Harfuz Za'y · حَرْفُ الزَّاي

زِمَامِـي بِكَفَّيْ خَاتِمِ الرُّسْلِ نَاصِــرِي
مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَــادِي الْوَرَى ذِي الْبَصَائِــرِ

Zimāmī bi-kaffay khātami-r rusli nāṣirī
Muḥammadini-l hādī-l warā dhī-l baṣā’iri

My reins are in the hands of the Seal of the Messengers, my helper, Muhammad, the one who guides creation, the possessor of deep insights.

وَأَحْمَــــــدُ طَـــهَ عَاقِـــــبٌ وَمُحَمَّــدٌ
بَشِيرٌ نَذِيــرٌ مُصْطَفَى الْكَوْنِ حَاشِرِي

Wa Aḥmadu Ṭāhā ʿāqibun wa Muḥammadun
bashīrun nadhīrun muṣṭafā-l kawni ḥāshirī

He is Ahmad, Taha, the Final Successor, and Muhammad, a bringer of glad tidings, a warner, the chosen of the universe, and my gatherer.

شَفِيـعُ الْوَرَى مَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ مُبَشِّــرُ
الْعِبَــادِ وَمَحْمُودُ الْمَقَــامِ مُــؤَازِرِي

Shafīʿu-l warā māḥī-ḍ ḍalāli mubashshiru-l
ʿibādi wa maḥmūdu-l maqāmi mu’āzirī

The intercessor of mankind, the eraser of misguidance, the one who gives glad tidings to the servants, of the Praised Station, and my supporter.

فَـيَشْفَــعُ فِيمَـــا قَــدْ جَنَيْـــتُ مُشَفَّعًــا
فَكُنْ لِي شَفِيعًا فِي حَيَاتِي وَآخِــرِي

Fa-yashfaʿu fīmā qad janaytu mushaffaʿan
fa-kun lī shafīʿan fī ḥayātī wa ākhirī

He intercedes for the sins I have committed as an accepted intercessor, so be for me an intercessor in my life and my end.

صَفَا لِيَ وَقْتِــــي إِذْ خَلَوْتُ لِذِكْــرِهِ
بِكَوْلَخَ وَهْنًـــا نَـــامَ كُلُّ مُجَــاوِرِي

Ṣafā liya waqtī idh khalawtu li-dhikrihi
bi-Kawlakha wahnan nāma kullu mujāwirī

My time became pure when I went into seclusion for his remembrance in Kaolack late at night while all my neighbors slept.

طَــوَى لِيَ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ حَبِيبِــهِ
بِسِـرٍّ مِنَ الْأَسْرَارِ حَقَّقَ خَاطِـرِي

Ṭawā liya mā baynī wa bayna ḥabībihi
bi-sirrin mina-l asrāri ḥaqqaqa khāṭirī

He folded for me the distance between me and his beloved through a secret among secrets that realized my inner thoughts.

فَجَاوَرْتُ طَــهَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ بِكَوْلَـــخٍ
وَقَدْ حَسَبُونِي فِي جِوَارِ الْكَوَافِــرِ

Fa-jāwartu Ṭāhā-l hāshimiyyi bi-Kawlakha
wa qad ḥasabūnī fī jiwāri-l kawāfiri

So I became a neighbor to Taha the Hashemite in Kaolack, though they thought I was in the neighborhood of disbelievers.

جِـــوَارٌ بِــهِ رَدَّ الْإِلَــهُ مَخَافَتِـــي
وَكَيْدَ الْعِــدَى إِذْ جَاءَنِي بِالْبَشَائِرِ

Jiwārun bihi radda-l ilāhu makhāfatī
wa kayda-l ʿidā idh jā’anī bi-l bashā’iri

A neighborhood through which God repelled my fear and the plot of enemies when He brought me glad tidings.

بِسِرٍّ سَرَى مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الْقُدْسِ قَادَنِي
وَأَعْدَمَ مَوْجُودِي وَأَصْفَى سَرَائِرِي

Bi-sirrin sarā min ḥaḍrati-l qudsi qādanī
wa aʿdama mawjūdī wa aṣfā sarā’irī

Through a secret that traveled from the Holy Presence, it led me, annihilated my existence, and purified my innermost self.

بِيُمْــــــنِ الْإِمَـــامِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ وَذِكْــرِهِ
وَهُو عُمْدَتِي فِي كُلِّ بَدْوٍ وَحَاضِرِي

Bi-yumni-l imāmi-l hāshimiyyi wa dhikrihi
wa hu ʿumdatī fī kulli badwin wa ḥāḍirī

Through the blessing of the Hashemite Imam and his remembrance, and he is my support in every desert and settled place.

فَمَــنْ حَارَبَ الْعَبْدَ الْحَقِيـــــرَ فَرَبُّنَــا
يُبَشِّــــــرُهُ بِالْوَيْــــــلِ أَوْ بِالْخَسَائِــــرِ

Fa-man ḥāraba-l ʿabda-l ḥaqīra fa-rabbunā
yubashshiruhu bi-l wayli aw bi-l khasā’iri

Whoever fights this humble servant, then our Lord promises him woe or utter ruin.

فَسَائِــلْ أَبَــا جَهْلٍ وَفِرْعَـــوْنَ قَبْلَــهُ
وَنَمْــرُوذَ قَدْ حَازُوا جَمِيعَ الذَّخَائِـــرِ

Fa-sā’il Abā Jahlin wa Firʿawna qablahu
wa Namrūdha qad ḥāzū jamīʿa-dh dhakhā’iri

Ask Abu Jahl and Pharaoh before him, and Nimrod, who had once possessed all treasures.

طَغَوْا وَعَتَــوْا عِنْدَ الْبِـلاَدِ فَأُهْلِكُــوا
بِأَنْــوَاعِ خِزْيٍ وَفْـقَ تِلْـــكَ الْكَبَائِــرِ

Ṭaghaw wa ʿataw ʿinda-l bilādi fa-uhlikū
bi-anwāʿi khizyin wafqa tilka-l kabā’iri

They transgressed and acted arrogantly in the lands, so they were destroyed with types of disgrace matching those great sins.

وَتِي سُنَّةُ اللّٰهِ الْجَلِيلِ فَلَــنْ تَــــرَى
تَبَدُّلَهَــا فِي الْخَلْــقِ دَهْرَ الدَّهَــارِرِ

Wa tī sunnatu-llāhi-l jalīli fa-lan tarā
tabaddulahā fī-l khalqi dahra-d dahāriri

This is the way of Allah the Majestic, and you shall never see its change among creation throughout the ages.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَتَقْضِي مُــرَادِي فِي خَفِـيٍّ وَظَاهِرِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-taqḍī murādī fī khafiyyin wa ẓāhiri

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, may they fulfill my desire in what is hidden and what is manifest.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَكُونُ حَبِيبِي قَائِدِي وَهْوَ جَابِـرِي

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
yakūnu ḥabībī qā’idī wa huwa jābirī

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, may he be my beloved, my leader, and the one who mends my affairs.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَتَرْفَعُ شَأْنِي قِي السِّنِينَ الْغَوَابِرِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa tarfaʿu sha’nī fī-s sinīni-l ghawābiri

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, may they elevate my status in the years to come.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مَعَ الْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ السَّرَاةِ الْأَكَابِــرِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
maʿa-l āli wa-ṣ ṣaḥbi-s sarāti-l akābiri

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, along with the Family and the noble, great Companions.