Harful Hhamza · حَرْفُ الْهَمْزَةِ

أَعِنِّي عَلَى التَّهْيَـــامِ وَالْبُرَحَــاءِ
حَبِيبَ إِلَهِــــي مَلْجَــأَ الْكُرَمَــاءِ

A‘innī ‘alā al-tahyāmi wal-burahā’i
Ḥabība ilāhī malja’a al-kuramā’i

Help me in my ecstatic wandering and intense grief, O Beloved of my God, the refuge of the noble ones!

أَرِقْتُ وَمَا بِي شَوْقُ جَيْدَاءَ طَفْلَةٍ
خَدَلَّجِ سَاقٍ فِــــي كَمَـــالِ بَهَــاءِ

Ariqtu wa-mā bī shawqu jaydā’a ṭaflatin
Khadallaji sāqin fī kamāli bahā’i

I spent a sleepless night, yet not out of longing for a slender girl of perfect beauty;

وَلاَ شَاقَنِي رَيَّا الدَّمَالِجِ سَاجِيًـــا
لَهَا الطَّرْفُ كَالْبُرْغُوزِ بَيْنَ مَلاَءِ

Wa-lā shāqanī rayyā al-damāliji sājiyan
Lahā al-ṭarfu kal-burghūzi bayna malā’i

Nor was I moved by the one with rounded arms and a tranquil gaze like a young gazelle.

أَرَى كُلَّ إِنْسَــانٍ بُلِـــي بِمَحَبَّـــةٍ
فَكُلٌّ وَلَيْـــــلاَهُ وَطَــــهَ بَلاَئِــي

Arā kulla insānin buliya bi-maḥabbatin
Fakullun wa-Laylāhu wa-Ṭāhā balā’ī

I see every human being afflicted with a love; everyone has their "Layla," but Taha is my affliction.

أَبِيتُ أُرَاعِي النَّجْمَ شَوْقًا وَجِيرَتِي
نِيَامٌ وَنَارُ الشَّوْقِ بَيْــــنَ حَشَائِــي

Abītu urā‘ī al-najma shawqan wa-jīratī
Niyāmun wa-nāru al-shawqi bayna ḥashā’ī

I spend the night watching the stars in longing, while my neighbors sleep and the fire of yearning burns within my chest.

وَمَا شَاقَنِي حَتَّى وَلاَ رَبْــــعُ عَــزَّةٍ
فَشَوْقِي لِزَرْقَا الْعَيْنِ وَهْــيَ مُنَائِــي

Wa-mā shāqanī ḥattā wa-lā rab‘u ‘Azzatin
Fa-shawqī li-Zarqā al-‘ayni wa-hiya munā’ī

I was not moved even by the dwelling of "Azza"; for my longing is for the "Blue-Eyed One" (Medina/The Prophet)—he is my ultimate desire.

إِلَى أَحْمَدٍ أَبْهَى الْوَرَى أَجْوَدِ الْوَرَى
وَلَيْسَ يُدَانَى فِـــــي كَمَــــالِ وَفَــاءِ

Ila Aḥmada abhā al-warā ajwadi al-warā
Wa-laysa yudānā fī kamāli wafā’i

Toward Ahmad, the most radiant of creation, the most generous; none can approach him in the perfection of loyalty.

أَجَلِّ الْوَرَى قَدْرًا وَصِهْرًا وَعُنْصُرًا
وَأَكْرَمِ مَــــنْ يَعْلُـــو عَنَـــانَ سَمَــاءِ

Ajalli al-warā qadran wa-ṣihran wa-‘unṣuran
Wa-akrami man ya‘lū ‘anāna samā’i

The most majestic in rank, in lineage, and in essence; the noblest of those who rose to the heights of the heaven.

أَمِينِ إِلَـــهِ الْعَــــرْشِ مَرْكَـــزِ سِـــرِّهِ
وَقَدْ فَــــاضَ مِنْــــهُ الْعِلْــــمُ لِلْعُلَمَــاءِ

Amīni ilāhi al-‘ar-shi markazi sirrihi
Wa-qad fāḍa minhu al-‘ilmu lil-‘ulamā’i

The Trustworthy One of the Lord of the Throne, the center of His Secret; from him, knowledge has overflowed to the scholars.

أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ الْمَاحِي الضَّـــلاَلَ مُحَمَّــدًا
وَخَيْــــرَ مَعَـــــدٍّ مَفْخَــــرَ الْكُبَــرَاءِ

Abā al-Qāsimi al-Māḥī al-ḍalāla Muḥammadan
Wa-khayra ma‘addin maf-khara al-kubarā’i

O Father of Qasim! The Eraser of misguidance, Muhammad; the best of the lineage of Ma'ad, the pride of the great ones.

