طواميرُ في مدح النبي تضمنت

كلاماً لأفهام المحبين قدوط

Praises in eulogy of the Prophet contained

Words for the understanding of devoted lovers.

طواهر بيض زيّنتها بلاغةٌ

وما راقَ من لفظ فصيح ومن خطِّ

Pure whites adorned with eloquence,

And pleasing, eloquent speech and writing.

طوابعُها مفضوضةُ الختم فاتلها

فجوهرُها أبهى نظاماً من اللّط

Their nature stamped with a seal—recite them,

For their essence is finer in order than plaited palm leaves.

طوت طيبةٌ جسمَ النبي ونشره

لهُ ناشرٌ نامٍ وليس بمنحطّ

A good shroud wrapped the Prophet’s body and spread it out.

For him a spreader lies asleep, not cast down.

طوالَ الليالي ليس يبلى جديدُه

ولا برده تحتَ التراب بمنعط

Through the long nights his newness does not wear away,

Nor does his coldness underground make him decay.

طوافي ببيت اللّه ثم بقبْره

حضور بقلبي دونَ خطو ولا قطّ

Going around the House of God, then to his tomb—

My heart present without steps or cuts.

طوائحُ دهرِ طوّحت بي وليتها

وقد لجّجت بي أخرجتني إلى الشط

The passing days of fate have tossed me about. Would that

They had drowned me and brought me out onto the shore!

طوى العبدُ في تلك الطريق مخففاً

ذنوباً علته غطها أثقل الغط

The servant folded up on that path, lightening

Sins that weighed on him—they were covered by the heaviest cover.

طواغيتُ أهل الكفرِ حلّت لأحمد

فما حَطتِ الأقلام ثم القنا الخطّ

The tyrants of the unbelievers beset Ahmad,

But the pens did not write, nor did the spearheads cut.

طواعنُ تتلوها رفاق صوارب

فما شئت من وخز وما شيت من قطّ

Daggers that stab him are followed by cavaliers’ swords.

What you willed of piercing, what you willed of cutting!