Harful 'Ayn · حَرْفُ الْعَيْنِ

عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ زَيْنِ الْمَجَامِعِ
غَرَامِي وَتَهْيَامِي وَسَيْــــلُ مَدَامِعِــي

‘Ala al-Muṣṭafā al-Mukhtāri zayni al-majāmi‘i
Gharāmī wa-tahyāmī wa-saylu madāmi‘ī

Upon the Chosen One, the Selected, the Ornament of Gatherings, is my ecstatic love, my infatuation, and the flood of my tears.

ثَـــــوَى فِــي سُوَيْدَائِـــي وِدَادُ مُحَمَّــدٍ
أُكَابِــــدُ شَوْقًـــا بَيْـــنَ قَـــوْمٍ هَوَاجِــعِ

Thawā fī suwaydā’ī widādu Muḥammadin
Ukābidu shawqan bayna qawmin hawāji‘i

The love of Muhammad has settled in the core of my heart; I endure the pains of longing among a people who are fast asleep.

مَتَى انْتَبَهَتْ جَفْنِي ذَكَـــرْتُ مُحَمَّــدًا
وَأَذْكُرُهُ فِي خَلْوَتِــــي وَمَجَامِعِــي

Matā-ntabahat jafnī dhakartu Muḥammadan
Wa-adhkuruhu fī khalwatī wa-majāmi‘ī

Whenever my eyelids awaken, I remember Muhammad; and I remember him in my solitude and in my public gatherings.

وَعِنْدَ سُرُورِي وَاكْتِئَابِي وَإِنْ أَنَمْ
أَرَى أَنَّنِـــي فِـــي حَيِّـــهِ وَالْمَرَابِــعِ

Wa-‘inda surūrī wa-kti’ābī wa-in anam
Arā annanī fī ḥayyihi wal-marābi‘i

In my joy and my depression, and even if I sleep—I see myself in his neighborhood and his dwellings.

خَرِيفِي وَصَيْفِي وَالرَّبِيعُ جَمِيعُهَا
كَذَاكَ شِتَائِي ذِكْرُ جَمْـعِ الْجَوَامِــعِ

Kharīfī wa-ṣayfī wal-rabī‘u jamī‘uhā
Kadhalika shitā’ī dhikru jam-‘i al-jawāmi‘i

My autumn, my summer, and the spring, all of them—likewise my winter—are the remembrance of the "Collector of All Things."

أَيَا سَيِّدِي خَيْرَ الْــــوَرَى وَنَبِيَّنَــا
يَقِينًا أُنَادِي حَاضِرِي الدَّهْرَ سَامِعِي

Ayā sayyidī khayra al-warā wa-nabiyyanā
Yaqīnan unādī ḥāḍirī al-dahra sāmi‘ī

O my master, the best of mortals and our Prophet; with certainty I call upon you as one who is present throughout time, hearing me.

أَجِرْنِي جِوَارًا هَاشِمِيًّا فَلَـــمْ أَخَــفْ
فَلَمْ يَكُ يَوْمًا مَــنْ تُجِــرْهُ بِضَائِــعِ

Ajirnī jiwāran hāshimiyyan falam akhaf
Falam yaku yawman man tujir-hu bi-ḍā’i‘i

Grant me a Hashemite protection, and I shall not fear; for never has the one you protect been lost.

أَجِرْنِي بِمَا يُغْنِي عَنِ الْكُلِّ سَرْمَدًا
فَلَمْ يَكُ ذَنْبِي مِـــنْ جَــدَاكَ بِمَانِــعِ

Ajirnī bimā yughnī ‘ani al-kulli sarmadan
Falam yaku dhanbī min jadāka bi-māni‘i

Grant me refuge through that which makes me eternally independent of all else; for my sin is no barrier to your overwhelming generosity.

فَإِنِّــــــي ذَلِيــــلٌ عَاجِــــزٌ مُتَحَيِّــرٌ
فَقِيرٌ حَقِيرٌ ضَــارِعٌ أَيُّ ضَــارِعِ

Fa-innanī dhalīlun ‘ājizun mutaḥayyirun
Faqīrun ḥaqīrun ḍāri‘un ayyu ḍāri‘i

For I am low, helpless, and bewildered; poor, insignificant, and humble—the humblest of the humble.