أَيُرْجَى نَوَالٌ مِنْ سِوَاكُمْ وَقَدْ حَوَى
الَّذِينَ مَضَوْا مِنْكُـــمْ كَمَـــالَ حِبَــاءِ

A-yurjā nawālun min siwākum wa-qad ḥawā
Al-ladhīna maḍaw minkum kamāla ḥibā’i

Can bounty be hoped for from any besides you? When those of the past attained their perfect gifts only through you.

أَيَأْوِي لَكَ الرُّسْلُ الْكِرَامُ وَلَمْ تَسَـــعْ
لِذَا الْعَبْــدِ إِبْرَاهِيــــمَ يَــــوْمَ اللِّقَــاءِ

A-ya’wī laka al-rusulu al-kirāmu wa-lam tasa‘
Lidhā al-‘abdi Ibrāhīma yawma al-liqā’i

Do the noble Messengers take refuge in you, yet there is no room for this servant, Ibrahim, on the Day of Meeting?

أَتُعْطِي جَمِيــعَ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ وَخَــادِمٌ
مُحِــبٌّ أَتَاكُـــمْ لَــمْ يَـــؤُبْ بِعَطَــاءِ

A-tu‘ṭī jamī‘a al-‘ālamīna wa-khādimun
Muḥibbun atākum lam ya’ub bi-‘aṭā’i

Do you give to all the worlds, while a loving servant comes to you and returns without a gift?

أَتَتْرُكُ عَبْـــدًا قَـــدْ أَتَـــاكَ مُقَرِّظًــا
وَمِنْ جُودِكَ الْأُخْرَى كَمِثْلِ الدُّنَاءِ

A-tatruku ‘abdan qad atāka muqarriẓan
Wa-min jūdika al-ukhrā kamithli al-dunā’i

Would you leave a servant who came to you praising you? While from your generosity, the Hereafter is as small as this lowly world.

أَيَا شَافِعًا فِي النَّاسِ بِالْحَشْرِ سَيِّدًا
تَلُــوذُ بِـــهِ الْأَبْصَــارُ رَبَّ لِــوَاءِ

Ayā shāfi‘an fī al-nāsi bil-ḥash-ri sayyidan
Talūdhu bihi al-abṣāru rabba liwā’i

O Intercessor for the people at the Gathering! The Master toward whom all eyes turn, the Lord of the Banner.

وَقَدْ خَافَ أُولُو الْعَزْمِ وَالْحَالُ إِنَّهُمْ
لَهُمْ عِصْمَـــةٌ تَأْبَــى لِفِعْــلِ خَطَــاءِ

Wa-qad khāfa ūlū al-‘az-mi wal-ḥālu innahum
Lahum ‘iṣmatun ta’bā li-fi‘li khaṭā’i

The "Messengers of Firm Resolve" (Ulu al-Azm) were afraid, even though they possess infallibility that prevents any error.

وَقَدْ خَضَعَ الْأَمْلاَكُ وَالْكُـــلُّ قَائِــلٌ
لَدَى ذَاكَ نَفْسِـــي لَمْ أُبَــلْ لِسِوَائِــي

Wa-qad khāḍa‘a al-amlāku wal-kullu qā’ilun
Lada dhāka naf-sī lam ubal li-siwā’ī

The angels humbled themselves, and everyone was saying at that moment: "Myself! I care for no one else."

هُنَالِكَ خَرَّ الْمُصْطَفَى سَاجِــدًا لِمَــنْ
لَهُ الْأَمْرُ إِذْ يُثْنِـــــي بِخَيْـــرِ الثَّنَــاءِ

Hunālika kharra al-Muṣṭafā sājidan liman
Lahu al-amru idh yuthnī bi-khayri al-thanā’i

There, the Chosen One fell prostrate to the One who holds the Command, as he offered the most beautiful praise.

وَقَالَ لَهُ سَلْ تُعْطَ وَاشْفَعْ وَأَنْقِذَنْ
فَإِنَّـــكَ مَقْبُــــولٌ وَأَهْـــلُ عَطَــاءِ

Wa-qāla lahu sal tu‘ṭa wash-fa‘ wa-anqidhan
Fa-innaka maqbūlun wa-ahlu ‘aṭā’i

And He (Allah) said to him: "Ask, and you shall be given; intercede, and your intercession is accepted; and rescue, for you are accepted and the possessor of bounty."

فَقُمْتَ مَقَامًا قَــــدْ تَقَاصَـــرَ دُونَــهُ
أَكَابِرُ رُسْــلٍ هُــمْ نُجُـــومُ سَمَــاءِ

Fa-qumta maqāman qad taqāṣara dūnahu
Akābiru ruslin hum nujūmu samā’i

So you stood in a station that the greatest of Messengers—the stars of the heaven—could not reach.

أَيَا سَيِّدِي إِنِّي اسْتَجَـــرْتُ بِحُبِّكُـمْ
فَلاَ ضَرَّنِي حَوْبِي وَكُـــلُّ جَفَــاءِ

Ayā sayyidī innī-stajartu bi-ḥubbikum
Falā ḍarranī ḥawbī wa-kullu jafā’i

O my Master! I have sought protection in your love; so let not my sins or any estrangement harm me.

