Harfuth Thaai · حرف الثاء

ثَقِفْتُ اعْوِجَاجَ الْخَلْقِ مَا عَاشَ عَايِشُ
بِذِكْرِ الَّذِي مِنْهُ تَطِيــــــبُ الْمَعَائِـشُ

Thaqiftu ‘awijāja al-khalqi mā ‘āsha ‘āyishu
Bi dhikri alladhī minhu taṭību al-ma‘āishu

I have straightened the crookedness of creation as long as any living being lives, through the remembrance of the one through whom all livelihoods become sweet.

فَمَلْكٌ وَسُلْطَانُ الْمُلُوكِ خَدِيمُـــهُ
وَذَا شَرَفٌ لَمْ يَخْمَشَنْ فِيهِ خَامِشُ

Fa-malkun wa sulṭānu al-mulūki khadīmuhu
Wa dhā sharafun lam yakhmashan fīhi khāmisu

For even kings and the Sultan of kings are his servants; and this is an honor that no scratcher can ever diminish.

خَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْأَغْيَارِ بِالذِّكْرِ دَائِمًا
بِحُبِّ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ تُنْفَى الْفَوَاحِـــشُ

Kharajnā mina al-aghiyāri bi al-dhikri dā’iman
Bi ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi tunfā al-fawāḥishu

We have emerged from "others" (distractions from God) through constant remembrance; through the love of the Messenger of Allah, indecencies are banished.

أَلاَ بَجَلِي الْمُخْتَــــارُ دُونَ سِوَائِـــهِ
أَلاَ بَجَلِي الْمَحْمُودُ مَا عَاشَ عَائِشُ

Alā bajalī al-mukhtāru dūna siwā’ihi
Alā bajalī al-maḥmūdu mā ‘āsha ‘āishu

Indeed, the Chosen One is sufficient for me above all others; indeed, the Praiseworthy One is my sufficiency as long as I live.

لَئِنْ غَابَ عَنْكُمْ ذَا الْحَبِيبُ فَإِنَّهُ
بِقَلْبِي فَلَمْ يَخْدِشْ فُـؤَادِيَ خَادِشُ

La’in ghāba ‘ankum dhā al-ḥabību fa-innahū
Bi qalbī fa-lam yakhdish fu’ādī khādishu

Even if this Beloved is absent from your physical sight, he is within my heart, and no wounder has ever scratched my soul.

زَمَانِي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ وَهْـــــوَ مَكَانُــهُ
وَذَلِكَ حِصْنُ الْعَبْدِ إِنْ رَاشَ رَائِشُ

Zamānī Rasūlu Allāhi wa huwa makānuhu
Wa dhālika ḥiṣnu al-‘abdi in rāsha rā’ishu

The Messenger of Allah is my time and he is my place; and that is the servant's fortress if an archer should ever let fly his arrows.

خَلِيفَةُ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ وَهْوَ أَمِينُــــهُ
وَقَدْ خَضَعَتْ لِأَخْمَصَيْهِ الْفَرَائِشُ

Khalīfatu Rabbil-‘arshi wa huwa amīnuhu
Wa qad khaḍa‘at li-akhmasayhi al-farāishu

The vicegerent of the Lord of the Throne and His trustworthy one; the very hearts of men have submitted to the soles of his feet.

وَشَمْسُ الْـهُـدَى لَيْثُ الْعِدَى هَيْكَلُ النَّدَى
وَهُو شَافِعٌ يَـــــــوْمَ الْقِيَامَــــةِ نَاعِـــشُ

Wa shamsu al-hudā layshu al-‘idā haykalu al-nadā
Wa huwa shāfi‘un yawma al-qiyāmati nā‘ishu

He is the Sun of Guidance, the Lion against enemies, the structure of generosity; and he is the intercessor on the Day of Resurrection who revives the soul.

ثَنَائِي عَلَيْهِ قَـــدْ كَفَانِــــــي فَصَلِّيَـــــنْ
عَلَيْهِ إِلَى الْآبَـــــــادِ فَهْـــيَ الْمَعَائِــشُ

Thunā’ī ‘alayhi qad kafānī fa-ṣallīn
‘Alayhi ilā al-ābādi fa-hiya al-ma‘āishu

My praise for him has sufficed me, so send blessings upon him forever, for that is the true essence of living.