Harful Yaa · حَرْفُ الْيَاء

يُهَيِّـجُ تَشْمِيرُ الْحَجِيـــجِ وَيُسْعِــفُ
عَلَى الْوَجْدِ وَالتَّهْيَامِ حَقًّا وَيُدْنِـفُ

Yuhayyiju tashmīru-l ḥajīji wa yusʿifu
ʿalā-l wajdi wa-t tahyāmi ḥaqqan wa yudnifu

The readiness of the pilgrims stirs my longing and aids my passion and infatuation, truly making me weary with love.

يَسِيرُ بِهِمْ فُلْكُ الْهَــوَاءِ قَدْ أَصْبَحُوا
بِيُوفٍ وَأَمْسَـــوْا بِالنَّبِيِّ تَشَرَّفُــوا

Yasīru bihim fulku-l hawā’i qad aṣbaḥū
bi-yūfin wa amsaw bi-n nabiyyi tasharrafū

The vessel of the air carries them; they reached the morning in Juff and the evening honored by the Prophet.

عَلَى سَاكِنِي سَلْعٍ سَلاَمِي فَإِنَّنِــي
كَلِفْـتُ بِهِمْ وَجْدًا وَإِنِّيَ أُنْصَــفُ

ʿAlā sākinī Salʿin salāmī fa-innanī
kaliftu bihim wajdan wa inniya unṣafu

Upon the dwellers of Sal' be my peace, for I have been consumed by passion for them and I am treated fairly.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَكُونُ بِهَا لِي عِنْدَ أَحْمَدَ مَوْقِـــفُ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
yakūnu bihā lī ʿinda Aḥmada mawqifu

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace, through which I shall have a standing in the presence of Ahmad.

بِجُوتَ مَيَاكٍ قَـــدْ ذَكَرْتُـــكَ مَوْهِنًــا
وَ قَدْ نَامَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ وَالْقَلْبُ يَرْجُفُ

Bi-Jūta Mayākin qad dhakartuka mawninan
wa qad nāma kullu-n nāsi wa-l qalbu yarjufu

In Juta Mayaki, I remembered you in the late night, while all the people slept and my heart was trembling.

يُؤَنِّسُنِي طِرْسِي وَحِبْرِي وَمِزْبَرِي
وَأَنْسُجُ مَدْحِـــي وَالدُّمُــوعَ أُكَفْكِــفُ

Yu’annisunī ṭirsī wa ḥibrī wa mizbarī
wa ansuju madḥī wa-d dumūʿa ukafkifu

My scroll, my ink, and my pen comfort me as I weave my praise and wipe away my tears.

أُجَاوِرُ خَيْــــرَ النَّاسِ حَقًّـــا بِطَيْبَــةٍ
طَوَى لِي الْفَلاَ إِنِّــــي لَدَيْــهِ مُوَقَّــفُ

Ujāwiru khayra-n nāsi ḥaqqan bi-Ṭaybatin
ṭawā liya-l falā innī ladayhi muwaqqafu

I truly neighbor the best of mankind in Tayba; the wilderness was folded for me and I am stationed in his presence.

طَوَى لِي الْقُرَى وَالْبِيدَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَــا
دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى لِــي وَلِي طَابَ مَوْقِــفُ

Ṭawā liya-l qurā wa-l bīda ḥattā ka-annamā
danā fa-tadallā lī wa liy ṭāba mawqifu

He folded for me the villages and the deserts until it was as if he drew near and descended to me, and my station became pleasant.

يُخَيَّـــلُ لِــي حَتَّـــى كَأَنِّي رَأَيْتُــهُ
جِهَارًا وَخُبْثِي بِالْجِوَارِ مُنَظَّــفُ

Yukhayyalu lī ḥattā ka-annī ra’aytuhu
jihāran wa khubthī bi-l jiwāri munaẓẓafu

It is imagined to me until it is as if I see him openly, and my impurity is cleansed by this neighborhood.

فَكَمْ قَلَّــــبَ الْهَــادِي الضَّلاَلَ هِدَايَــةً
إِذِ الْبُطْلُ يُمْحَى حِينَ بِالْحَـقِّ يُقْـذَفُ

Fa-kam qallaba-l hādī-ḍ ḍalāla hidāyatan
idhi-l buṭlu yumḥā ḥīna bi-l ḥaqqi yuqdhafu

How often has the Guide turned misguidance into guidance, as falsehood is erased when it is struck by the truth.

أَرَى مُوبِقَاتِ الْعَبْدِ تُمْسِـــــي عَدِيمَــةً
إِذَا يَلْفِـــتُ الْهَــادِي إِلَيْـــهِ وَيَعْطِــفُ

Arā mūbiqāti-l ʿabdi tumsī ʿadīmatan
idhā yalfitu-l hādī ilayhi wa yaʿṭifu

I see the destructive sins of the servant becoming non-existent when the Guide turns toward him with affection.

