Harfut Taa · حَرْفُ التَّاءِ

تَخِذْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ فِي كُلِّ أَوْقَاتِــــــي
مَعَاشِي وَكَسْبِي فَهْوَ لِي خَيْرُ أَقْوَاتِ

Tak-hidhtu Rasūla Allāhi fī kulli awqātī
Ma‘āshī wa-kasbī fahuwa lī khayru aqwātī

I have taken the Messenger of Allah in all my times as my livelihood and my gain, for he is the best of nourishments for me.

وَأَمْدَحُهُ مَا عِشْتُ فِــــي كُلِّ حَالَــةٍ
قَصِيدِي مَدِيـحُ الْـهَاشِمِي وَأَبْيَاتِــي

Wa-amdaḥuhu mā ‘ishtu fī kulli ḥālatin
Qaṣīdī madīḥu al-Hāshimī wa-abyātī

I praise him as long as I live in every state; my poems and my verses are but the praise of the Hashemite.

فَلِي كُـــــلَّ وَقْــــتٍ حَالَةٌ بَعْــــدَ حَالَــةٍ
وَحَالَةُ مَدْحِ الْمُصْطَفَى خَيْرُ حَالاَتِي

Falī kullu waqtin ḥālatun ba‘da ḥālatin
Wa-ḥālatu mad-ḥi al-Muṣṭafā khayru ḥālātī

For every moment I have state after state, but the state of praising the Chosen One is the best of my states.

وَلِي زَفْرَةٌ لِلْحُبِّ مِنْ بَعْـــــدِ زَفْـــرَةٍ
فَيَرْحَمُ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ صَدْرِي وَزَفْرَاتِي

Wa-lī zafratun lil-ḥubbi min ba‘di zafratin
Fa-yar-ḥamu khayru al-nāsi ṣadrī wa-zafrātī

I have sigh after sigh out of love; may the best of people have mercy on my chest and my sighs.

وَطَــــالَ بُكَائِــــي فَالزَّفِيــرُ جَهَنَّـــمٌ
يُهَوِّنُهُ مِنِّــــى دُمُوعِــي وَأَصْوَاتِــي

Wa-ṭāla bukā’ī fal-zafīru jahannamu
Yuhaw-winuhu minnī dumū‘ī wa-aṣwātī

My weeping has been long, and my sighing is like hellfire, lightened only by my tears and my voices [calls].

يُدَارِكُنِـــي طَـــهَ الْأَمِيـــــنُ بِعَطْفَــةٍ
فَيَعْذُبُ تَعْذِيبِي وَوَجْدِي وَلَوْعَاتِي

Yudārikunī Ṭāhā al-Amīnu bi-‘aṭfatin
Fa-ya‘dhubu ta‘dhībī wa-waj-dī wa-law‘ātī

Taha, the Trustworthy, reaches me with a touch of kindness, and thus my torment, my ecstasy, and my burning grief become sweet.

أَنِلْنِي مَقَامًا قَـــدْ تَقَاصَـــــرَ دُونَـــهُ
جَمِيعُ فُحُولٍ فِي زَمَانِي وَمَــا يَأْتِي

Anil-nī maqāman qad taqāṣara dūnahu
Jamī‘u fuḥūlin fī zamānī wa-mā ya’tī

Grant me a station that all the giants [masters] of my time and what is to come have fallen short of.

بِلاَ سَبَـــبٍ مِنِّـــي مُعَافًــــى فَإِنَّنِــي
رَجَائِي كَبِيرٌ فِي مَلاَذِي وَمَنْجَاتِي

Bilā sababin minnī mu‘āfan fa-innanī
Rajā’ī kabīrun fī malādhī wa-manjātī

Without any merit of my own, but out of well-being; for my hope is great in my Refuge and my Salvation.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
عَلَى عَدَدِ الْمَاضِي كَذَا عَدَدِ الْآتِي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
‘Ala ‘adadi al-māḍī kadhā ‘adadi al-ātī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, to the number of what has passed and the number of what is to come.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا فَقْرِي يَزُولُ وَفَاقَاتِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā faqrī yazūlu wa-fāqātī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which my poverty and my needs vanish.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِهَا دَامَ لِي ذِكْرِي وَرَوْحِي وَرَاحَاتِي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā dāma lī dhikrī wa-raw-ḥī wa-rāḥātī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which my remembrance, my spirit, and my comforts endure.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَــــا يَعْلُو لِوَائِـــي وَرَايَاتِـــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā ya‘lū liwā’ī wa-rāyātī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which my banner and my flags are raised high.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَتِي وَتَسْلِيمِي عَلَى الْحِبِّ آيَاتِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātī wa-taslīmī ‘ala al-ḥibbi āyātī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; my prayer and my greeting upon the Beloved are my signs.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
بِهَا يَقْبَـلُ الْمَوْلَـى جَمِيـــعَ قِرَاءَاتِــي

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā yaq-balu al-Mawlā jamī‘a qirā’ātī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which the Lord accepts all my recitations.

عَلَيْــــــهِ مَــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـــرَامِ وَصَحْبِـهِ
صَلاَةٌ بِهَا رَفْعِي وَرَفْــعُ مَكَانَاتِــي

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Ṣalātun bihā raf-‘ī wa-raf-‘u makānātī

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions; a prayer through which my elevation and the raising of my ranks occur.