Harful Laam · حَرْفُ اللَّام

لَقَدْ عَادَنِي شَوْقِــي الْمُبَرِّحُ مَا لِيَــا
وَقَدْ نَــامَ جَارَاتِي وَأُصْبِـحُ وَاعِيَا

Laqad ʿādanī shawqi-l mubarriḥu mā liyā
wa qad nāma jārātī wa uṣbiḥu wāʿiyā

My agonizing longing has returned to me, what is wrong with me? while my neighbors have slept, I remain awake and conscious.

حَنِينًا إِلَى مَوْلَى الرِّسَالَةِ مَنْ غَــدَا
شَفِيعَ الْوَرَى وَالْكُلُّ يَرْجُوهُ وَافِيَــا

Ḥanīnan ilā mawla-r risālati man ghadā
shafīʿa-l warā wa-l kullu yarjūhu wāfiyā

Yearning for the Master of the Message, who has become the intercessor for all creation, and everyone hopes for his fulfillment.

بَنُو الْبِضْعِ وَالْخَمْسِينَ هَلْ لِبُكَائِهِــمْ
لِشَـــــوْقٍ دَوًا كَــلاَّ كَذَلِــكَ مَا بِيَــا

Banū-l biḍʿi wa-l khamsīna hal li-bukā’ihim
li-shawqin dawan kallā kadhālika mā biyā

Those in their fifties—is there any medicine for their weeping out of longing? No, and likewise is my own condition.

أَلاَ فَاعْذُرُونِي أَوْ فَلُومُوا فَلَمْ أَكَــدْ
أُمَيِّـــــزُ بَيْـــنَ الْحَالَتَيْــنِ لِحَالِيَــا

Alā fa-ʿdhurūnī aw falūmū fa-lam akad
umayyizu bayna-l ḥālatayni li-ḥāliyā

So excuse me or blame me, for I can hardly distinguish between the two states due to my situation.

وَمَنْ كَانَ يَدْرِي الْمُنْحَمِنَّا وَعَاقِبًا
يَرِقُّ لِحَالاَتِي وَلَــوْ كَــانَ قَالِيَـــا

Wa man kāna yadrī-l munḥaminna wa ʿāqiban
yariqqu li-ḥālātī walaw kāna qāliyā

Whoever knows the Bestower and the Final Successor would feel pity for my states, even if he were once my hater.

أَصِخْ لِإِشَارَاتِي فَإِنِّـيَ لَـــمْ أَبُــحْ
بِسِرِّ حَبِيبِي خَلِّ عَنْكَ سُؤَالِيَــــا

Aṣikh li-ishārātī fa-inniya lam abuḥ
bi-sirri ḥabībī khalli ʿanka su’āliyā

Listen closely to my signs, for I have not revealed the secret of my beloved; so leave aside your questioning of me.

أُحِبُّ الْإِلَـــهَ الْحَقَّ عَيْنَ مُحَمَّـــدٍ
أَفَـــاضَ لَــهُ مِنْــهُ إِلَيْــهِ مُدَانِيَــا

Uḥibbu-l ilāha-l ḥaqqa ʿayna Muḥammadin
afāḍa lahu minhu ilayhi mudāniyā

I love the True God, the very essence of Muhammad; He overflowed upon him from Himself to him, bringing him near.

فَسُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَفْقَ حَضْرَةِ قُدْسِهِ
وَسُبْحَانَ رَبِّي مَا أَجَـلَّ إِلَـهِـيَــا

Fa-subḥāna rabbī wafqa ḥaḍrati qudsihi
wa subḥāna rabbī mā ajalla ilāhiyā

So glory be to my Lord according to His Holy Presence, and glory be to my Lord, how majestic is my God.

إِذَا مَا تَــلاَ التَّالِــي صِفَــاتِ نَبِيِّنَــا
بِ "وَالنَّجْمِ" أَمْسَى لِلْحَقِيقَةِ دَارِيَا

Idhā mā talā-t tālī ṣifāti nabiyyinā
bi "wa-n najmi" amsā li-l ḥaqīqati dāriyā

When the reciter recites the attributes of our Prophet in the chapter "By the Star," he becomes aware of the ultimate reality.

قَدْ أَثْنَى عَلَيْـــــهِ رَبُّنَـــا بِكَـــلاَمِــهِ
فَمَاذَا عَسَى بَرْهَامُ يُصْبِـحُ حَاكِيَــا

Qad athnā ʿalayhi rabbunā bi-kalāmihi
fa-mādhā ʿasā Barhāmu yuṣbiḥu ḥākiyā

Our Lord has already praised him with His own speech; so what can Barham possibly say in narration?

فَعُولُنْ مَفَاعِيلُنْ فَعُولُـــــنْ مَفَاعِلُــنْ
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ لاَ يَأْتِي بِحَقِّكَ مَاحِيَـا

Faʿūlun mafāʿīlun faʿūlun mafāʿilun
madā-d dahri lā ya’tī bi-ḥaqqika māḥiyā

(The meter) Fa’ulun Mafa’ilun Fa’ulun Mafa’ilun throughout time can never fully encompass your right, O Eraser (of misguidance).

وَلَكِنَّ مَدْحَ الْمَادِحِيـــنَ تَشَفُّـــعٌ
فَيَشْفَعُ لِي طَـــهَ لِأَجْـــلِ مَقَالِيَــا

Walākinna madḥa-l mādiḥīna tashaffuʿun
fa-yashfaʿu lī Ṭāhā li-ajli maqāliyā

But the praise of the praisers is a seeking of intercession; so Taha will intercede for me because of my words.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يُقَرِّبُنِي خَيْـــرُ الْبَرِيَّــةِ رَاضِيَــا

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
yuqarribunī khayru-l bariyyati rāḍiyā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may the best of creation bring me near while being pleased.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يُنَــــــوِّرُ أَقْطَــارَ الْبِــلاَدِ ثَنَائِيَــا

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
yunawwiru aqṭāra-l bilādi thanā’iyā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may my eulogy enlighten the regions of the lands.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ وَمَنْ جَاءَ تَالِيَـا

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ālin wa aṣḥābin wa man jā’a tāliyā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family, the Companions, and whoever comes after.