لَهُ خُطَّتَا لَوْلاَكَ سَلْ تُعْطَ وَاشْفَعَــنْ
تُشَفَّـــــــعْ وَإِنِّـــي قُرْبَــهُ أَتَلَطَّــفُ

Lahu khuṭṭatā lawlāka sal tuʿṭa wa-shfaʿan
tushaffaʿ wa innī qurbahu atalaṭṭafu

To him belong the two paths: "Were it not for you" and "Ask, you shall be given, and intercede." You shall be granted intercession, and I act with refinement in his proximity.

عَكَفْـــتُ عَلَــــى بَابِ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّــدٍ
وَمَنْ فَاتَنِي لَمْ أُلْفَ مِنْ ذَاكَ أَأْسَفُ

ʿAkaftu ʿalā bābi-n nabiyyi Muḥammadin
wa man fātanī lam ulfa min dhāka a’safu

I have remained devoted at the door of the Prophet Muhammad, and whoever I have missed, I do not find myself regretful for that.

إِذَا مَا صَفَــا لِي الْمُنْحَمِنَّــا فَإِنَّنِــي
كَقَاصِدِ كَافُورٍ بَلْ أَعْلَى وَأَشْـرَفُ

Idhā mā ṣafā liy al-munḥaminna fa-innanī
ka-qāṣidi Kāfūrin bal aʿlā wa ashrafu

If the Bestower is pure for me, then I am like one seeking the finest musk, rather even higher and more noble.

خَرِفِي شِتَائِي الدَّهْرَ ذِكْــرُ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَمَدْحُكَ عِنْدِي مَرْبَعٌ وَمُصَيَّفُ

Kharifī shitā’ī-d dahra dhikru Muḥammadin
wa madḥuka ʿindī marbaʿun wa muṣayyafu

My autumn and my winter throughout time are the remembrance of Muhammad, and your praise is to me a spring and summer dwelling.

وَنَوْمِي وَبَعْثِي فِي شُهُودِ نَبِيِّنَا
سَـــــوَاءٌ فَلِلْأَغْيَــارِ لاَ أَتَشَـوَّفُ

Wa nawmī wa baʿthī fī shuhūdi nabiyyinā
sawā’un fa-li-l aghyāri lā atashawwafu

My sleep and my resurrection in the witnessing of our Prophet are equal, for I do not look toward others.

عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ لاَ أَرَى غَيْرَ أَحْمَــدٍ
جَمِيلاً كَرِيمًا يُجْزِلُ النَّيْلَ يَعْطِــفُ

ʿAlā kulli ḥālin lā arā ghayra Aḥmada
jamīlan karīman yujzilu-n nayla yaʿṭifu

In every state, I see none but Ahmad, beautiful and generous, bestowing gifts abundantly and with affection.

وَعِيدُ عَدُوِّي لَمْ يُخِفْنِي وَوَعْـــدُهُ
سَرَابٌ بِقِيعَانٍ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ يُخْلِــفُ

Waʿīdu ʿaduwwī lam yukhifnī wa waʿduhu
sarābun bi-qīʿānin madā-d dahri yukhlifu

The threat of my enemy did not frighten me, and his promise is a mirage in the plains that always fails.

قَلَوْنِي وَكَادُوا بَلْ جَفَوْا وَتَقَوَّلُــــوا
وَلاَ ضَيْرَ إِنِّي أَقْرَأُ الذِّكْرَ أَعْـرِفُ

Qalawnī wa kādū bal jafaw wa taqawwalū
walā ḍayra innī aqra’u-dh dhikra aʿrifu

They hated me and plotted, rather they turned away and spoke falsely, but there is no harm; I read the Remembrance and I know.

عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّـــدًا
وَأَتْبَاعَــهُ سَهْمِــي وَلاَ أَتَعَسَّــفُ

ʿAlā ghayri dhanbin ghayra anna Muḥammadan
wa atbāʿahu sahmī walā ataʿassafu

Without any sin, except that Muhammad and his followers are my portion, and I do not act unjustly.

رَضِيتُ بِرَبِّي وَالْحَنِيفَةُ مَسْلَكِـــي
إِمَامِي رَسُــــــولُ اللّٰهِ لاَ أَتَخَلَّــفُ

Raḍītu bi-rabbī wa-l ḥanīfatu maslakī
imāmī rasūlu-llāhi lā atakhal-lafu

I am content with my Lord and the primordial faith is my path; my Imam is the Messenger of Allah, I do not lag behind.

دَلِيلِي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ وَالْبَيْتُ قِبْلَتِـــي
نَصُومُ وَبِالْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ نُطَـوِّفُ

Dalīlī rasūlu-llāhi wa-l baytu qiblatī
naṣūmu wa bi-l bayti-l ḥarāmi nuṭawwifu

My guide is the Messenger of Allah and the House is my Qibla; we fast and we circumambulate the Sacred House.

