Harful Faa · حَرْفُ الْفَاء

فَــإِنَّ مَدِيــحَ الْهَاشِمِـــيِّ سِلاَحِـــــي
وَجَيْشِي بِــهِ أَغْزُو طِوَالَ الرِّمَـاحِ

Fa-inna madīḥa-l hāshimiyyi silāḥī
wa jayshī bihi aghzū ṭiwāla-r rimāḥi

For indeed, the praise of the Hashemite is my weapon; and my army through which I conquer long spears.

مَتَــى عَسْكَرُوا أَوْ نَازَلُوا فَخَدِيمُـهُ
يُرَدِّدُ رَبِّي فِـــي الْمَسَــا وَالصَّبَـاحِ

Matā ʿaskarū aw nāzalū fa-khadīmuhu
yuraddidu rabbī fī-l masā wa-ṣ ṣabāḥi

Whenever they encamp or engage in battle, his servant continues to repeat "my Lord" in the evening and the morning.

وَإِنِّي بِـــهِ أَغْزُو الْعِدَى وَأُبِيدُهُــمْ
بِـــدُونِ رِجَـــالٍ أَوْ بِــدُونِ سِــلاَحِ

Wa innī bihi aghzū-l ʿidā wa ubīduhum
bi-dūni rijālin aw bi-dūni silāḥi

And through him I raid the enemies and annihilate them, without men or without weapons.

يَخَافُونَ مِنِّي كُـــــلَّ يَوْمٍ مَدَافِعًــا
وَحَسْبِي دِفَاعُ اللّٰهِ فِيهِ صَلاَحِــي

Yakhāfūna minnī kulla yawmin madāfiʿan
wa ḥasbī difāʿu-llāhi fīhi ṣalāḥī

They fear from me every day defensive cannons, but the defense of Allah is sufficient for me, in it is my righteousness.

هُمُ جِيفَةٌ وَقْتِي أُنَاجِي ، هَلاَكُهُمْ
بِدُونِ قِتَــــالٍ بَــلْ بِدُونِ جِــرَاحِ

Hum jīfatun waqtī unājī halākuhum
bi-dūni qitālin bal bi-dūni jirāḥi

They are but corpses while I engage in intimate prayer; their destruction is without fighting, rather without wounds.

لِمَنْ مُلْكُ هَـذِي الْأَرْضِ يَوْمِي وَقَبْلَهُ
فَلِلْوَاحِــــــدِ الْقَهَّــــارِ مِنْـــهُ نَجَاحِــي

Li-man mulku hadhī-l arḍi yawmī wa qablahu
fa-li-l wāḥidi-l qahhāri minhu najāḥī

"To whom belongs the kingdom of this earth today and before it?" It belongs to the One, the Subduer; from Him is my success.

كَفَانِي كَفَانِي مَـــا بَقِيتُ فَــلاَ أَرَى
فَسَـادًا صَلاَحًــا بَــلْ أُدِيمُ كِفَاحِي

Kafānī kafānī mā baqītu falā arā
fasādan ṣalāḥan bal udīmu kifāḥī

He has sufficed me, He has sufficed me as long as I remain, so I see neither corruption nor righteousness except in Him, and I continue my struggle.

فَإِنَّ صَلاَحَ الْعَالَمِيــنَ بِقَفْوِ مَـــنْ
قَدْ أَسْدَى لِمَنْ وَالاَهُ كُـــلَّ فَــلاَحِ

Fa-inna ṣalāḥa-l ʿālamīna bi-qafwi man
qad asdā li-man wālāhu kulla falāḥi

For the righteousness of the worlds lies in following the one who bestowed every success upon whoever took him as an ally.

بِــهِ قَدْ عَلَتْ عُرْبُ الْبَسِيطَةِ بَعْدَمَا
أُذِلُّوا وَضِيمُوا تَحْتَ كُـــلِّ جَنَـاحِ

Bihi qad ʿalat ʿurbu-l basīṭati baʿdamā
udhīllū wa ḍīmū taḥta kulli janāḥi

Through him, the Arabs of the earth rose after they had been humiliated and oppressed under every wing.

بِــهِ بَـرَعُوا فِي الْعِلْمِ بَعْدَ جَهَالَةٍ
وَنَالُوا بُعَيْدَ الْخُسْرِ كُــلَّ رَبَـاحِ

Bihi baraʿū fī-l ʿilmi baʿda jahālatin
wa nālū buʿayda-l khusri kulla rabāḥi

Through him, they excelled in knowledge after ignorance, and they attained after loss every profit.

وَقَدْ كَسَّرُوا كِسْرَى وَدَمَّرَ قَيْصَرًا
جُيُوشُهُــــمُ بِالْبِيــضِ أَوْ بِالرِّمَــاحِ

Wa qad kassarū Kisrā wa dammara Qayṣaran
juyūshuhumu bi-l bīḍi aw bi-r rimāḥi

And they broke Chosroes and destroyed Caesar; their armies with white swords or with spears.

تَــرَاهُمْ وَأَبْطَــالُ الْبِلاَدِ تَخَالُهُــمْ
مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْأَمْلاَكِ بَيْــنَ سِــلاَحِ

Tarāhum wa abṭāla-l bilādi takhāluhum
mina-l jinni wa-l amlāki bayna silāḥi

You see them and the heroes of the lands; you would think them of the Jinn or the angels amidst weapons.

فَلَمْ يَــأْتِ رُوحٌ مِثْلُ رُوحِ مُحَمَّــدٍ
غُدُوِّي بِذِكْرَاهُ وَفِيــــهِ رَوَاحِــي

Falam ya’ti rūḥun mithlu rūḥi Muḥammadin
ghuduwwī bi-dhikrāhu wa fīhi rawāḥī

No spirit has ever come like the spirit of Muhammad; my morning is in his remembrance and in it is my evening.

أَصِخْ لِقَوَافِي شَائِبِ الْفَوْدِ قَاصِـــرٍ
بِآيَـاتِ حُــبٍّ فِي الْأَمِينِ صِحَـاحِ

Aṣikh li-qawāfī shā’ibi-l fawdi qāṣirin
bi-āyāti ḥubbin fī-l amīni ṣiḥāḥi

Listen to the rhymes of one with graying temples, a falling servant, with verses of love for the Trustworthy one that are sound.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِرَاحِ مَدِيحِي السُّكْـــرُ دُونَ جُنَاحِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
bi-rāḥi madīḥī-s sukru dūna junāḥi

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; in the wine of my praise is an intoxication without sin.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مَدِيـــحُ الْإِمَــامِ الْهَاشِمِـيِّ جَنَاحِـي

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
madīḥu-l imāmi-l hāshimiyyi janāḥī

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; the praise of the Hashemite Imam is my wing.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَذِكْرُ الْمُقَفَّى فِي الشُّؤُونِ نَجَاحِي

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa dhikru-l muqaffā fī-sh shu’ūni najāḥī

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and the mention of the Final Prophet in all affairs is my success.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مُحَيَّــــاهُ أَنْسَانِــي عُيُــونَ مِــلاَحِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
muḥayyāhu ansānī ʿuyūna milāḥi

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; his countenance made me forget the eyes of the beautiful ones.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ وَأَهْـــلِ فَــلاَحِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ālin wa aṣḥābin wa ahli falāḥi

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family, the Companions, and the people of success.