Harful Khaai · حرف الخاء

خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ شَوْقًا مُحَادِثَا
بِهِ سَامِرًا فِي ذِكْرِهِ وَمُنَافِثَــــا

Khadamtu Rasūla Allāhi shawqan muḥādiṯan
Bihi sāmiran fī dhikrihi wa munāfiṯan

I served the Messenger of Allah out of longing, conversing with him and spending the night in his remembrance and intimate discourse.

حَمَلْتُ وَرَبِّي بِالْوِدَادِ أَمَانَـــــةً
وَعَهْدًا أُرَاعِيهَا وَلَمْ أُلْفَ نَاكِثَا

Ḥamaltu wa Rabbī bi al-widādi amānan
Wa ‘ahdan urā‘īhā wa lam ulfa nākiṯan

By my Lord, I have carried the trust of affection and a covenant that I safeguard, never being found as one who breaks it.

رَفَعْتُ لِوَاءَ الْحُبِّ وَالذِّكْـــرِ سَامِيــــاً
وَقَدْ رُضْتُ هَمَّامًا وَمَنْ كَانَ حَارِثَا

Rafa‘tu liwā’a al-ḥubbi wa al-dhikri sāmiyaan
Wa qad ruḍtu hammāman wa man kāna ḥārithan

I raised the banner of love and remembrance high, and I have trained the ambitious soul and the one who toils.

أَرِقْتُ لِذِكْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى شَغَفًـــــا بِــهِ
وَنَامَ أُخَيٌّ كَانَ عِنْـــــدِي مُحَادِثَـــا

Araqtū li dhikri al-muṣṭafā shagafan bihi
Wa nāma ukhiyyun kāna ‘indī muḥādiṯan

I remained sleepless in the remembrance of the Chosen One out of infatuation, while a brother who was conversing with me fell asleep.

فَأَرْتَعْتُ نُجْبَ الْفِكْرِ فِي رَوْضِ وَصْفِهِ
بِمَرْتَعِ أُنْسٍ لَـــــمْ أَجِــدْ فِيـــهِ عَائِثَــــا

Fa-arta‘tu nujba al-fikri fī rawḍi waṣfihi
Bi-marta‘i unsin lam ajid fīhi ‘ā’ithan

I let the noble camels of my thought graze in the meadow of his attributes, in a pasture of intimacy where I found no spoiler.

فَيَا لَكَ مِنْ مَرْعًى هُنَـــــاكَ وَمَرْتَــعٍ
بَهِيـجٍ حَمَيْنَــــــاهُ قَدِيمًــــا وَحَادِثَــــا

Fayā laka min mar‘an hunāka wa mart‘in
Bahīj-in ḥamaynāhu qadīman wa ḥādithan

O what a pasture that is, and what a delightful grazing ground which we have protected since old and into the present.

وَيَمْأَنُ طُولَ الدَّهْرِ شَــــمُّ أَرِيجِــــهِ
لِسَامٍ وَحَامٍ ثُمَّ مَـــــــنْ كَانَ يَافِثَــــا

Wa yam’anu ṭūla al-dahri shammu arījihi
Li-sāmin wa ḥāmin thumma man kāna yāfiṯan

Its fragrant scent sustains throughout all time the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

مُحَمَّدُ عَبْــــــدُ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَــــدُ حَامِــــدٌ
عَلَيْهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ مَثْنَــــى وَثَالِثَــــا

Muḥammadun ‘Abdu Allāhi Aḥmadu Ḥāmidun
‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi mathnā wa thāliṯan

Muhammad, the servant of Allah, Ahmad the praiser; upon him be the blessings of Allah, doubled and tripled.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ الذَّاتِ بِالذَّاتِ وَحْدَهَــا
وَيَعْلُــو غَرَامِي فِيهِ بِالْمَدْحِ نَافِثَــا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu al-dhāti bi al-dhāti waḥdahā
Wa ya‘lū gharāmī fīhi bi al-madḥi nāfiṯan

Upon him be the prayer of the Essence by the Essence alone, while my passion for him rises as I breathe out my praise.

بِأَضْعَافِ مَا يَجْرِي مِنَ الْآنِ دَائِمًا
وَمَا تُقْتُ لِلْمَحْبُوبِ فِيهِ مُحَادِثَـــــا

Bi aḍ‘āfi mā yajrī mina al-āni dā’iman
Wa mā tuqtu li al-maḥbūbi fīhi muḥādiṯan

With multiples of whatever flows from this moment forward forever, and for as long as I long for the Beloved while conversing with him.