At-Taa Aydwan · التَّاءُ أَيْضًا

فَحُبِّي لِخَيْـــــرِ الْخَلْقِ أَحْمَـــدَ ثَابِـــتُ
عَلَى أَنَّنِــــي فِيــــهِ يَزِيـــدُ وَثَابِـــتُ

Fa-ḥubbī li-khayri al-khalqi Aḥmada thābitu
‘Alā annanī fīhi yazīdu wa-thābitu

My love for the best of creation, Ahmad, is firm; although I am ever-changing, in him my love increases and remains steadfast.

فَمَا الْحُسْنُ إِلاَّ حُسْــنُ وَجْــهِ مُحَمَّـــدٍ
يَبِيـــتُ يُنَاجِــــي رَبَّــهُ وَهْــوَ قَانِــتُ

Fa-mā al-ḥusnu illā ḥusnu wajhi Muḥammadin
Yabītu yunājī rabbahu wa-huwa qānitu

There is no true beauty except for the beauty of Muhammad’s face, as he spends the night in intimate discourse with his Lord in humble devotion.

وَإِنِّي مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ شِعْــــرِي مَدِيحُــهُ
وَفِكْرِيَ فِيهِ الدَّهْرَ وَقْتِـــيَ صَامِــتُ

Wa-innī madā al-ayyāmi shi‘rī madīḥuhu
Wa-fikriya fīhi al-dahra waqtiya ṣāmitu

Throughout all my days, my poetry is his praise; my thoughts are on him forever, even when my time is spent in silence.

فَمَا لَذَّ عَيْـــــشٌ دُونَ نَيْـــلِ وِصَالِــهِ
فَغَرْسُ هَوَى الْمَاحِـــي بِقَلْبِـيَ نَابِــتُ

Fa-mā lad-dha ‘ayshun dūna nayli wiṣālihi
Fa-gharsu hawā al-Māḥī bi-qalbī nābitu

Life has no deliciousness without attaining union with him; for the planting of the Eraser's love has sprouted within my heart.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللَّهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِتُقْضَى لَنَـــا بِالْحُـــبِّ تِلْكَ الْفَوَائِــتُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-tuqḍā lanā bil-ḥubbi tilka al-fawā’itu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, so that through this love, our past missed opportunities may be made up for.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللَّهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ حُبُّهُـــــمْ لِيَ ثَابِـــتُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin ḥubbuhum liya thābitu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions whose love is firmly established within me.