وَمَا لِيَ دَفْـعٌ وَاجْتِلاَبٌ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ
لَدَيَّ سِوَى مَدْحِي وَدَفْعِ الْمُدَافِـعِ

Wa-mā liya daf-‘un wa-jtilābun wa-lam yakun
Ladayya siwā madḥī wa-daf-‘i al-mudāfi‘i

I have no power to repel harm or attract benefit; I have nothing but my praise and the defense provided by my Defender.

وَقَدْ لَعِبَتْ أَيْـــدِي الْغَوَايَةِ بُرْهَــةً
بِجَانِبِ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْصَنَــنْ بِالْمَدَافِـــعِ

Wa-qad la‘ibat aydī al-ghawāyati burhatan
Bi-jānibi man lam yuḥṣanan bil-madāfi‘i

The hands of misguidance played for a while with the side of one who was not fortified by the ultimate defenses.

وَلِلَّهِ عِـــــــزٌّ بَعْــــدَهُ لِرَسُولِــــــهِ
وَلِلْمُومِنِيـــنَ الْمُقْتَفِيــــنَ لِشَــارِعِ

Wa-lillāhi ‘izzun ba‘dahu li-Rasūlihi
Wa-lil-mūminīna al-muqtafīna li-shāri‘i

To Allah belongs might, and after Him to His Messenger, and to the believers who follow the Sacred Law.

فَيَا رَبِّ فَضْلاً أَعْــــطِ عِـــزَّةَ دِينِنَــا
سَرِيعًا وَتَمْحُو بُطْلَ أَهْلِ الصَّوَامِـعِ

Fa-yā rabbi faḍlan a‘ṭi ‘izzata dīninā
Sarī‘an wa-tamḥū buṭla ahli al-ṣawāmi‘i

O my Lord, by Your grace, grant victory and might to our religion quickly, and erase the falsehood of the people of the cloisters.

بِجَاهِ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَــــدَ خَيْرِ مَــنْ
أَتَانَا مِنَ الْمَوْلَـــى بِخَيْــرِ الشَّرَائِــعِ

Bi-jāhi Rasūli Allāhi Aḥmada khayri man
Atānā mina al-Mawlā bi-khayri al-sharā’i‘i

By the rank of the Messenger of Allah, Ahmad, the best of those who brought us the finest of laws from the Master.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا فَيْضُ الْجَـــــدَا وَالْمَنَافِــعِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā fayḍu al-jadā wal-manāfi‘i

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which flows the flood of bounty and benefits.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَتَكْثُرُ فِي كُـــلِّ الْبِـــلاَدِ جَوَامِعِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-takthuru fī kulli al-bilādi jawāmi‘ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and may my mosques increase in every land.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أُنِيطُ بِخَيْرِ الْخَلْــــــقِ كُلَّ مَطَامِعِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Unīṭu bi-khayri al-khalqi kulla maṭāmi‘ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; I attach all my desires to the Best of Creation.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا تَبْقَى لِمَوْتِـــي مَسَامِعِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā tabqā li-mawtī masāmi‘ī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which my hearing remains sound until my death.

وَالْأَبْصَارُ وَالْقُوَى بِمَدْحِكَ سَيِّـــدِي
عَلَيْكَ صَلاَةٌ مِنْ جَمِيـــعِ أَصَابِعِــي

Wal-abṣāru wal-quwā bi-madḥika sayyidī
‘Alayka ṣalātun min jamī‘i aṣābi‘ī

And my sight and my faculties, through your praise, my master; upon you is a prayer from all my fingers.

عَلَيْكَ مَــــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
وَكُلِّ الَّذِي يَقْفُــــوكَ زَيْنَ الْمَجَــامِعِ

‘Alayka ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Wa-kulli al-ladhī yaqfūka zayna al-majāmi‘i

Upon you, along with the noble family and his companions, and everyone who follows you, O Ornament of Gatherings.