نُصَلِّي سُجُودًا رَاكِعِيــــنَ وَإِنَّنَــا
عَلَى ذَا دَرَجْنَا الدَّهْرَ لاَ نَتَعَسَّفُ

Nuṣallī sujūdan rākiʿīna wa innanā
ʿalā dhā darajnā-d dahra lā nataʿassafu

We pray in prostration and bowing, and upon this we have grown throughout time without deviating.

وَلَسْنَا نُبَالِي بِالصَّلِيــــبِ فَلاَ نَـــرَى
سِوَى خَالِقِ الْأَكْوَانِ يُعْطِي وَيُتْحِفُ

Walasnā nubālī bi-ṣ ṣalībi falā narā
siwā khāliqi-l akwāni yuʿṭī wa yuthifu

We do not care for the cross, for we see none but the Creator of the universes giving and bestowing.

وَنَذْكُرُ مَوْلاَنَا الْجَلِيـــلَ تَعَرُّضًــا
لِآلاَئِـــــهِ شُكْـــــرًا وَلاَ نَتَقَشَّــــفُ

Wa nadhkuru mawlānā-l jalīla taʿarruḍan
li-ālā’ihi shukran walā nataqash-shafu

And we mention our Majestic Protector, seeking His favors in gratitude, and we do not live in austerity.

يَمُوتُ بِغَيْظٍ مَـــــنْ يُغِظْـــهُ فَإِنَّـــهُ
لِوَا الدِّينِ يَعْلُو سَرْمَدًا وَيُرَفْـــرِفُ

Yamūtu bi-ghayẓin man yughiẓ-hu fa-innahu
liwā-d dīni yaʿlū sarmadan wa yuraffrifu

May he who is enraged by it die in his rage, for the banner of the religion shall rise eternally and flutter.

فَيَا رَبِّ فَاسْلُكْ بِي صِرَاطَ مُحَمَّــدٍ
وَصَحْبِي وَأَوْلاَدِي وَمَنْ يَتَحَنَّفُ

Fa-yā rabbi fa-sluk bī ṣirāṭa Muḥammadin
wa ṣaḥbī wa awlādī wa man yataḥannafu

O Lord, lead me upon the path of Muhammad, and my companions, my children, and whoever follows the true faith.

وَتَغْفِرُ لِي وَالْوَالِدَيْنِ وَهَبْ لَنَـــا
دُخُولَ جِنَانٍ لاَ نَخَافُ وَنَأْسَــفُ

Wa taghfiru lī wa-l wālidayni wa hab lanā
dukhūla jinānin lā nakhāfu wa na’safu

And forgive me and my parents, and grant us entry into gardens where we shall not fear nor regret.

وَهَبْ لِي مُـــرَادِي فِي إِقَامَةِ دِينِ مَــنْ
نَفَى مَا سِوَى الْإِسْلاَمِ فِي الْكَوْنِ يُعْرَفُ

Wa hab lī murādī fī iqāmati dīni man
nafā mā siwā-l islāmi fī-l kawni yuʿrafu

And grant me my desire in establishing the religion of the one who negated all but Islam to be known in the universe.

أَمَوْلاَيَ هَــذَا الشَّيْبُ وَالْعَيْبُ زَائِدٌ
وَحُـــقَّ لِعَيْبِـــي آنَـــذَاكَ يُخَفَّــفُ

A-mawlāya hādhā-sh shaybu wa-l ʿaybu zā’idun
wa ḥuqqa li-ʿaybī ānadhāka yukhaffafu

O my Master, this gray hair and my faults are increasing, and it is right that my faults should now be lightened.

وَإِنْ دَامَ هَــذَا الْعَيْبُ وَالشَّيْبُ هَكَذَا
سَأَقْلَعُ شَيْبِي مِثْلَ غَيْرِي وَأَنْتِــــفُ

Wa in dāma hādhā-l ʿaybu wa-sh shaybu hākadhā
sa-aqlaʿu shaybī mithla ghayrī wa antifu

And if this fault and gray hair continue as such, I shall uproot my gray hair like others and pluck it.

كَمَا قَدْ أُغَطِّــي بِالْعَمَائِمِ بَعْضَـــهُ
عَلَــــى أَنَّ عِلْـــمَ اللّٰهِ لاَ يَتَوَقَّــفُ

Kamā qad ughaṭṭī bi-l ʿamā’imi baʿḍahu
ʿalā anna ʿilma-llāhi lā yatawaqqafu

Just as I might cover some of it with turbans, though the knowledge of Allah never ceases.

صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَى خَيْرِ هَاشِـــمٍ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ أَرْشَدُونَا وَثَقَّفُــوا

Ṣalātun wa taslīmun ʿalā khayri Hāshimin
wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin arshadūnā wa thaqqafū

Blessing and peace be upon the best of Hashim, and the Family and Companions who guided us and educated us.