وَلاَ ضَرَّنِي صَرْفُ الزَّمَانِ وَلاَ أَرَى
شَمَاتَــــةَ أَعْــــدَاءٍ وَسُــــوءَ قَضَــاءِ

Wa-lā ḍarranī ṣar-fu al-zamāni wa-lā arā
Shamātata a‘dā’in wa-sū’a qaḍā’i

Let not the passage of time harm me, and let me not see the malice of enemies or an evil decree.

وَلاَ سَلَبًا مِمَّــــا عَمِلْــــتُ وَلاَ انْثَنَــتْ
بِيَ النَّفْـــسُ وَالْأَهْـــوَا وَكَيْـدُ عَــدَاءِ

Wa-lā salaban mimmā ‘amiltu wa-lā-nthanat
Biya al-naf-su wal-ahwā wa-kaydu ‘adā’i

Let there be no stripping of what I have achieved, and let not my soul, my whims, or the plots of enemies turn me away.

وَلاَ ضَرَّنِي مَكْـــرٌ وَفَقْــرٌ وَلاَ غِنًـى
أَمُــوتُ وَأَحْيَــا عَبْــــدَ رَبِّ السَّمَـاءِ

Wa-lā ḍarranī mak-run wa-faq-run wa-lā ghinan
Amūtu wa-aḥyā ‘abda rabbi al-samā’i

Let not cunning, poverty, or wealth harm me; I die and live as a servant of the Lord of the Heaven.

عَلَــــى أَنَّنِـــــي رَاضٍ بِكُـــلِّ فِعَالِــهِ
مُطَــأْطِئَ رَأْسٍ فِي مَقَـــامِ الرِّضَــاءِ

‘Alā annanī rāḍin bi-kulli fi‘ālihi
Muṭā’ṭi’a ra’sin fī maqāmi al-riḍā’i

For I am satisfied with all His actions, bowing my head in the station of Pleasure (Rida).

أُسَائِلُهُ لُطْفًـــــا وَفَضْـــلاً وَرَحْمَــةً
وَعَافِيَـــــةً تَكْفِــــــي جَمِيـــعَ بَــلاَءِ

Usā’iluhu luṭfan wa-faḍ-lan wa-raḥ-matan
Wa-‘āfiyatan takfī jamī‘a balā’i

I ask Him for kindness, grace, and mercy; and for well-being that suffices against every affliction.

وَجَازِ أَحِبَّائِي وَأَنْصَــــارَ مَنْهَجِــي
بِنَيْــلِ مُـــرَادٍ مَـــعْ كَمَـــالِ رِضَــاءِ

Wa-jāzi aḥibbā’ī wa-anṣāra man-hajī
Bi-nayli murādin ma‘ kamāli riḍā’i

And reward my beloveds and the supporters of my path, by granting them their desires along with perfect pleasure.

وَبَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِــي فِعْلِهِــمْ وَنُفُوسِهِــمْ
وَآلٍ وَأَوْلاَدٍ وَكُــــــــلِّ ثَــــــــرَاءِ

Wa-bārik lahum fī fi‘lihim wa-nufūsihim
Wa-ālin wa-awlādin wa-kulli tharā’i

And bless them in their actions, their souls, their families, their children, and all their wealth.

فَلاَ دَهَشٌ يُخْشَــــى وَهُــمْ بِحِمَاكُــمُ
وَلاَ عَطَــــشٌ إِذْ مِنْـــكَ كُــلُّ سِقَــاءِ

Falā dhashun yukh-shā wa-hum bi-ḥimākumu
Wa-lā ‘aṭashun idh minka kullu siqā’i

No confusion is to be feared while they are under your protection; and no thirst, for from you comes every drink.

بِجَــــاهِ نَبِـــيِّ الْأَنْبِيَــــاءِ وَحِزْبِـــهِ
وَأَنْصَــــــــارِهِ وَالْآلِ آلِ عَبَــــــاءِ

Bi-jāhi nabiyyi al-anbiyā’i wa-ḥiz-bihi
Wa-anṣārihi wal-āli āli ‘abā’i

By the rank of the Prophet of Prophets and his party; his supporters and the Family of the Cloak (Al al-‘Abā’).

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَــــلاَةً بِهَـــا يَنْفَـــكُّ كُــلُّ غِطَــاءِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bi-hā yanfakku kullu ghiṭā’i

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which every veil is removed.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَــــلاَةً وَتَسْلِيمًــا شِفَــا الْبُرَحَـاءِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan wa-taslīman shifā al-burahā’i

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer and salutation that heals intense grief.

عَلَيْـــــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
صَــــلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيـــمٌ تُزِيـلُ طَخَائِــي

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun tuzīlu ṭakhā’ī

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions; a prayer and salutation that removes my darkness.