Harfuz Zaay · حَرْفُ الزَّايِ

زَمَانُ رَسُـــولِ اللّٰهِ خَيْرُ زَمَـــانِ
وَطَيْبَةُ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ خَيْرُ مَكَـــانِ

Zamānu Rasūli Allāhi khayru zamāni
Wa-Ṭaybatu khayri al-khalqi khayru makāni

The era of the Messenger of Allah is the best of eras; and Tayba (Medina), the home of the best of creation, is the best of places.

فَمَنْ لِي بِكَأْسٍ مِنْ أَرِيسٍ وَرُومَةٍ
فَشَوْقِي إِلَى تِلْــــكَ الْبِقَاعِ دَهَانِــي

Fa-man lī bi-ka’sin min Arīsin wa-Rūmatin
Fa-shawqī ilā tilka al-biqā‘i dahānī

Who will give me a cup from the wells of Aris and Ruma? For my longing for those lands has overcome me.

فَشَوْقِي إِلَى وَادِي الْعَقِيقِ وَسَلْعِهِ
حَمَانِي مَنَامِـــي فَالْمَنَــامُ جَفَانِـي

Fa-shawqī ilā wādī al-‘Aqīqi wa-Sal‘ihi
Ḥamānī manāmī fal-manāmu jafānī

My longing for the valley of al-Aqiq and Mount Sal’ has deprived me of my sleep; thus, sleep has shunned me.

وَشَوْقِي إِلَى وَادِي النَّقَا وَبَقِيعِهِ
وَلِلصَّخْرَةِ الْمَلْسَا إِلَيْــهِ دَعَانِي

Wa-shawqī ilā wādī al-Naqā wa-Baqī‘ihi
Wa-lil-ṣakhrati al-malsā ilayhi da‘ānī

My longing for the valley of al-Naqa and the Baqi’ cemetery, and for the smooth rock, has called me toward him.

فَهَلْ تَسْمَحُ الْأَيَّامُ يَوْمًا بِعَوْدَةٍ
إِلَيْهَا فَهَاتِي بُغْيَتِي وَأَمَانِــي

Fa-hal tasmaḥu al-ayyāmu yawman bi-‘awdatin
Ilayhā fa-hāti bughyatī wa-amānī

Will the days ever permit a return to them? Then bring me my desire and my hope.

وَهَلْ لِيَ أَنْ أَكْسُو الْعَتِيقَ وَتَكْتَسِي
كَــذَا الْقُبَّةُ الْخَضْـرَاءُ رَوْضُ جِنَانِ

Wa-hal liya an aksū al-‘atīqa wa-taktasī
Kadhā al-qubbatu al-khaḍrā’u rawḍu jināni

Shall I ever clothe the Ancient House (the Kaaba) and be clothed in grace? Likewise, the Green Dome, the garden of paradise.

وَهَلْ لِيَ فُلْكٌ مَاخِرَاتٌ تُقِلُّ مَنْ
يَحُــــجُّ لِبَيْـــتِ اللّٰهِ دُونَ تَــوَانِ

Wa-hal liya fulkun mākhirātun tuqillu man
Yaḥujju li-bayti Allāhi dūna tawāni

Shall I ever have ships cleaving the waves, carrying those who perform pilgrimage to the House of Allah without delay?

وَتُدْنِي لَهُمْ أَرْضَ الْحَبِيبِ قِيَادَتِي
وَقَدْ شِدْتُ بِالْبَطْحَـاءِ كُلَّ مَبَــانِ

Wa-tudnī lahum arḍa al-ḥabībi qiyādatī
Wa-qad shidtu bil-baṭḥā’i kulla mabāni

And shall my leadership bring the land of the Beloved closer to them, while I have built every structure in the valley of Makkah?

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً تَزُجُّ الْعَبْدَ وَسْــطَ جِنَــانِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan tazujju al-‘abda wasṭa jināni

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that thrusts the servant into the midst of paradise.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُعَجِّلُ فَتْحِــي وَالْمُنَــى وَالتَّهَانِي

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tu‘ajjilu fatḥī wal-munā wat-tahānī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it hasten my opening, my desires, and my congratulations.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُضِيءُ جَنَانِي أَوْ تُضِيءُ مَغَانِي

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tuḍī’u janānī aw tuḍī’u maghānī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it illuminate my heart or illuminate my dwellings.

عَلَيْــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُمَلِّكُنِــي تَصْرِيفَ كُـــلِّ مَعَــانِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tumallikunī taṣrīfa kulli ma‘āni

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it grant me mastery over the manifestation of all spiritual meanings.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَــلاَةً تُنَجِّينَـــا بِــدُونِ مُعَــانِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan tunajjīnā bidūni mu‘āni

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that saves us without any hardship.

عَلَيْهِ مَـعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِهِ
صَــلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ مُرُورَ الزَّمَانِ

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun murūra al-zamāni

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