Harfuz Zwaa · حَرْفُ الظَّاءِ

ظَعَنْــــتُ وَحُبَّ الْـهَاشِمِــــيِّ أُحَافِـــظُ
إِلَى الْحَضْـــــرَةِ الْعَلْيَــا وَرَبِّيَ حَافِــظُ

Ẓa‘antu wa-ḥubba al-Hāshimiyyi uḥāfiẓu
Ila al-ḥaḍrati al-‘ulyā wa-rabbī ḥāfiẓu

I have set out on my journey while safeguarding the love of the Hashemite, toward the Sublime Presence, and my Lord is my Protector.

وَلاَ أَنْثَنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِ طَــــهَ وَمَدْحِــــهِ
مُرُورَ زَمَانِـــــي أَوْ يَؤُوبَـــنَّ قَــارِظُ

Wa-lā anthanī ‘an dhikri Ṭāhā wa-mad-ḥihi
Murūra zamānī aw ya’ūbanna qāriẓu

I shall never turn away from the remembrance of Taha and his praise, as long as time passes or until the "gatherer of pods" returns [i.e., until the end of time].

صَلاَتِي وَصَوْمِي ثُمَّ حَجِّي بِذِكْرِهِ
وَأَذْكُرُهُ مَهْمَــــــا دَعَتْنِي الْمَوَاعِــظُ

Ṣalātī wa-ṣawmī thumma ḥajjī bi-dhikrihi
Wa-adhkuruhu mahmā da‘atnī al-mawā‘iẓu

My prayer, my fasting, and my pilgrimage are all entwined with his remembrance; and I mention him whenever the admonitions call me.

أُحِبُّ رَسُـــــولَ اللّٰهِ حَقًّـــا وَإِنَّنِـــي
عَلَى حُبِّهِ مَا دُمْتُ مِمَّــــنْ يُحَافِـــظُ

Uḥibbu Rasūla Allāhi ḥaqqan wa-innanī
‘Ala ḥubbihi mā dumtu mimman yuḥāfiẓu

I truly love the Messenger of Allah, and indeed, as long as I remain, I am among those who safeguard his love.

أَهِيمُ بِهِ مَا عِشْتُ دَهْرِي وَكَيْفَ لاَ
وَعَيْـــنُ عِنَايَـــاتِي لِجَنْبِي تُلاَحِــظُ

Ahīmu bihi mā ‘ishtu dahrī wa-kayfa lā
Wa-‘aynu ‘ināyātī li-janbī tulāḥiẓu

I wander ecstatically in his love as long as I live; and how could I not, when the eye of Divine providence is watching over me?

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَإِنِّي بِذِكْرَاهُ مَــــدَى الدَّهْرِ لاَفِـــظُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-innanī bi-dhikrāhu madā al-dahri lāfiẓu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for indeed, I shall be uttering his remembrance for all of eternity.

عَلَيْــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
فَذَاكَ رَسُولٌ نَاصِحُ الْخَلْقِ وَاعِــظُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-dhāka Rasūlun nāṣiḥu al-khalqi wā‘iẓu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for he is the Messenger who is the sincere counselor and advisor to all creation.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِأَبْقَى وَإِنِّــي قَارِئُ الذِّكْرِ حَافِــظُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-abqā wa-innī qāri’u al-dhikri ḥāfiẓu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; that I may endure while being a reciter and a preserver of the Remembrance (Quran).

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ دَهْرِي أُحَافِظُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
‘Ala al-ṣalawāti al-khamsi dahrī uḥāfiẓu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; that I may safeguard the five daily prayers throughout my life.

عَلَيْــــــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِـــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
وَمَنْ أَمْسَكُوا الدِّينَ الْقَوِيمَ وَحَافَظُوا

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Wa-man amsakū al-dīna al-qawīma wa-ḥāfaẓū

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, and all those who held fast to the upright religion and preserved it.