Harfuz Zwaa · حَرْفُ الظَّاءِ

ظَعَنْتُ إِلَى وَادِي الْحَبِيــــبِ الْمُبَهَّجِ
مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَاحِي الضَّـلاَلَ الْمُسَــــرَّجِ

Ẓa‘antu ilā wādī al-ḥabībi al-mubahhaji
Muḥammadin al-māḥī al-ḍalāla al-musarraji

I have departed toward the valley of the joyful Beloved; Muhammad, the eraser of misguidance, the one like a lamp.

بِكَاظِمَةٍ أَحْبَـــابُ قَلْبِــــي وَسَلْعِهَــا
وَوَادِي النَّقَا مَغْنَى الْكَرِيمِ الْمُتَـوَّجِ

Bi-Kāẓimatin aḥbābu qalbī wa-Sal‘ihā
Wa-wādī al-naqā maghnā al-karīmi al-mutawwaji

In Kazima are the beloveds of my heart, and at Mount Sal’ and the Valley of Naqa—the dwelling of the Crowned Noble One.

فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ إِلْمَامٍ بِتِلْــــكَ وَلَيْتَنِــي
أُوَافِيكَ يَا مَنْ نَهْجُهُ الدَّهْرَ مَنْهَجِـي

Fa-hal lī min ilmāmin bi-tilka wa-laytanī
Uwāfīka yā man nahjuhu al-dahra manhajī

Will I ever have a visit to those places? If only I could meet you, O you whose path is my path for all time.

أُوَافِي الَّذِي لَوْلاَهُ مَـــا ذَرَّ شَـــارِقٌ
وَلَوْلاَهُ نُــــورُ الشَّمْــسِ لَمْ يَتَبَلَّــجِ

Uwāfī al-ladhī lawlāhu mā dharra shāriqun
Wa-lawlāhu nūru al-shamsi lam yataballaji

I seek to meet the one without whom no rising sun would shine, and without whom the light of the sun would not have broken through.

نَبِيٌّ حَـــوَى مَا لَـــمْ يَنَلْـــهُ مُقَـــرَّبٌ
وَلاَ فِي بُيُـــوتِ الْحَـــيِّ بِالْمُتَوَلِّــجِ

Nabiyyun ḥawā mā lam yanal-hu muqarrabun
Walā fī buyūti al-ḥayyi bil-mutawalliji

A Prophet who possessed what no near angel ever attained, nor any who entered the dwellings of the living.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
أَعِيشُ بِهَا دَهْــرِي بِغَيْـــرِ مُزَعِّــجِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
A‘īshu bihā dahrī bi-ghayri muza‘-‘iji

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which I live my life without any disturber.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
فَإِنِّي أَسِيــــرُ الْحُـــبِّ دُونَ تَغَنُّــجِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-inniya asīru al-ḥubbi dūna taghannuji

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for I am a captive of love without any pretense or vanity.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً عَلَى طُولِ الْمَدَى لَمْ تُنَسَّــجِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan ‘alā ṭūli al-madā lam tunassaji

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that throughout the ages has never been [matched/woven].

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَخْمِ الْمَهِيــبِ الْمُبَهَّــجِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
‘Alā dhālika al-fakhmi al-mahībi al-mubahhaji

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; upon that magnificent, majestic, and joyful one.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْأَقْنَى الْأَزَجِّ وَالْأَبْلَـــجِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
‘Alā dhālika al-aqnā al-azajji wal-ablaji

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; upon the one with the aquiline nose, the arched brows, and the radiant face.

عَلَيْهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِــــرَامِ وَصَحْبِـــهِ
وَمَنْ سَلَكُوا فِي الدِّينِ أَحْسَنَ مَنْهَجِ

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Wa-man salakū fī al-dīni aḥsana manhaji

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, and those who followed the best path in religion.