Harfur Raai · حرف الراء

رَفَعْتَ حِجَابَ الْبَيْنِ وَالْبَيْنُ لَنْ يُطْوَى
وَأَبْعَدْتَ إِذَا دَنَيْتَ لِلْحِبِّ مَنْ يَهْــوَى

Rafa‘ta ḥijāba al-bayni wal-baynu lan yuṭwā
Wa ab‘adta idha danayta lil-ḥibbi man yahwā

You lifted the veil of separation, yet separation is never truly folded away; and You distanced the lover even as You brought him close to the one he loves.

رُجُوعِي مِنَ الْمَوْلَى الْجَلِيلِ جَلاَلُهُ
إِلَيْهِ بِحُبِّ الْـهَاشِمِــيِّ وَلاَ غَرْوَا

Rujū‘ī mina al-mawlā al-jalīli jalāluhu
Ilayhi bi-ḥubbi al-Hāshimiyyī wa lā gharwā

My return from the Master—Majestic is His Majesty—back to Him is through the love of the Hashemite, and this is no wonder.

رَأَيْتُ وَقَـــــدْ مَــــدَّ الْمُهَيْمِـــنُ ظِلَّــــهُ
يُصَلِّي عَلَى عَبْدٍ عَلَى السِّرِّ وَالنَّجْــوَى

Ra’aytu wa-qad maddal-muhayminu ẓillahu
Yuṣallī ‘alā ‘abdin ‘alā al-sirri wa al-najwā

I saw, as the Protector extended His shadow, that He blesses a servant in both secret and private discourse.

رَسُـــولٌ أَتَانَا وَهْــوَ سِـــــرٌّ مُقَدَّسٌ
وَأَرْسَلَهُ الْمَوْلَى مِنَ الْغَايَةِ الْقُصْوَى

Rasūlun atānā wa huwa sirrun muqaddasun
Wa arsalahu al-mawlā mina al-ghāyati al-quṣwā

A Messenger who came to us as a sanctified secret, sent by the Master from the Utmost Goal.

رَقِيتُ ذُرَى الْعِرْفَانِ مِنْ سِــــــرِّ حُبِّــــهِ
وَرُضْتُ الصِّعَابَ الْمُعْضِلاَتِ وَلاَ دَعْوَى

Raqītu dhurā al-‘irfāni min sirri ḥubbihi
Wa raḍitu al-ṣi‘āba al-mu‘ḍilāti wa lā da‘wā

I ascended the peaks of gnosis through the secret of his love, and I tamed the most difficult complications without making any empty claim.

رَسُولٌ مَتَى أَشْدُو لِإِنْشَاءِ مَدْحِــــهِ
تَحُفُّ جَنَابِي الْمُكْرَمَاتُ كَمَا أَهْوَى

Rasūlun matā ashdū li-inshā’i madḥihi
Taḥuffu janābī al-mukramātu kamā ahwā

A Messenger for whom, whenever I sing in composition of his praise, noble honors surround me just as I desire.

رَفِيــــعُ أَيَــــا كَافِــــي الْعِبَـــادِ فَصَلِّيَـــنْ
عَلَيْهِ صَـــلاَةً لَـــنْ تُحَاطَ وَلَـــنْ تُحْــوَى

Rafī‘u ayyā kāfī al-‘ibādi fa-ṣallīnan
‘Alayhi ṣalātan lan tuḥāṭa wa lan tuḥwā

O Exalted One, O Sufficer of the servants, send upon him a prayer that can neither be encompassed nor contained.

رَحِيمُ أَيَا مَنَّانُ مَنْ جَــــلَّ ذِكْـــــرُهُ
فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَارْفَعِ الضِّيقَ وَالشَّكْـوَى

Raḥīmu ayyā mannān man jalla dhikruhu
Fa-ṣalli ‘alayhi warfa‘ al-ḍīqa wa al-shakwā

O Merciful One, O Bestower whose mention is sublime, bless him and remove all constriction and grievance.

رَسُولٌ حَبِيــبٌ ذَاكِـــرٌ وَمُقَدَّسٌ
قُبَيْلَ وُجُودِ الْكَائِنَاتِ وَلاَ شَرْوَى

Rasūlun ḥabībun dhākirun wa muqaddasun
Qubayla wujūdi al-kā’ināti wa lā sharwā

A beloved Messenger, a rememberer, and sanctified long before the existence of beings, even by a tiny amount.

رَمَيْتَ وَرَبِّي مَا رَمَيْتَ وَإِنَّهَـــا
صِفَاتُ جَلاَلٍ لِلْجَلِيلِ فَلاَ مَأْوَى

Ramayta wa rabbī mā ramayta wa innahā
Ṣifātu jalālin lil-jalīli falā ma’wā

"You threw not when you threw," for by my Lord, those are attributes of Majesty belonging to the Majestic, so there is no other refuge.

رَقِيبُ أَيَا هَـــــادِي الْعِبَادِ فَصَلِّيَـــنْ
عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمَنْصُورِ مَنْ تُرْبُهُ الْمَثْوَى

Raqību ayyā hādī al-‘ibādi fa-ṣallīnan
‘Alā al-muṣṭafā al-manṣūri man turbuhu al-mathwā

O Watchful One, O Guide of the servants, send blessings upon the Chosen One, the victorious, whose dust is the final resting place.

رَؤُوفُ أَيَا شَكُـــــورُ وَهَّـــــابُ صَلِّيَــنْ
عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ يَا مَنْ لَهُ الْمَأْوَى

Ra’ūfu ayyā shakūru wa-hhābu ṣallīnan
‘Alā al-muṣṭafā al-mukhtāri yā man lahu al-ma’wā

O Compassionate One, O Grateful One, O Giver, send blessings upon the Chosen, the Elect, O You to whom the final refuge belongs.

صَلاَةٌ عَلَيْهِ مِثْـــلَ مَـــــا اللّٰهُ عَالِـــــــمٌ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ مَا الْمُحِبُّ لَـــــهُ يَهْــوَى

Ṣalātun ‘alayhi mithla mā Allāhu ‘ālim
Wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin mā al-muḥibbu lahu yahwā

A prayer be upon him as vast as the knowledge of Allah, and upon the family and companions, as long as a lover continues to love.