Harful Qaafi · حرف القاف

قَدِ اسْتَأْصَلَ الْمَحْبُوبُ كُلِّي وَجُمْلَتِي
وَأَوْصَلَنِي وَالْغَيْرِيَــــــاتُ تَوَلَّــــتِ

Qadi istāṣala al-maḥbūbu kullī wa jumlatī
Wa awṣalanī wal-ghayriyātu tawallatī

The Beloved has uprooted my entire being and my whole self, and he has brought me to union while all "otherness" has retreated.

وَهَا إِنَّ هَــــذَا الْعَبْدَ غَيْبُ إِلَـهِنَـا
وَقَلْبُ الْوَرَى وَالذَّاتُ فِيهِ تَجَلَّتِ

Wa hā inna hādhā al-‘abdu ghaybu ilahinā
Wa qalbu al-warā wa al-dhātu fīhi tajallatī

Behold, this servant is the Unseen of our God and the heart of creation; within him, the Divine Essence has manifested.

وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ فَهْوَ بَطْنٌ وَظَاهِرٌ
فَظَاهِرُهُ عَبْدٌ وَلِلْبَطْنِ صَلَّـــــتِ

Wa ṣallat ‘alayhi fahuwa baṭnun wa ẓāhirun
Fa-ẓāhiruhu ‘abdu wa lil-baṭni ṣallatī

The Essence blessed him, for he is both the inward and the outward; his outward is a servant, yet it was the inward that the Essence blessed.

أَفَاضَ لَهُ مِنْهُ إِلَيْـــــهِ فَهَالَنِــــي
مُحَيَّا رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَالْعَيْنُ كَلَّـــتِ

Afāḍa lahu minhu ilayhi fahālanī
Muḥayyā rasūli Allāhi wa al-‘aynu kallatī

He poured forth unto him, from Him and to him; and I was awestruck by the countenance of the Messenger of Allah until my eyes grew weary.

فَتَيَّمَنِي شَوْقًــــــا وَعَــــزَّ لِقَــــاؤُهُ
إِذِ الْعِيسُ لاَ تُجْدِي وَالْأَقْدَامُ ضَلَّتِ

Fataymanī shawqan wa ‘azza liqā’uhu
Idh al-‘īsu lā tujdi wa al-aqdāmu ḍallatī

He enslaved me with longing, yet meeting him is difficult, for the camels are of no use and the feet have lost their way.

أَهِيمُ بِـــــــهِ طَـــوْرًا أَلَــذُّ بِذِكْـــرِهِ
فَأَسْلُو وَطَوْرًا لَمْ أَرُمْ غَيْرَ وُصْلَتِي

Ahīmu bihi ṭawran alazzu bi-dhikrīhi
Fa-aslū wa ṭawran lam arum ghayra wuṣlatī

At times I wander aimlessly for him, delighting in his remembrance and finding solace, and at times I seek nothing but my union.

وَطَوْرًا أَرَى أَنَّ الْحَيَاةَ مَرِيرَةٌ
وَطَوْرًا أَرَاهَا بُغْيَتِي ثُمَّ وَلَّــتِ

Wa ṭawran arā anna al-ḥayāta marīrah
Wa ṭawran arāhā bughyatī thumma wallatī

At times I see that life is bitter, and at times I see it as my ultimate desire, only for it to then turn away.

وَتَذْكَارُ أَطْوَارِي بِشَوْقِ حَبِيبِنَا
تُكِلُّ قِلاَمِي وَهْوَ عَيْنُ مَضَلَّتِــي

Wa tadhkāru aṭwārī bi-shawqi ḥabībinā
Tukillu qilāmī wa huwa ‘ayna maḍallatī

Recounting my changing states out of longing for our Beloved exhausts my pens, and it is the very essence of my bewilderment.

صَلاَةٌ عَلَى عَيْنِ الْغُيُوبِ وَغَيْبِهَا
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ مَا الْعُيُونُ اضْمَحَلَّتِ

Ṣalātun ‘alā ‘ayna al-ghuyūbi wa ghaybihā
Wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin mā al-‘uyūnu iḍmaḥallatī

Prayers be upon the Essence of the Unseen Realities and their Hidden Core, and upon the family and companions as long as eyes remain.