Harfuth Thaa · حَرْفُ الثَّاء

ثِمَـــالُ الْبَرَايَــــا أَحْمَــــدٌ حُبُّـــهُ فَرْضُ
شُيُوخُ الْهُـدَى أَوْصَوْا عَلَى ذَا وَقَدْ حَضُّوا

Thimālu-l barāyā Aḥmadun ḥubbuhu farḍu
shuyūkhu-l hudā awṣaw ʿalā dhā wa qad ḥaḍḍū

The support of all creation is Ahmad, whose love is an obligation; the Shaykhs of guidance have commanded this and urged it.

فَمَــا سَعِـــــدَ الْمَاضُـــونَ إِلاَّ بِحُبِّــهِ
بِهِ سَعِدَ السُّودَانُ وَالْحُمْرُ وَالْبِيـــضُ

Fa-mā saʿida-l māḍūna illā bi-ḥubbihi
bihi saʿida-s sūdānu wa-l ḥumru wa-l bīḍu

Those of the past did not find happiness except through his love; through him the black, the red, and the white people found joy.

فَدَاعِي سُــرُورِي أَنْ بُلِيـــــتُ بِحُبِّــهِ
وَزَادَ وِدَادِي قَبْلَ أَنْ يُخْلَقَ الْفَيْـــضُ

Fa-dāʿī surūrī an bulītu bi-ḥubbihi
wa zāda widādī qabla an yukhlaqa-l fayḍu

The cause of my happiness is that I was tested with his love, and my affection increased before the overflow of existence was even created.

فَفَــاضَ وَسَاقَانِي وَسَاقَى أَحِبَّتِـــي
وَغَيْرُهُمُ فِي غُلَّـــةٍ عَمَّهُـــمْ قَبْــضُ

Fa-fāḍa wa sāqānī wa sāqā aḥibbatī
wa ghayruhum fī ghullatin ʿammahum qabḍu

So it overflowed and gave me drink, and gave drink to my beloveds, while others remained in thirst, overtaken by spiritual constriction.

فَإِنْ نَافَسُوا أَوْ فَاخَـرُوا فَفَخَارُنَـــا
وِدَادُ حَبِيبٍ مَدْحُهُ النَّفْلُ وَالْفَرْضُ

Fa-in nāfasū aw fākharū fa-fakhārunā
widādu ḥabībin madḥuhu-n naflu wa-l farḍu

If they compete or boast, then our boast is the affection of a beloved whose praise is both the supererogatory and the obligatory.

مُحَمَّـــــــدُ خَيْــــرُ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ وَسِيلَتِـــي
أَعِيشُ بِمَدْحِي وَهْوَ لِي النَّقْدُ وَالْعَرْضُ

Muḥammadu khayru-l ʿālamīna wasīlatī
aʿīshu bi-madḥī wa huwa liy al-naqdu wa-l ʿarḍu

Muhammad, the best of the worlds, is my means; I live by my praise, and he is to me my capital and my display.

مُحَمَّـــــــدُ خَيْــــرُ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ وَسِيلَتِـــي
أَعِيشُ بِمَدْحِي وَهْوَ لِي النَّقْدُ وَالْعَرْضُ

Muḥammadu khayru-l ʿālamīna wasīlatī
aʿīshu bi-madḥī wa huwa liy al-naqdu wa-l ʿarḍu

Muhammad, the best of the worlds, is my means; I live by my praise, and he is to me my capital and my display.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
إِلَيْهِ الْتِجَائِي وَهْوَ لِي الْحِصْنُ إِنْ عَضُّوا

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
ilayhi-ltijā’ī wa huwa liy al-ḥiṣnu in ʿaḍḍū

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; to him is my refuge, and he is my fortress if the enemies bite.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِهِ فَاقَ أَقْطَابَ الْبَرِيَّةِ لِي الْبَيْــــضُ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
bihi fāqa aqṭāba-l bariyyati liy al-bayḍu

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; through him, my white ones (pure states) surpassed the spiritual poles of creation.

عَلَيْــــهِ مَــعَ الْآلٍ الْكِــــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــــهِ
جُيُوشُ الْعِدَى بِالْهَاشِمِي اللَّيْثِ قَدْ فُضُّوا

ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi
juyūshu-l ʿidā bi-l hāshimiyyi-l laythi qad fuḍḍū

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions; the armies of the enemies were dispersed by the Hashemite lion.