Harful Ghayn · حَرْفُ الْغَيْنِ

غَرَامِي دَعَانِـي لِلْفُرَيْـــشِ وَرَابِـــغِ
وَطَيْبَةِ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ مُعْطِي السَّوَابِــغِ

Gharāmī da‘ānī lil-Furayshi wa-Rābighi
Wa-Ṭaybati khayri al-khalqi mu‘ṭī al-sawābighi

My passion has called me to al-Furaysh and Rabigh, and to Tayba (Medina), the home of the Best of Creation, the giver of ample bounties.

سَلاَمٌ عَلَى بِيـرَيْ عَلِيٍّ وَرُومَـــةٍ
فَمَنْ لِي بِكَأْسٍ مِــنْ بُضَاعَةَ سَائِـغِ

Salāmun ‘alā bīray ‘Aliyyin wa-Rūmatin
Fa-man lī bi-ka’sin min Buḍā‘ata sā’ighi

Peace be upon the two wells of Ali and the well of Ruma; who will grant me a cup of easy-swallowing water from the well of Budā‘a?

سَلاَمٌ عَلَى زَرْقَاءِ عَيْنٍ وَقَدْ سَمَـتْ
عَلَى الْحُورِ وَا شَوْقِي لِسَلْعٍ وَرَابِــغِ

Salāmun ‘alā Zarqā’i ‘aynin wa-qad samat
‘Ala al-ḥūri wa-shawqī li-Sal‘in wa-Rābighi

Peace be upon the blue spring (Zarqā’), which has surpassed even the maidens of paradise; oh, my longing for Mount Sal’ and Rabigh!

سَلاَمٌ عَلَى قَبْرِ الْأَمِيــنِ وَرَوْضَــةٍ
تُرِيكَ ضِيَاءً يَــــزْدَرِي كُـــلَّ بَازِغِ

Salāmun ‘alā qabri al-Amīni wa-rawḍatin
Turīka ḍiyā’an yazdarī kulla bāzighi

Peace be upon the grave of the Trustworthy One and the Rawda (Garden), which shows you a light that outshines every rising sun.

سَلاَمٌ عَلَـــى رَوْضِ الْبَقِيــعِ فَإِنَّنِــي
يُوَدِّي سَــــــلاَمِي كُــلُّ آتٍ وَبَالِــغِ

Salāmun ‘alā rawḍi al-Baqī‘i fa-innanī
Yuwaddī salāmī kullu ātin wa-bālighi

Peace be upon the garden of al-Baqī‘; for indeed, my greetings are carried by every traveler arriving and reaching there.

مَحَا حُبُّهَا حُبَّ الْقُرَى مِنْ خَوَاطِرِي
فَمَــا لُنْدُنًا ذَاتَ الشُّمُـــوعِ الْبَــوَازِغِ

Maḥā ḥubbuhā ḥubba al-qurā min khawāṭirī
Fa-mā Lundunan dhāta al-shumū‘i al-bawāzighi

The love of Medina has erased the love of all other cities from my thoughts; so what of London with its shining candles?

وَذَلِكَ مِنْ حُـــبِّ الْحَبِيـــبِ فَحُبُّـــهُ
مَتَى يُقْذَفَنْ فِي الْقَلْبِ أَعْظَمُ دَامِـــغِ

Wa-dhālika min ḥubbi al-ḥabībi fa-ḥubbuhu
Matā yuqdhafan fī al-qalbi a‘ẓamu dāmighi

That is due to the love of the Beloved; for whenever his love is cast into the heart, it is the greatest vanquisher [of all else].

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَيُصْبَغُ قَلْبُ الْعَبْدِ مِنْ خَيْرِ صَابِــغِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-yuṣbaghu qalbu al-‘abdi min khayri ṣābighi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the heart of the servant be dyed by the Best of Dyers.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ الْأَعْدَاءَ مِنْ كُلِّ زَائِـغِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-tasta’ṣilu al-a‘dā’a min kulli zā’ighi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it uproot the enemies from among every deviator.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَأُكْسَى كِسَا الْأَنْوَارِ مِنْ كُلِّ سَابِـغِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-uksā kisā al-anwāri min kulli sābighi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may I be clothed in the garment of lights, in every ample way.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْــبٍ أَنْذَرُوا كُـــلَّ بَالِــغِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin andharū kulla bālighi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who warned every person reached by the message.