Arabian Poetry: El-Būsīrī's Poem of the Mantle: Title Page THE "BURDA," i.e. THE POEM OF THE MANTLE, IN PRAISE OF MUHAMMAD, BY EL-BŪSĪRĪ. ________________ TRANSLATED, WITH PREFACE AND NOTES, BY J. W. REDHOUSE, ESQ., M.R.A.S., HON. MEMB. R.S.L., ETC.