Harful Hhamza · حَرْفُ الْهَمْزَةِ

أَبَى لِيَ سِرٌّ حَلَّ بَيْـــنَ حَشَائِـــي
تَنَاسِي حَبِيبِ اللّٰهِ عَيْنِ الصَّفَــاءِ

Abā liya sirrun ḥalla bayna ḥashā’ī
Tanāsī ḥabībi Allāhi ‘ayni al-ṣafā’ī

A secret that has settled within my innards has forbidden me from ever forgetting the Beloved of Allah, the essence of purity.

أَهِيمُ بِــهِ إِنْ هَـامَ غَيْرِي بِزَيْنَبٍ
وَتَذْكَــارُهُ عِنْـــدِي أَلَـــذُّ غِــذَاءِ

Ahīmu bihi in hāma ghayrī bi-Zaynabin
Wa-tadhkāruhu ‘indī aladh-dhu ghidhā’ī

I am infatuated with him while others are infatuated with "Zaynab"; and his remembrance is to me the most delicious nourishment.

أَهِيمُ بِهِ مَا عِشْــــتُ دُونَ تَغَنُّــجٍ
وَلِي وَلَـهٌ فِيـــــهِ بُعَيْـــدَ فَنَائِــي

Ahīmu bihi mā ‘ishtu dūna taghannujin
Wa-li walahun fīhi bu‘ayda fanā’ī

I am infatuated with him as long as I live, without pretense; and I possess a passionate longing for him even after my passing.

إِذَا انْصَرَفَ الْوَارُونَ عَنْ دَفْنِ جُثَّتِي
بَقِيــــتُ بِـــــهِ أَحْيَــــا لِيَــــوْمِ لِقَــاءِ

Idhā-nṣarafa al-wārūna ‘an dafni juth-thatī
Baqītu bihi aḥyā li-yawmi liqā’ī

When those who bury my body turn to leave, I remain alive through him until the Day of Meeting.

إِذَا عَبَدَ الْعُبَّــــــادُ فِي الْقَبْـــرِ إِنَّنِــي
بِذِكْرِ رَسُــــــولِ اللّٰهِ وَقْــتَ تَوَائِــي

Idhā ‘abada al-‘ubbādu fī al-qabri innanī
Bi-dhikri Rasūli Allāhi waqta tawā’ī

If the worshippers perform their worship in the grave, then I am occupied with the remembrance of the Messenger of Allah during my stay there.

أَنِسْتُ بِـــهِ وَحْـــدِي كَفَانِــي جَمَالُــهُ
عَنِ الْغَانِيَــاتِ الْبِيضِ وَسْــطَ خِبَاءِ

Anistu bihi waḥdī kafānī jamāluhu
‘An al-ghāniyāti al-bīḍi wasṭa khibā’ī

I found intimacy in him alone; his beauty sufficed me over the fair maidens within the tents.

إِذَا جَمَعُوا الْأَمْوَالَ وَافْتَخَرُوا بِهَــا
فَفَخْرِي وَمَالِي حُـــبُّ زَيْنِ مَـلاَءِ

Idhā jama‘ū al-amwāla wa-ftakharū bihā
Fa-fakhrī wa-mālī ḥubbu zayni malā’ī

If they gather wealth and boast of it, then my pride and my wealth are the love of the one who is the best of the world.

إِذَا مَكَرُوا مَكْــرًا كُفِيـــتُ بِذِكْــرِهِ
وَإِنْ مَرَضٌ يَعْـرُو فَفِيــهِ شِفَائِــي

Idhā makarū makran kufītu bi-dhikrihi
Wa-in maraḍun ya‘rū fa-fīhi shifā’ī

If they plot a scheme, I am protected by his remembrance; and if a disease afflicts me, in him is my cure.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِيُرْضِي رَسُـــولَ اللّٰهِ كُــلُّ ثَنَائِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-yurḍiya Rasūla Allāhi kullu thanā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may all my praise be pleasing to the Messenger of Allah.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَكُونُ بِحَشْرِي تَحْتَ ظِـــلِّ للِّــوَاءِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Akūnu bi-ḥashrī taḥta ẓilli liwā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may I be, at my Gathering, beneath the shade of the banner.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَنَالُ لَدَى الْأُخْرَى كَمَـالَ الرِّضَــاءِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Anālu lada al-ukhrā kamāla al-riḍā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may I attain, in the Hereafter, the perfection of pleasure.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَيَكْفِي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ أَهْـــلَ الْبَــذَاءِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-yakfī Rasūlu Allāhi ahla al-badhā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and may the Messenger of Allah suffice against the people of obscenity.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَنَالُ مُحِبِّي الدَّهْــرَ كُـــلَّ مُنَــاءِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yanālu muḥibbī al-dahra kulla munā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may my lover attain all his desires throughout time.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
خَدِيمُكَ يَعْلُـو كُلَّ أَهْـــلِ عَــلاَءِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Khadīmuka ya‘lū kulla ahli ‘alā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may your servant rise above all people of high rank.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَأَنْوَارُهَا تَعْلُـــو عَنَــانَ سَمَــاءِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-anwāruhā ta‘lū ‘anāna samā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may its lights rise to the clouds of the sky.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْــبٍ ثُــمَّ آلِ عَبَــاءِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin thumma āli ‘abā’ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family, the companions, and the People of the Cloak.