Harful Haa · حرف الحاء

لَقَدْ فَاحَ لِي مِنْ نَشْرِ أَحْمَـدَ فَائِـحُ
فَيَحْرِمُنِي نَوْمِي الدُّمُوعُ السَّوَافِحُ

Laqad fāḥa lī min nashri Aḥmada fā’iḥu
Fa-yaḥrimunī nawmī ad-dumū‘u as-sawāfiḥu

A fragrant scent from the essence of Ahmad has wafted toward me, And so, my pouring tears deprive me of my sleep.

تَقَطَّعَ أَكْبَادِي بِعِشْقٍ وَمَطْمَــــعٍ
تَنَازَعَهُ يَأْسٌ فَضَاقَ الْجَوَانِـــــحُ

Taqaṭṭa‘a akbādī bi-‘ishqin wa-maṭma‘in
Tanāza‘ahu ya’sun fa-ḍāqa al-jawāniḥu

My heart (liver) is torn by a love and a longing— Contested by despair, until my chest grew tight with emotion.

حَمِدْتُ إِلَـهِـــي إِذْ بُلِيتُ بِحُبِّهِ
فَمِنْهُ بَدَا لِلْعَالَمِينَ الْمَصَالِــــحُ

Ḥamidtu ilāhī idh bulītu bi-ḥubbihi
Fa-minhu badā lil-‘ālamīna al-maṣāliḥu

I praised my God for being tested with his love, For through him, all benefits appeared to the worlds.

وَنِلْتُ بِهِ مَا فَاتَ حَدًّا تَفَضُّـــــلاً
حَيَاتِـيَ طُوبَى وَهْوَ مَوْتِـيَ صَالِحُ

Wa-niltu bihi mā fāta ḥaddan tafaḍḍulan
Ḥayātiya ṭūbā wa-huwa mawt-iya ṣāliḥu

Through him, I attained what is beyond limit, by [Divine] grace; My life is blessedness (Tuba), and my death in him is righteous.

لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّ الْحَمْدِ شُكْرًا وَصَلِّيَنْ
عَلَى مَنْ لِعَلْيَاهُ تَطِيـــــبُ الْمَدَائِـــحُ

Laka al-ḥamdu kullu al-ḥamdi shukran wa-ṣalliyan
‘Alā man li-‘alyāhu taṭību al-madā’iḥu

To You belongs all praise in gratitude; and send Your blessings Upon the one for whose loftiness all praises become sweet.

لَكَ الْحَمْدُ يَا مَوْلاَيَ حَقًّا وَصَلِّيَنْ
عَلَيْهِ مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَا نَــــاحَ نَائِــحُ

Laka al-ḥamdu yā mawlāya ḥaqqan wa-ṣalliyan
‘Alayhi madā al-ayyāmi mā nāḥa nā’iḥu

To You belongs all praise, O my Lord, in truth; and send Your blessings Upon him as long as days endure and the dove laments.

مُحَمَّدُ عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَــــدُ حَامِــــدٌ
تَبَدَّتْ لَنَا مِنْهُ الْمُنَى وَالْمَنَائِــــحُ

Muḥammadu ‘abdullāhi Aḥmadu Ḥāmidun
Tabaddat lanā minhu al-munā wal-manā’iḥu

Muhammad, the servant of Allah, Ahmad, the seeker of praise; Through him, our hopes and divine gifts were manifested to us.

نَفَى عَنْ دُيُورِي كُلَّ بُؤْسٍ وَغُمَّةٍ
وَطَيْرٍ وَشُؤْمٍ قَدْ تُرِيهَا الْبَــوَارِحُ

Nafā ‘an duyūrī kulla bu’sin wa-ghummatin
Wa-ṭayrin wa-shu’min qad turīhā al-bawāriḥu

He banished from my lands all misery and grief, And every ill omen or bad luck brought by the desert winds.

وَأَلْـهَـمَنَا ذِكْرَ الْإِلَـــهِ وَمَدْحَ مَنْ
تُكِلُّ لَدَى أَدْنَى ثَنَــــاهُ الْقَرَائِـــحُ

Wa-alhamanā dhikra al-ilāhi wa-madḥa man
Tukillu ladā adnā thanāhu al-qarā’iḥu

He inspired us to remember God and to praise the one Whose lowest station of praise exhausts the greatest of minds.

تَبَدَّتْ لَهُ ذَاتُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ سَاذِجًـــا
وَذَلِكَ مَرْمًى كَلَّ عَنْهُ الْقَوَارِحُ

Tabaddat lahu dhātu al-muhaymini sādhijan
Wa-dhālika marman kalla ‘anhu al-qawāriḥu

The Essence of the Protector (God) appeared to him in its pure simplicity— A goal that even the strongest of spirits fail to reach.

فَذَلِكَ عَبْدُ الْعَيْنِ سَيِّدُ نُقْطَــــــةٍ
بِهَا حَصَلَتْ لِلْعَالَمِينَ الْمَرَابِـحُ

Fa-dhālika ‘abdu al-‘ayni sayyidu nuqṭatin
Bihā ḥaṣalat lil-‘ālamīna al-marābiḥu

He is the "Servant of the Source" and the master of the "Point," Through which all profits were gained for the entire universe.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ رَبِّـهِ حَـقَّ قَــــدْرِهِ
وَمَا فَاحَ عِنْدَ الْإِخْتِتَامِ الْفَوَائِـحُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu rabbihi ḥaqqa qadrihi
Wa-mā fāḥa ‘inda al-ikhtitāmi al-fawā’iḥu

Upon him be the blessings of his Lord, as is his true worth, And as long as fragrances continue to waft at every conclusion.