Harful Yaa · حَرْفُ الْيَاءِ

ضَعِيفٌ حَقِيرٌ مُذْنِبٌ جَاءَ شَاكِيَا
أَتَاكَ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ لِلْمَــدْحِ حَاكِيَــا

Ḍa‘īfun ḥaqīrun mudhnibun jā’a shākiyā
Atāka Rasūla Allāhi lil-madḥi ḥākiyā

A weak, lowly, sinful one has come complaining; he has come to you, O Messenger of Allah, recounting your praise.

فَهَلْ يَقْبَلَنْ خَيْرُ الْوَرَى ذَاكَ شَافِعًا
لَهُ كُلَّ وَقْـــــتٍ أَمْ يُنِيــلُ الْمَعَالِيَــا

Fa-hal yaqbalan khayru al-warā dhāka shāfi‘an
Lahu kulla waqtin am yunīlu al-ma‘āliyā

Will the Best of Creation accept him as an intercessor for all time, or grant him high spiritual ranks?

فَإِنِّي وَرَاءَ السَّائِرِينَ وَأَرْتَجِي
تَذَكُّرَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ مِنْـهُ أَمَامِيَــا

Fa-innī warā’a al-sā’irīna wa-artajī
Tadhakkura khayri al-khalqi minhu amāmiyā

For I am far behind those who are traveling [the path], yet I hope that the Best of Mankind will remember me and be before me.

وَلَمْ أَتَزَوَّدْ غَيْرَ دَعْوَى مَحَبَّةٍ
وَلاَ عَمَلٌ يَأْتِي بِصِدْقِ مَقَالِيَا

Wa-lam atazaw-wad ghayra da‘wā maḥabbatin
Wa-lā ‘amalun ya’tī bi-ṣidqi maqāliyā

I have taken no provisions except for the claim of love; and I have no deed to prove the truth of my words.

فَقَدْ فَاتَنِـــي حَتَّــــى التَّــدَارُكُ لاَ أَرَى
سِوَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْـهَادِي يُدَارِكُ حَالِيَا

Fa-qad fātanī ḥatta al-tadāruku lā arā
Siwa al-Muṣṭafa al-Hādī yudāriku ḥāliyā

Even the ability to catch up has escaped me; I see none but the Chosen Guide to reach out and rectify my state.

أَجِرْنِـيَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ أَرَاهَا خَبِيثَــةً
فَكُلُّ زَمَانٍ مَا تَسُومُ الرَّدَى لِيَا

Ajirniya min nafsin arāhā khabīthatan
Fa-kulla zamānin mā tasūmu al-radā liyā

Protect me from a soul that I see as base; for in every moment, it offers nothing but destruction for me.

فَتُنْقِذُنِي مِنْ شُؤْمِهَا لاَ تَضُرُّنِي
قَبَائِحُهَا إِذْ ذِكْرُ طَـــهَ جَلاَئِيَـــا

Fa-tunqidhnī min shu’mihā lā taḍurrunī
Qabā’iḥuhā idh dhikru Ṭāhā jalā’iyā

So rescue me from its ill-omen, so that its ugliness does not harm me, since the remembrance of Taha is my purification.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُـهَـيَّـأُ لِي لُقْيَــا الْأَمِيـــنِ إِمَامِيَـا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tuhayyā’u lī luqyā al-Amīni imāmiyā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the meeting with the Trustworthy one, my Imam, be prepared for me.

عَلَيْهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ بَاقِيَا

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun madā al-dahri bāqiyā

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, be prayer and peace, remaining throughout all time.