran.

While you walk in the unknown.

Nígbà tí o ń rìn nínú àìmọ̀.

And traverse the deserts.

Tí o sì ń la aginjù kọjá.

And delve deep into aspirations?

Tí o sì ń wá inú ìfẹ́ jìnlẹ̀?

He pretended to stammer.

Ó ṣe bí ẹni tí ń kọ́kọ́rọ́.

And busied himself with trifles.

Ó sì má ṣe ara rẹ̀ bí ẹni tí ń ṣe àwọn nǹkan kékeré.

Until when he had fulfilled his desire.

Títí tí ó fi parí ìfẹ́ rẹ̀.