Harful Ghayn · حرف الغين

خَلِيلِـيَ عَرِّسْ عِنْــــدَ قَهْــوَةِ رَابِـــغِ
تَبِيتُ تُرَاعِي النَّجْمَ مِـــنْ كُلِّ بَازِغِ

Khalīliya ʿarris ʿinda qahwati Rābighi
tabītu turāʿī al-najma min kulli bāzighi

My friend, alight and rest at the station of Rabigh, spending the night watching every rising star.

وَسِرْ يَوْمَهُ فَإِنْ تَبِـــــنْ لَــكَ قُبَّـــةٌ
دُوَيْنَ السَّمَا تُزْرِي بِنُورِ الْبَــوَازِغِ

Wa-sir yawmahu fa-in tabin laka qubbatun
duwayna al-samā tuzrī bi-nūri al-bawāzighi

Travel through the day, for if there appears to you a dome beneath the sky that outshines all celestial lights,

تُصَلِّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْأَنَــــــامِ مُحَمَّــدٍ
فَيُلْقَى عَلَيْكَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ كُــــلِّ دَامِغِ

Tuṣalli ʿalā khayri al-anāmi Muḥammadin
fa-yulqā ʿalayka al-ḥaqqu min kulli dāmighi

Then send blessings upon the best of mankind, Muhammad, so that the Truth may shield you from every crushing blow.

لِتَنْزِلْ عَنِ الْأَكْوَارِ وَامْشِ تَكَرُّمًا
وَمَرِّغْ خُدَيْدًا فِي الرُّبُوعِ وَبَالِغِ

Li-tanzil ʿani al-akwāri wa-mshi takarruman
wa-mar righ khudaydan fī al-rubūʿi wa-bālighi

Dismount from your saddle and walk out of reverence, and press your cheek into those dwellings with all your might.

وَعَرِّجْ عَلَى بِيرَيْ أَرِيسٍ وَرُومَةٍ
فَتَشْفِي غَلِيلَ النَّفْسِ مِنْ كُلِّ سَائِـــغِ

Wa-ʿarrij ʿalā bīray Arīsin wa-Rūmatin
fa-tashfī ghalīla al-nafsi min kulli sā’ighi

Turn aside toward the wells of Aris and Rumah to quench the soul's thirst with every sweet and pleasant draught.

وَشِمْ صَخْرَةً مَلْسَاءَ فِي جَنْبِ حَمْزَةٍ
فَتُكْسَى إِذَا مَا جِئْتَهَـــــا كُـــلَّ سَابِـــغِ

Wa-shim ṣakhratan malsā’a fī janbi Ḥamzatin
fa-tukṣā idhā mā ji’tahā kulla sābighi

Gaze upon the smooth rock near Hamzah, for if you reach it, you shall be clothed in every ample blessing.

تَــرَى حَرَمَ الْـهَادِي الْأَمِينِ وَنُـــورُهُ
يُرِيكَ رِيَاضَ الْخُلْدِ فِي عَيْنِ فَـــارِغِ

Tarā ḥarama al-Hādī al-Amīni wa-nūruhu
yurīka riyāḍa al-khuldi fī ʿayni fārighi

You shall see the sanctuary of the Trustworthy Guide, whose light reveals the gardens of eternity to the observant eye.

تَرَى مَرْقَدَ الْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلَ وَحَوْلَـهُ
وَزِيرَاهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الدُّرُوعِ السَّوَابِــغِ

Tarā marqada al-Māḥī al-ḍalāla wa-ḥawlahu
wazīrāhu min taḥti al-durūʿi al-sawābighi

You shall see the resting place of the One who erased misguidance, flanked by his two ministers beneath protective armor.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
بِهَا أَحْتَمِي مِنْ كُلِّ بَاغٍ وَمَاضِــــغِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
bihā aḥtamī min kulli bāghin wa-māḍighi

Upon him be the prayers of Allah and His peace, through which I seek refuge from every oppressor and slanderer.

مَعَ الْآلِ وَالْأَصْحَابِ مَا قَالَ شَيِّــقٌ
خَلِيلِـيَ عَرِّسْ عِنْدَ قَهْـــــوَةِ رَابِـــغِ

Maʿa al-āli wa-l-aṣḥābi mā qāla shayyiqun
Khalīliya ʿarris ʿinda qahwati Rābighi

And upon his Family and Companions as long as a longing one says: "My friend, alight and rest at the station of Rabigh."