Harfuth Thaa · حَرْفُ الثَّاءِ

ذِمَــــامٌ وَفِـــيٌّ لاَ يَخُـــونُ وَيَنْكُــثُ
ذِمَامَكَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ فِيـــــهِ سَيَمْكُـــثُ

Dhimāmun wafiyyun lā yakhūnu wa-yankuthu
Dhimāmaka khayra al-nāsi fīhi sayamkuthu

A faithful covenant that does not betray nor break; your covenant, O best of people, is where it shall remain.

أَجِرْنِي فَإِنَّ الْقَلْـــبَ ظَـــلَّ بِوَحْشَــةٍ
وَلَسْتُ أُرَى فِي غَيْـرِ حُبِّكَ أَبْحَــثُ

Ajirnī fa-inna al-qalba ẓalla bi-waḥshatin
Wa-lastu urā fī ghayri ḥubbika abḥathu

Grant me refuge, for the heart has remained in a state of loneliness, and I am not seen searching for anything other than your love.

فَإِنَّ الْتِفَـــــاتَ الْقَلْــــبِ وَقْتًا لِغَيْـــرِهِ
عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ لَسْـــتُ أَرْضَاهُ يَحْـــدُثُ

Fa-inna iltifāta al-qalbi waqtan li-ghayrihi
‘Adhābun shadīdun lastu arḍāhu yaḥduthu

For the heart’s turning for even a moment toward another is a severe torment that I do not wish to happen.

أَجِرْنِي أَجِرْنِــــي يَـــا حَبِيبِي فَإِنَّنِــي
ضَعِيــــفٌ حَقِيـــرٌ فِي ثَنَائِــكَ يَلْبَــثُ

Ajirnī ajirnī yā ḥabībī fa-innanī
Ḍa‘īfun ḥaqīrun fī thanā’ika yalbathu

Grant me refuge, grant me refuge, O my beloved, for I am weak and insignificant, lingering only in your praise.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ عَهْدَهُــمْ لَيْسَ يَنْكُــثُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin ‘ahdahum laysa yankuthu

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who never break their covenant.