Harful Yaa · حَرْفُ الْيَاءِ

يُذَكِّرُنِي الْبَرْقُ الْوَمِيـــضُ الْمَغَانِيَــا
عَقِيقًــــا وَسَلْعًـــا وَالنَّقَــا وَالْعَوَالِيَــا

Yudhakkirunī al-barqu al-wamīḍu al-maghāniyā
‘Aqīqan wa-Sal‘an wan-Naqā wal-‘Awāliyā

The flashing lightning reminds me of the dwellings: al-Aqiq, Mount Sal’, al-Naqa, and the Heights (al-‘Awāli).

قَـعَدْتُ لَــــــهُ بِكُــــوسِ وَالْحَيُّ كُلُّهُــمْ
رُقُودٌ أَشِيمُ الْمُعْصِـــرَاتِ السَّوَارِيَــا

Qa‘adtu lahu bi-Kūsin wal-ḥayyu kulluhumu
Ruqūdun ashīmu al-mu‘ṣirāti al-sawāriyā

I sat for it [in devotion] in Kaous, while all the people were asleep, watching the rain-bearing clouds of the night.

سَقَى اللّٰهُ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْمُــزُونِ مَرَابِعًــا
تَوَطَّنَهَـــــا الْمُخْتَارُ لِلْكُفْــرِ مَاحِيَــا

Saqā Allāhu min tilka al-muzūni marābi‘ā
Tawaṭ-ṭanahā al-Mukhtāru lil-kufri māḥiyā

May Allah water from those clouds the regions where the Chosen One settled, erasing disbelief.

نَفَى عَنْ جُفُونِي النَّوْمَ حُـــبُّ مُحَمَّــدٍ
بِتَذْكَـــــارِهِ لَيْلِـــي سَلَــوْتُ الْغَوَانِيَــا

Nafā ‘an jufūnī al-nawma ḥubbu Muḥammadin
Bi-tadhkārihi laylī salawtu al-ghawāniyā

The love of Muhammad has banished sleep from my eyelids; through his remembrance at night, I have forgotten all worldly beauties.

أَبِيـــــتُ بِلَيْـــلٍ نَابِغِيٍّ وَقَدْ سَـــرَتْ
حُمَيَّــا وِدَادِي فِي جَمِيــعِ حَشَائِيَـــــا

Abītu bi-laylin nābighiyyin wa-qad sarat
Ḥumayyā widādī fī jamī‘i ḥashā’iyā

I spend a night like that of al-Nabigha, while the intoxication of my love has surged through all my innards.

أُنَـــادِي حَبِيـــبَ اللّٰهِ طَـــهَ مُحَمَّــــدًا
أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ الْـهَادِي الْمُقَفَّـــى مُنَاجِيَــا

Unādī ḥabība Allāhi Ṭāhā Muḥammadan
Abā al-Qāsimi al-Hādī al-Muqaffā munājiyā

I call upon the Beloved of Allah, Taha Muhammad; Abul Qasim, the Guide, the Final Prophet, in intimate prayer.

لِتَرْحَمْ خَدِيمًــا ضَارِعًا عِنْــدَ بَابِــكَ
الْمُؤَمَّلِ يَــا مَحْمُـــودُ فَانْظُرْ لِحَالِيَــا

Li-tarḥam khadīman ḍāri‘an ‘inda bābika
Al-mu’ammali yā Maḥmūdu fanẓur li-ḥāliyā

May you have mercy on a humble servant at your door—the door of hope, O Praiseworthy One; so look upon my state.

عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا نَيْلِــي الْعُـــلاَ وَالْمَعَالِيَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā naylī al-‘ulā wal-ma‘āliyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I attain high ranks and loftiness.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَــلاَةً بِهَا أَلْقَــى لَدَيْــكَ الْأَمَانِيَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā alqā ladayka al-amāniyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I find my aspirations fulfilled with you.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أُهْدَى فَأُصْبِــــحُ هَادِيَـا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā uhdā fa-uṣbiḥu hādiyā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I am guided and thus become a guide.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أَبْقَـــى كَرِيمًــا مُوَاسِيَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā abqā karīman muwāsiyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I remain generous and comforting.

عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـهُ
أَكُونُ بِهَا فَرْدًا عَلَى الْكُـــلِّ سَامِيَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Akūnu bihā fardan ‘ala al-kulli sāmiyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which I become a unique individual, rising above all.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أَبْقَى وَفَيْضِـــيَ جَارِيَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā abqā wa-fayḍiya jāriyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I endure and my flood of grace remains flowing.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَكُـــونُ بِهَــا نَسْلِـــي هُــدَاةً وَآلِيَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yakūnu bihā naslī hudātan wa-āliyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which my progeny and family become guides.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تَصُونُ بِهَا مِصْرِي الْعُصُورَ الْخَوَالِيَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Taṣūnu bihā miṣrī al-‘uṣūra al-khawāliyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may you protect through it my land throughout the passing ages.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــهُ
لِيُرْضِـــي رَسُـــــولَ اللّٰهِ كُـــلُّ ثَنَائِيَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-yurḍiya Rasūla Allāhi kullu thanā’iyā

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

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يُجِيبُ بِهَــا الْمَـــوْلَى جَمِيـــعَ دُعَائِيَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yujību bihā al-Mawlā jamī‘a du‘ā’iyā

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which the Master answers all my prayers.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ شَيَّـــدُوا الدِّينَ عَالِيَـــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin shay-yadū al-dīna ‘āliyā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who built the religion high.