Harful 'Ayn · حَرْفُ الْعَيْنِ

عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ نُورِ الْأَبَاطِحِ
صَلاَةٌ بِهَا تُمْحَـــــى جَمِيـــعُ قَبَائِحِــي

‘Ala al-Muṣṭafa al-mukhtāri nūri al-abāṭiḥi
Ṣalātun bihā tumḥā jamī‘u qabā’iḥī

Upon the Chosen, the Selected, the Light of the Valleys; a prayer through which all my ugliness is erased.

دَرَأْتُ فَسَــــــادِي بِالْمَدَائِــــحِ جَالِبًــا
صَلاَحِي بِذِكْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى وَالْمَدَائِـحِ

Dara’tu fasādī bil-madā’iḥi jāliban
Ṣalāḥī bi-dhikri al-Muṣṭafā wal-madā’iḥi

I have repelled my corruption through praises, bringing about my righteousness through the remembrance of the Chosen One and the odes.

وَقَدْ شَابَ فَوْدِي فِي الْمُجُونِ وَلَمْ أَزَلْ
أَسِيرَ الْهَـوَى مَا شِمْتُ بَـــرْقَ الْمَرَابِــحِ

Wa-qad shāba fawdī fī al-mujūni wa-lam azal
Asīra al-hawā mā shimtu barqa al-marābiḥi

The hair on my temples has turned grey in vanity, while I remain a captive of passion, never having glimpsed the lightning of true profits.

وَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ دَعْوَى مَحَبَّـــةِ
الْأَمِينِ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَرْسَخَنْ فِي جَوَانِحِي

Wa-lam ara shay’an ghayra da‘wā maḥabbati
Al-amīni wa-law lam tarsakhan fī jawāniḥī

I have seen nothing [in my records] except the claim of love for the Trustworthy One, even if it has not firmly rooted itself in my ribs.

وَمَدْحِي لَـــهُ مُزْجَى الْبِضَاعَةِ قَاصِرًا
عَنِ الشَّأْوِ هَلْ يَرْضَى الْمُقَفَّى مَدَائِحِي

Wa-madḥī lahu muzjā al-biḍā‘ati qāṣiran
‘An al-sha’wi hal yarḍa al-Muqaffā madā’iḥī

My praise for him is a "scanty merchandise," falling short of the goal; will the Final Prophet accept my praises?

فَمَا ثَمَّ مَرْجُوٌّ سِوَى فَضْلِ خَالِقِي
لِذَا الْعَبْدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَيْنِ الْقَبَائِــــحِ

Fa-mā thamma marjūwun siwā faḍli khāliqī
Li-dhā al-‘abdi Ibrāhīma ‘ayni al-qabā’iḥi

There is no one to hope in except the grace of my Creator for this servant, Ibrahim, the very essence of ugliness.

صَلاَةٌ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ آلِ هَاشِمٍ
مُحَمَّدٍ الْـهَادِي مُنِيــــرِ الْأَبَاطِــحِ

Ṣalātun ‘ala al-mukhtāri min āli Hāshimin
Muḥammadin al-Hādī munīri al-abāṭiḥi

Blessings upon the Selected from the family of Hashim, Muhammad the Guide, the Illuminator of the Valleys.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَكُونُ الَّذِي يَسْعَى لِضَيْرِي كَنَاطِحِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yakūnu alladhī yas‘ā li-ḍayrī ka-nāṭiḥi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may whoever seeks to harm me be like one butting [a mountain].

عَلَيْــــهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
وَتُزْجِي لِـهَـذَا الْعَبْدِ كُلَّ الْمَنَائِـــحِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-tuzjī li-hādhā al-‘abdi kulla al-manā’iḥi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and may it drive all gifts toward this servant.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
فَتُبْعِدُ عَنِّي الشُّؤْمَ مِـــنْ كُلِّ بَارِحِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-tub‘idu ‘annī al-shu’ma min kulli bāriḥi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; so it keeps away from me the ill-omen of every misfortune.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ كُلَّ غَــادٍ وَرَائِـحِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin kulla ghādin wa-rā’iḥi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions, every morning and every evening.