Harfuz Zaay · حَرْفُ الزَّايِ

زَمَانِيَ سَعْــــــدٌ مِنْــــهُ فَـــوْزٌ لِفَائِــزِ
لِمَـــــــدْحِ هُمَـــامٍ مُجْـــزِلٍ لِلْجَوَائِــزِ

Zamāniya sa‘dun minhu fawzun li-fā’izi
Li-madḥi humāmin mujzilin lil-jawā’izi

My time is one of felicity, bringing triumph to the successful; through the praise of a brave leader who is generous with rewards.

لِمَـــدْحِ هُمَـــامٍ مِنْـــهُ تِلْـــكَ وَهَـــذِهِ
وَقَدْ جُبْتُ مِنْ حُبِّيهِ كُـــلَّ الْمَفَـــاوِزِ

Li-madḥi humāmin minhu tilka wa-hādhihi
Wa-qad jubtu min ḥubbīhi kulla al-mafāwizi

Through the praise of a brave leader, from whom come all these [blessings]; through his love, I have crossed every desert.

حَبَانِي وَأَعْطَانِــي وَأَجْـــزَلَ نَيْلَــهُ
وَحَتَّى حَبَا مَـــا ذِكْرُهُ غَيْـــرُ جَائِــزِ

Ḥabānī wa-a‘ṭānī wa-ajzala naylahu
Wa-ḥattā ḥabā mā dhikruhu ghayru jā’izi

He gifted me, gave to me, and made his bounty abundant; he even gifted that which is not permissible to mention.

وَيَذْكُـــرُهُ مِنِّـــي جَنَانِـــي وَلَقْلَقِــي
فَلاَ أَكُ يَوْمًـــــا عَــنْ ثَنَــاهُ بِعَاجِــزِ

Wa-yadhkuruhu minnī janānī wa-laqlaqī
Fa-lā aku yawman ‘an thanāhu bi-‘ājizi

My heart and my tongue remember him; so let me never be, for even a day, unable to offer his praise.

جَمِيــــلٌ جَلِيـــلٌ كَامِـــلٌ ذُو مَكَانَــةٍ
جَوَادٌ وَفِـــي الْـهَيْجَا أَمَـامَ الْمَرَاكِــزِ

Jamīlun jalīlun kāmilun dhū makānatin
Jawādun wa-fī al-hayjā amāma al-marākizi

Beautiful, majestic, perfect, and of high standing; generous, and in the heat of battle, he was at the front of the ranks.

عَلِيــــــمٌ حَلِيمٌ صَــــابِرٌ وَهْـــوَ شَاكِــرٌ
وَفِي اللّٰهِ أَعْطَى ، فِي السِّوَى لَمْ يُبَارِزِ

‘Alīmun ḥalīmun ṣābirun wa-huwa shākirun
Wa-fī Allāhi a‘ṭā, fī al-siwā lam yubārizi

Knowledgeable, clement, patient, and grateful; he gave for the sake of Allah, and for anything else, he never vied.

عَظِيـــمٌ عَظِيـــمُ الْخُلْقِ عَيْــنٌ لِرَحْمَــةٍ
وَمَنْ مَالَ يَوْمًــــا عَنْـــهُ لَيْــسَ بِفَائِــزِ

‘Aẓīmun ‘aẓīmu al-khulqi ‘aynun li-raḥmatin
Wa-man māla yawman ‘anhu laysa bi-fā’izi

Magnificent! Magnificent in character, the very essence of mercy; whoever turns away from him one day is not a winner.

أُصَـــــرِّحُ وَجْـــــدًا بِالْمَحَبَّــةِ نَحْــوَهُ
وَأَغْنَاهُ مَا فِي الْقَلْبِ عَنْ رَمْزِ رَامِـزِ

Uṣar-riḥu wajdan bil-maḥab-bati naḥwahu
Wa-agh-nāhu mā fī al-qalbi ‘an ramzi rāmizi

I openly declare my ecstatic passion in love for him; what is in the heart suffices him, needing no symbols from any coder.

عَلَيْـــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أُعَــــــدِّدُ ذِكْـــــرَاهُ كَعَـــدِّ الْعَجَائِـــــزِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
U‘ad-didu dhikrāhu ka-‘addi al-‘ajā’izi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; I count his remembrance as the old women count [their beads].

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
عَدِيدَ الْوَرَى مِــــنْ مُسْتَكِــنٍّ وَبَارِزِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
‘Adīda al-warā min mustakinnin wa-bārizi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; as numerous as the mortals, both the hidden and the manifest.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَـــلاَةً تُرَقِّينِـــي لِخَيْـــرِ الْغَرَائِــزِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan turaq-qīnī li-khayri al-gharā’izi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that elevates me to the best of natural dispositions.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَمَنْ أَثْخَنُوا فِي الدِّينِ كُـــلَّ مُبَارِزِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-man athkhanū fī al-dīni kulla mubārizi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon those who subdued every challenger in the religion.