Harfut Taa · حَرْفُ التَّاء

تَرَانِي سَمِيرَ النَّجْمِ بِاللَّيْــلِ حَافِظَـــا
وِدَادَ الْمُقَفَّــــــى لِلْعُهُــــودِ مُحَافِظَــا

Tarānī samīra-n najmi bi-l layli ḥāfiẓā
widāda-l muqaffā li-l ʿuhūdi muḥāfiẓā

You see me as the nocturnal companion of the stars at night, preserving the love of the Final Prophet and keeping the covenants.

عَلَى الْخَدِّ دَمْعِي يَرْجُفُ الْقَلْبُ مَوْهِنًا
أُنَاشِـــــدُ أَشْعَــــــارَ الْمَحَبَّــةِ لاَفِظَــا

ʿAlā-l khaddi damʿī yarjufu-l qalbu mawninan
unāshidu ashʿāra-l maḥabbati lāfiẓā

Upon my cheek are my tears while my heart trembles in the late night; I chant the poems of love, uttering them aloud.

تَرَى الشِّيبَ أَمْثَالِي سُجُودًا قَدْ أَخْلَصُوا
لَدَى الذِّكْرِ تُلْفِــــي الْكُلَّ لِلذِّكْرِ حَافِظَــا

Tarā-sh shība amthālī sujūdan qad akhlaṣū
ladā-dh dhikri tulfī-l kulla li-dh dhikri ḥāfiẓā

You see gray-haired men like me in prostration, having reached sincerity; at the time of remembrance, you find everyone preserving the Remembrance.

وَحَسْبِيَ مَدْحُ الْمُنْحَمِنَّا وَذِكْــــرُهُ
فَلَمْ أَلْتَفِتْ لِلْغَيْرِ دَهْــــرًا مُلاَحِظَــا

Wa ḥasbiya madḥu-l munḥaminnā wa dhikruhu
falam altafit li-l ghayri dahran mulāḥiẓā

The praise of the Bestower and his mention are sufficient for me, for I have never turned to notice anyone else throughout time.

شَفِيعَ الْوَرَى لَيْثَ الْعُرُوبَــةِ مَرْكَــزًا
لِشَرْعِ إِلَــهِ الْعَرْشِ لِلْخَلْقِ وَاعِظَــــا

Shafīʿa-l warā laytha-l ʿurūbati markazan
li-sharʿi ilāhi-l ʿarshi li-l khalqi wāʿiẓā

The intercessor of creation, the lion of the Arabs, the center for the law of the God of the Throne, and an admonisher for all creation.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَرُحْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِثْلَ مَنْ رَاحَ قَارِظَا

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ruḥtu ilayka mithla man rāḥa qāriẓā

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I have come to you like one who has gone forth praising and eulogizing.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ عَنْكَ لاَقَوْا مَوَاعِظَا

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin ʿanka lāqaw mawāʿiẓā

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family and Companions who received admonitions from you.