Harful Ghayni · حرف الغين

غَرَامِي وَشَوْقِـــي لِلنَّبِــــيِّ يُنَشِّـــطُ
قِلاَمِي وَتَجْرِي فِي الْمَدِيحِ وَتُفْرِطُ

Gharāmī wa shawqī li-l-Nabiyy yu-nashṭu
Qilāmī wa tajrī fi-l-madḥi wa tafruṭu

My passion and my longing for the Prophet energize my pens, causing them to race and overflow in praise.

وَمَاذَا عَلَـــيَّ إِنْ جُنِنْــــتُ بِحُبِّــــهِ
وَقَدْ صَارَ مِنْ تَحْتِي وَلِيدٌ وَأَشْمَطُ

Wa mādhā ‘alayya in junintu bi-ḥubbihi
Wa qad ṣāra min taḥtī walīdun wa ashmaṭu

What does it matter to me if I am called "mad" for his love, when both the young child and the gray-haired elder have come under my guidance?

فَلَيْسَ عَلَيَّ اللَّوْمُ فِي مَدْحِ سَيِّــــدِي
فَمَا شِئْتُهُ مَدْحًا فَلَــــــمْ أَكُ أُفْـــرِطُ

Fa-laysa ‘alayya al-lawmu fi madḥi sayyidī
Fa-mā shi’tuhu madḥan fa-lam akū ufritu

There is no blame upon me for praising my Master, for no matter how much I praise, I could never be excessive.

فَبَحْرٌ مِنَ الْأَسْرَارِ وَالْعِلْمِ زَاخِـــرٌ
جَوَاهِرُهُ تُزْرِي الْعُقُــــودَ فَتُغْبَـــطُ

Fa-baḥrun min al-asrār wa al-‘ilmi zākhirun
Jawāhiruhu tuzrī al-‘uqūda fa-tughbaṭu

He is a surging sea of secrets and knowledge whose jewels put all necklaces to shame, making them objects of envy.

وَبَدْرٌ مِنَ الْأَنْوَارِ وَالْـهَــدْيِ طَالِــعٌ
وَأَخْجَلَ شَمْسًا فِي الضِّيَاءِ فَنَغْبِطُ

Wa badrun min al-anwār wa al-hady ṭāli‘un
Wa akhjala shamsan fi al-ḍiyā’i fa-naghbaṭu

He is a full moon of lights and guidance rising, shaming the sun in its brightness, leaving us in admiration.

وَلَيْثُ الْوَغَى جَمُّ النَّدَى صَارِمُ الْعِدَى
وَيَقْسِمُ أَمْـــــــوَالَ الْإِلَــــهِ وَيُقْسِـــطُ

Wa Laithu al-waghā jammu al-nadā ṣārumu al-‘adā
Wa yaqsimu amwāl al-Ilāhi wa yuqsiṭu

He is the lion of war, the abundance of generosity, the sharp edge against enemies, who distributes God’s wealth with perfect justice.

فَهُو لِلْعِدَى فِي طَيِّهَا كُـلُّ نِقْمَـــةٍ
جَلِيلٌ جَمِيلٌ مُصْلِحٌ وَهْوَ مُحْبِطُ

Fa-huwa li-l-‘adā fi ṭayyiha kullu niqmah
Jalīlun jamīlun muṣliḥun wa huwa muḥbiṭu

For the enemies, he is a hidden torment within his folds; he is majestic, beautiful, a rectifier, yet one who brings down the proud.

أَفَادَ جُمُوعَ الْبِيضِ وَهْـوَ أَبَادَهُـــــمْ
وَأَرْشَدَ مَنْ قَدْ كَانَ فِي الْغَيِّ يَخْبِطُ

Afāda jumū‘a al-bīḍ wa huwa abādahum
Wa arshada man qad kāna fi al-ghayyi yakhbiṭu

He benefited the masses of the white races even as he subdued their [tyranny], and he guided those who were stumbling blindly in error.

وَلاَنَ لِأَهْلِ الدِّينِ عَنَّفَ غَيْرَهُمْ
خَبِيرٌ بَصِيرٌ وَاهِبٌ وَهْوَ مُقْسِـطُ

Wa lāna li-ahli al-dīni ‘annafa ghayrahum
Khabīrun baṣīrun wāhibun wa huwa muqsiṭu

He was gentle with the people of faith and firm with others; he is an expert, a seer, a giver, and a just arbiter.

مُحَمَّدُ مَحْوُ الْكُفْرِ مَــــــدُّ ضِيَائِهِ
فَقَدْ جَمَعَ الْأَضْدَادَ يَعْلُو وَيَهْبِـطُ

Muḥammadun maḥw al-kufri maddu ḍiyā’ihi
Faqad jama‘a al-aḍdād ya‘lū wa yahbiṭu

Muhammad is the erasure of disbelief and the extension of light; he has gathered all opposites, ascending and descending.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ مَا قَالَ مُغْــــرَمٌ
غَرَامِي وَشَوْقِي لِلنَّبِيِّ يُنَشِّـــطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi mā qāla mughramun
Gharāmī wa shawqī li-l-Nabiyy yu-nashṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah as long as an infatuated lover says: My passion and my longing for the Prophet energize my pens.