Harfud Dwaad · حَرْفُ الضَّادِ

ضَمِنْتُ مَدِيحَ الْـهَاشِمِيِّ وَقَدْ رَشَّا
قَدِيمًا بِقَلْبِي نُورُ أَمْدَاحِــــهِ رَشَّــا

Ḍamintu madīḥa al-Hāshimiyyi wa-qad rashshā
Qadīman bi-qalbī nūru amdāḥihi rashshā

I have committed to the praise of the Hashemite, for long ago the light of his praises was sprinkled upon my heart.

وَذَلِــــكَ مَحْمُـــودُ الْمَقَــــامِ وَإِنَّـــهُ
أَمَانِي مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا يُخْشَى

Wa-dhālika Maḥmūdu al-maqāmi wa-innahu
Amānī madā al-ayyāmi ‘an kulli mā yukhshā

He is the possessor of the Praiseworthy Station, and indeed he is my security throughout the days against all that is feared.

حَمَا عَنْ جَنَابِي كُلَّ ظُلْمٍ وَظُلْمَــــةٍ
وَزَحْزَحَ عَنِّي الْغِلَّ وَالْحِقْدَ وَالْغِشَّا

Ḥamā ‘an janābī kulla ẓulmin wa-ẓulmatin
Wa-zaḥzaḥa ‘annī al-ghilla wal-ḥiqda wal-ghishshā

He protected my side from every injustice and darkness, and removed from me malice, hatred, and deceit.

وَأَشْرَقَ بِالْأَنْـــــوَارِ قَلْبِـــي وَقَالَبِـــي
مُحَمَّدُ شَمْسُ الدِّينِ مَنْ قَدْ أَضَا الْغَطْشَا

Wa-ashraqa bil-anwāri qalbī wa-qālabī
Muḥammadu shamsu al-dīni man qad aḍā al-ghaṭshā

My heart and my physical form shone with lights; Muhammad is the Sun of Religion who illuminated the pitch blackness.

فَإِنْ عَمِيَ الْأَقْوَامُ يَوْمًا وَأَمْرَقُوا
فَلِي قَائِدٌ مِنْ نُورِهِ وَسَطَ الْمَمْشَى

Fa-in ‘amiya al-aqwāmu yawman wa-amraqū
Fa-lī qā’idun min nūrihi wasṭa al-mamshā

If the people go blind one day and stray from the path, I have a leader from his light in the midst of the walkway.

يُؤَيِّدُنِي فِـــي كُــــلِّ مَشْهَــــدِ دَهْشَـــةٍ
أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْمِفْضَالُ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا رَشَّا

Yu’ay-yidunī fī kulli mash-hadi dahshatin
Abū al-Qāsimi al-mifḍālu min ajli mā rashshā

He supports me in every scene of bewilderment—Abul Qasim, the most bountiful, because of what he sprinkled.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً وَتَسْلِيمًا تُلِيـــنُ لَنَا الْعَيْشَــا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan wa-taslīman tulīnu lanā al-‘ayshā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer and salutation that makes life soft for us.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُحَلِّي كَلاَمِي وَالْمَهَارِقَ وَالنَّقْشَـــا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tuḥallī kalāmī wal-mahāriqa wan-naqshā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; it beautifies my speech, my pages, and my engravings.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
أَكُونُ سِوَاهُ لَنْ أُرَجِّي وَلَنْ أَخْشَى

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Akūnu siwāhu lan urajjī wa-lan akhshā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; I shall hope in none but him, and fear none but him.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ حَارَبُوا كُلَّ مَنْ غَشَّا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin ḥārabū kulla man ghashshā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who fought every deceiver.