Harfudh Dhaal · حَرْفُ الذَّالِ

ذَكَــرْتُ رَسُــــولَ اللّٰهِ ذِكْــــرَ تَلَـــذُّذِ
بِشَيْءٍ سِــــوَاهُ الدَّهْـــرَ لَــــمْ أَتَلَـــذَّذِ

Dhakartu Rasūla Allāhi dhikra taladh-dhudhi
Bi-shay’in siwāhu al-dahra lam ataladh-dhadhi

I remembered the Messenger of Allah with a remembrance of pure delight; through nothing other than him have I ever found pleasure.

وَهَلْ ثَمَّ غَيْرُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَجَمَالِهِ
وَهَلْ ثَمَّ مِن هَادٍ سِـــوَاهُ وَمُنْقِــذِ

Wa-hal thamma ghayru al-Muṣṭafā wa-jamālihi
Wa-hal thamma min hādin siwāhu wa-munqidhi

Is there anything besides the Chosen One and his beauty? And is there any guide besides him or any savior?

ذَرِينِيَ يَا سَلْمَى لِـهَمِّي وَوَحْشَتِي
أُقَاسِي مَرِيرًا وَهْــوَ عَيْنُ تَلَـــذُّذِي

Dharīniya yā Salmā li-hammī wa-waḥshatī
Uqāsī marīran wa-huwa ‘aynu taladh-dhudhī

Leave me, O Salma, to my grief and my loneliness; I endure bitterness, yet it is the very essence of my delight.

ذَرِينِـــي لِتَذْكَـــارِ الْأَمِيـــنِ فَإِنَّــــهُ
مَلاَ الْقَلْبَ مَا لِي غَيْرُ تَذْكَارِ مُنْقِـذِي

Dharīnī li-tadhkāri al-Amīni fa-innahu
Malā al-qalba mā lī ghayru tadhkāri munqidhī

Leave me to the remembrance of the Trustworthy One, for he has filled my heart; I have nothing but the remembrance of my savior.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أُلْفَــى لِوَصْلِـــكَ كَالَّــذِي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā ulfā li-waṣlika kal-ladhī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I am found [attaining] union with you, like the one who [has arrived].

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أَعْلُو عَلَــــى كُلِّ جِهْبِــذِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā a‘lū ‘alā kulli jihbidhi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I rise above every brilliant scholar.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ عَايَنُوا نُورَ مَأْخَذِي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin ‘āyanū nūra ma’khadhī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who witnessed the light of my source.