Harfush Shiini · حرف الشين

شَمَخْتَ عَنِ الْأَكْوَانِ يَا خَيْرَ مُنْقِذِي
وَفُقْتُ بِمَـــدْحٍ فَائِــــقٍ لِزُمُــــرُّدِ

Shamakhta ‘ani al-akwān yā khayra munqiḏī
Wa fuqtu bi-madḥin fā’iqin li-zumurrudi

You have risen above the universes, O my best rescuer, and I have surpassed others with praise more precious than emeralds.

رَسُولٌ مِنَ الذَّاتِ الْمُقَـدَّسِ سِرُّهَا
قُبَيْلَ وُجُودِ السِّرِّ أُنْسِي وَجِهْبِذِي

Rasūlun mina al-dhāti al-muqaddas sirruhā
Qubayla wujūdi al-sirri unsī wa jihbidhī

A Messenger from the Essence whose secret is sanctified, long before the existence of any secret, you were my intimacy and my brilliant guide.

نَبَذْتُ وَرَبِّ الْبَيْتِ حُبَّ سِوَائِـــــهِ
أَلاَ يَا حَبِيبَ الذَّاتِ سُوئِي أَلاَ انْبِــذِ

Nabaḏtu wa rabbi al-bayti ḥubba siwā’ihī
Alā yā ḥabība al-dhāti su’ī alā anbidhī

I have cast away, by the Lord of the House, the love of any besides him; O beloved of the Essence, cast away my evil from me.

فَإِنِّي لَعَمْرِي مَا بَقِيــــتُ مُتَيَّــــمٌ
بِحُبِّ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ كَهْفِي وَمُنْقِذِي

Fa-innī la‘amrī mā baqītu mutayyaṁun
Bi-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi kahfī wa munqiḏī

For by my life, as long as I remain, I am enslaved by the love of the Messenger of Allah, my cave and my rescuer.

وَشُغْلِي مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَدْحُ جَنَابِهِ
أَلاَ يَا مَلاَذَ الْخَلْقِ جُدْ لِي وَأَنْفِذِ

Wa shughlī madā al-ayāmi madḥu janābihī
Alā yā malādha al-khalqi jud lī wa anfiḏhī

My occupation throughout the days is the praise of his presence; O refuge of creation, be generous to me and carry me through.

وَقُدْنِي إِلَى الْمَحْبُوبِ جُدْلِيَ بِالْمُنَى
وَصِلْنِي فَإِنِّي لِلصِّـــلاَتِ لَكَالَّـــذِي

Wa qudnī ilā al-maḥbūbi judliyā bi-l-munā
Wa ṣilnī fa-innī li-l-ṣilāti lakālladhī

Lead me to the Beloved, grant me my desires, and connect me, for I am one who seeks such connection.

أَتَيْتُ وَإِنَّ الْكُثْرَ قِــــلٌّ بِقِلَّتِــــــي
تَقَبَّلْ بِفَضْلٍ مِنْكَ خَيْــــــرَ مُنَفِّـــذِ

Ataytu wa inna al-kuthra qillun bi-qillatī
Taqabbal bi-faḍlin minka khayra munaffiḏi

I have come, and even abundance seems little because of my own insignificance; accept with Your grace the best of those who carry this out.

فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ اللّٰهُ مِقْدَارَ قَـــــــدْرِهِ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ عَلَوْا كُلَّ جِهْبِـذِ

Fa-ṣallā ‘alayhi Allāhu miqdāra qadrīhī
Wa ālin wa aṣḥābin ‘alaw kulla jihbidhī

May Allah bless him according to the measure of his worth, and the family and companions who surpassed every brilliant master.