Harfut Twaa · حَرْفُ الطَّاءِ

طَبِيبِي سِقَامِي أَحْمَـــدُ النُّورُ مُقْسِـــطُ
جَمِيــــــلٌ جَلِيــــلٌ مِثْلُهُ لَــمْ يَكُنْ قَــطُّ

Ṭabībī siqāmī Aḥmadu al-nūru muqsiṭu
Jamīlun jalīlun mithluhu lam yakun qaṭ-ṭu

The doctor for my sickness is Ahmad; he is light and he is just. Beautiful and majestic—never has there been anyone like him.

طَوَى لِيَ فِي سَيْرِي الْمَهَامِهَ مُجْزِلاً
لِنَحْوِي الْعَطَايَا وَالْفُحُولُ قَدْ أَغْبَطُوا

Ṭawā liya fī sayrī al-mahāmiha muj-zilā
Li-naḥwī al-‘aṭāyā wal-fuḥūlu qad agh-baṭū

He folded the vast deserts for me in my journey, bestowing gifts upon me so great that even the "stallions" [among saints] were envious.

فَحَرْثِي وَبُسْتَانِــــي مَدِيـــحُ مُحَمَّــدٍ
مَحَطَّةُ سِرِّ الْحَــــقِّ لِلْوَحْــيِ مَهْبَــطُ

Fa-ḥarthī wa-bustānī madīḥu Muḥammadin
Maḥaṭ-ṭatu sirri al-ḥaqqi lil-waḥyi mah-biṭu

My harvest and my garden are the praise of Muhammad; the station of the Secret of Truth, the place where Revelation descends.

وَذَاكَ الَّذِي مَهْمَا ذَكَــــرْتُ جَمَالَــهُ
سَرَى الْوَجْدُ فِي حَتَّى أَهِيمُ وَأَخْبِطُ

Wa-dhāka al-ladhī mahmā dhakartu jamālahu
Sarā al-wajdu fī ḥattā ahīmu wa-akh-biṭu

That is the one whose beauty, whenever I mention it, sends ecstasy through me until I wander and lose myself in love.

وَذَاكَ الَّذِي مَهْمَا اشْتَغَلْتُ بِمَدْحِـــهِ
يَفِضْ لِيَ فَيْضًا حَيْثُمَا الْكُلُّ يَغْبِــطُ

Wa-dhāka al-ladhī mahmā-shtaghaltu bi-madḥihi
Yafiḍ liya fayḍan ḥaythumā al-kullu yagh-biṭu

That is the one through whose praise, whenever I occupy myself, a flood overflows for me such that everyone gazes in envy.

وَذَاكَ الَّذِي لَوْلاَهُ لَــمْ تُلْــفَ قَطْــرَةٌ
فَهُو الْقَاسِمُ الْمَأْمُونُ يُعْطِي وَيُقْسِــطُ

Wa-dhāka al-ladhī lawlāhu lam tulfa qaṭratun
Fahuwa al-Qāsimu al-Ma’mūnu yu‘ṭī wa-yuq-siṭu

That is the one without whom not a single drop [of rain or existence] would be found; he is the Trustworthy Distributor who gives and acts with justice.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُسَخِّرُ لِي دَهْـــرِي وَقَلْبِـــي تُنَشِّــطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tusakh-khiru lī dahrī wa-qalbī tunash-shiṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it subject my time to me and invigorate my heart.

عَلَيْــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُبِيدُ الْعِدَى طُرًّا وَالْأَعْمَـــالَ تُحْبِــطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tubīdu al-‘idā ṭurran wal-a‘māla tuḥ-biṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it destroy the enemies entirely and render their [evil] deeds void.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَدِينُ لِأَمْرِي كُلُّ شَيْـــــخٍ وَأَشْمَــطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yadīnu li-amrī kullu shaykhin wa-ash-maṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may every elder and grey-haired man submit to my command.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِهَا أَسْبِقُ الْأَقْطَابَ طُـــرًّا وَأَفْــرُطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā asbiqu al-aqṭāba ṭurran wa-afruṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through it, I overtake all the Spiritual Poles and go beyond.

عَلَيْـــهِ مَـــعَ الْآلِ الْكِــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
وَمَنْ سَلَكُوا دِينَ النَّبِــيِّ وَأَقْسَطُــوا

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Wa-man salakū dīna al-nabiyyi wa-aq-saṭū

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, and those who followed the Prophet's religion and were just.

عَلَيْـــــــــهِ مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَا قَالَ مُغْرَمٌ
طَبِيبِي سِقَامِي أَحْمَدُ النُّـــورُ مُقْسِــطُ

‘Alayhi madā al-ayyāmi mā qāla mughramun
Ṭabībī siqāmī Aḥmadu al-nūru muqsiṭu

Upon him throughout the days, as long as a lover says: "The doctor for my sickness is Ahmad; he is light and he is just."