Harfus Siin · حَرْفُ السِّينِ

مَلاَ الْقَلْبَ حُبُّ المُصْطَفَــى وَتَنَافُسِي
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ فِي وَصْلِيهِ وَهْوَ مُجَالِسِي

Malā al-qalba ḥubbu al-Muṣṭafā wa-tanāfusī
Madā al-dahri fī waṣlayhi wa-huwa mujālisī

The love of the Chosen One has filled my heart, and my competition throughout time is for union with him, for he is my sitting-companion.

تَطَوَّفْتُ فِي الْآفَاقِ طَالِبَ وَصْلِـــهِ
وَشَدَّ اغْتِرَابِي وَالْأَمِينُ مُؤَانِسِـــي

Taṭawwaftu fī al-āfāqi ṭāliba waṣlihi
Wa-shadda ightirābī wal-Amīnu mu’ānisī

I wandered through the horizons seeking union with him; my estrangement grew intense, yet the Trustworthy one was my intimate friend.

فَلَيْسَ رَجَائِي فِي تَمَامِ وِصَالِـــهِ
قَوِيًّا وَإِنِّي عَنْـــهُ لَسْتُ بِيَائِــسِ

Fa-laysa rajā’ī fī tamāmi wiṣālihi
Qawiyyan wa-innī ‘anhu lastu bi-yā’isi

My hope for the perfection of union with him is not strong [due to my shortcomings], yet I am not one who despairs of it.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ بُدُورِ الْحَنَادِسِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin budūri al-ḥanādisi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions, the moons of the dark nights.