Harfun Nuun · حَرْفُ النُّونِ

ثَوَى لِيَ حُبِّـــي ذَاكَ وَهْـــوَ الْمُبَيِّــنُ
لِمَا شَــــرَعَ الْمَوْلَــى وَإِنِّيَ مُومِــنُ

Thawā liya ḥubbī dhāka wa-huwa al-mubayyinu
Li-mā shara‘a al-mawlā wa-inniya mūminu

That love of mine has taken residence [in my heart], and he is the one who makes clear what the Master has legislated, and I am a believer.

وَذَاكَ الْمَكِي النُّورُ السِّرَاجُ بِحُبِّهِ
صُبِغْتُ بِهِ وَالصِِّبْغُ بِالْحُبِّ أَحْسَنُ

Wa-dhāka al-Makkiy al-nūru al-sirāju bi-ḥubbihi
Ṣubightu bihi wal-ṣibghu bil-ḥubbi aḥsanu

That Meccan Light, the Lamp—through his love I have been dyed, and the dye of love is the most beautiful.

فَمَنْ لِي بِسَيْرٍ فِي الْحَجِيجِ لِطَيْبَــةٍ
أُعَفِّرُ خَدًّا فِي الرِّيَـاضِ وَأُحْسِــنُ

Fa-man lī bi-sayrin fī al-ḥajīji li-Ṭaybatin
U‘affiru khaddan fī al-riyāḍi wa-uḥsinu

Who will grant me a journey among the pilgrims to Tayba (Medina), that I may cover my cheek with dust in the Gardens and find excellence?

فَمَنْ لِي وَذَنْبِي كَالْقُيُـــــودِ بِوَقْفَــةٍ
لَدَى قَبْرِ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ وَهْوَ الْمُزَيَّــنُ

Fa-man lī wa-dhanbī kal-quyūdi bi-waqfatin
Ladā qabri khayri al-nāsi wa-huwa al-muzayyanu

Who will grant me—while my sins are like shackles—a standing before the grave of the best of mankind, which is adorned?

فَمَنْ لِي وَقَدْ هَاجَ اشْتِيَاقِي بِزَوْرَةٍ
أَفُكُّ بِهَـــا قَيْـــدَ الذُّنُــوبِ وَأُعْلِــنُ

Fa-man lī wa-qad hāja ishtiyāqī bi-zawratin
Afukku bihā qayda al-dhunūbi wa-u‘linu

Who will grant me—as my longing has been stirred—a visitation through which I may break the chains of sins and declare [my devotion]?

فَإِنِّي وَتَهْيَامِي وَوَجْدِي وَمَغْرَمِي
أُرَجِّي لِقًــــا إِذْ حَــوْلَ ذَاكَ أُدَنْــدِنُ

Fa-innī wa-tehyāmī wa-wajdī wa-maghramī
Urajjī liqan idh ḥawla dhāka udandinu

For I, with my infatuation, my ecstasy, and my passion, hope for a meeting, for it is around that goal that I hum.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِأَبْقَى وَإِنِّي مُؤْمِــنٌ بِــكَ مُحْسِــنُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-abqā wa-inniya mu’minun bika muḥsinu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, so that I may remain; and indeed I am a believer in you, an attainer of excellence.

عَلَيْهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِهِ
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيـــمٌ لِحُبِّـي مُبَيِّــنُ

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun li-ḥubbī mubayyinu

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, be prayer and peace that make my love manifest.