Harfut Twaa · حَرْفُ الطَّاءِ

طَحَنْتُ بِخَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ أَقْوَى الْوَثَائِقِ
مَمَالِكَ أَبْنَـــــاءِ الْبُغَـــاةِ الْفَوَاسِــقِ

Ṭaḥantu bi-khayri al-khalqi aqwā al-wathā’iqi
Mamālika abnā’i al-bughāti al-fawāsiqi

Through the Best of Creation, the strongest of bonds, I have ground down the kingdoms of the sons of rebellious transgressors.

سِلاَحِي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ وَهْوَ تَحَصُّنِــي
وَخَيْلِي وَرَجْلِي فَهْوَ سِرُّ الْحَقَائِقِ

Silāḥī Rasūlu Allāhi wa-huwa taḥaṣ-ṣunī
Wa-khaylī wa-rajlī fa-huwa sirru al-ḥaqā’iqi

The Messenger of Allah is my weapon and my fortress; he is my cavalry and my infantry, for he is the Secret of Realities.

حَمَى عَنْ دُيُورِي كُلَّ ضَنْكٍ وَفِتْنَةٍ
وَزَحْزَحَ عَنْهَا كُلَّ بَــاغٍ وَفَاسِـــقِ

Ḥamā ‘an duyūrī kulla ḍankin wa-fitnatin
Wa-zaḥzaḥa ‘anhā kulla bāghin wa-fāsiqi

He protected my lands from every distress and trial, and removed from them every oppressor and profligate.

وَسَاقَ رِجَالَ الْخَيْرِ إِذْ يَقْصُدُونَهَا
وَأَلْهَمَ صَحْبِي ذَوْقَ كُلِّ الرَّقَائِــقِ

Wa-sāqa rijāla al-khayri idh yaqṣudūnahā
Wa-alhama ṣaḥbī dhawqa kulli al-raqā’iqi

He drove the people of goodness toward these lands and inspired my companions to taste all the spiritual subtleties.

عَلِيٌّ خَدِيمِــي خَازِنُ السِّرِّ كَاتِبِـي
بِتَزْيِينِ مَدْحِي قَــدْ عَلاَ كُلَّ فَائِــقِ

‘Aliyyun khadīmī khāzinu al-sirri kātibī
Bi-tazyīni madḥī qad ‘alā kulla fā’iqi

Ali is my servant, the treasurer of the secret, and my scribe; through embellishing my praise, he has surpassed every person of excellence.

فَإِنَّ مَدِيحِـــــــي لِلْأَمِيــنِ طَرِيقَــةٌ
لِإِضْرَاكِ فَيْضٍ دُونَــهُ كُلُّ سَابِــقِ

Fa-inna madīḥī lil-Amīni ṭarīqatun
Li-iḍrāki fayḍin dūnahu kullu sābiqi

Indeed, my praise for the Trustworthy One is a spiritual path for attaining an overflow of grace that surpasses all who came before.

فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ وَهْــــوَ مُسَاعِــدِي
مُحِيــطٌ بِسِـــرِّ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْخَلاَئِــقِ

Fa-inna Rasūla Allāhi wa-huwa musā‘idī
Muḥīṭun bi-sirri Allāhi rabbi al-khalā’iqi

For the Messenger of Allah is my helper; he encompasses the Secret of Allah, the Lord of creation.

وَمِنْ بَحْرِهِ لِلصَّحْبِ أَمْسَيْــتُ غَارِفًــا
عَلَى وَفْقِ مَا يَرْجُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ خَالِقِي

Wa-min baḥrihi liṣ-ṣaḥbi amsaytu ghārifan
‘Alā wafqi mā yarjūna min faḍli khāliqī

From his ocean, I have become one who scoops for my companions, according to what they hope for from the grace of my Creator.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــهُ
صَــــلاَةً بِهَا أُرْوِي ظَمَـــا كُلِّ وَامِــقِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā urwī ẓamā kulli wāmiqi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I quench the thirst of every passionate lover.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
وَيَنْسَخُ نَهْــجُ الْخَتْـــمِ كُـــلَّ طَرَائِــقِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-yansakhu nahju al-khatmi kulla ṭarā’iqi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the path of the Seal abrogate all other spiritual paths.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَـــلاَةً بِهَا تَسْقِي الْمُلُــوكُ حَدَائِقِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā tasqī al-mulūku ḥadā’iqī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which kings shall water my gardens.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
تَزِينُ سُطُورِي الدَّهْرَ بِيضَ الْمَهَارِقِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tazīnu suṭūrī al-dahra bīḍa al-mahāriqi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; it embellishes my writings forever upon the white pages.

عَلَيْـــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِــــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
بُحُورِ النَّدَى أُسْدِ الْوَغَى وَالْمَضَايِــقِ

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Buḥūri al-nadā usdi al-waghā wal-maḍā’iqi

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, the oceans of bounty and the lions of battle and hardship.