1. دوامُ نعيم النفس حبُّ محمد

    فدمْ في نعيم الحبِّ ما عشت تُحمد

    The soul's enduring bliss is love of Muhammad.

    So remain in love's bliss as long as you live, and you will be praised.

  2. دواؤك ذكرُ اللّه ثمّ اتباعه

    فلا تخل عن ذكر مدى الدهر سرمد

    Your remedy is remembrance of God, then following him.

    So never abandon remembrance, throughout time, forever.

  3. دواجي الهوى بالحق تُجلْى وإنما

    هو الخيرُ والتقوى وطاعةُ أحمد

    The darkness of desire is dispelled by truth, which is nothing but

    goodness, piety, and obedience to Ahmad.

  4. دواعي رضا الرحمن ثمنٌ وضدها

    عوادٍ فلا تعمد إليهن تعمد

    The means of pleasing the Merciful are a price; their opposites

    are afflictions; do not seek them out, lest you be stricken.

  5. دواوينُ أهل العلم جاءت بوصفه

    فلم يعشُ عن أنواره عينُ أرمد

    The volumes of the learned have described him,

    so no sore eye was blind to his radiance.

  6. دويُّهم مدت بحبر سواده

    من العين لم يطفىء سناه ويحمد

    Their inkwells were supplied with ink whose blackness

    came from the eye, yet did not extinguish his radiance; and he is praised.

  7. دوى صار جسمي مذ دُهيت يقاطع

    من البعد أصلى منه لوعة مكمد

    My body has grown sick since I was stricken, cut off

    by distance; I suffer from it the burning anguish of one consumed by grief.

  8. دواهي الدنا تثني حوادي ركائبي

    وإن كانَ سيفُ العزم ليس بمغمد

    The world's calamities turn back the drivers of my riding-camels,

    although the sword of resolve is not sheathed.

  9. دوامعُ أجفاني إذا ذكر آسمه

    تفيض وما بي غير بعد محمد

    The tears of my eyelids, whenever his name is mentioned,

    overflow, and nothing ails me but distance from Muhammad.

  10. دوامٍ دوامي الدهر والشوقُ صادعُ

    فؤادي ولا تعجبْ فلسن بجلمد

    They bleed throughout my lifetime, and longing cleaves

    my heart; and do not marvel, for they are not hard stone.