Harfud Daal · حَرْفُ الدَّال

دُمُوعٌ كَرَقْـــــــرَاقِ اللُّجَيْـــنِ تُبَرْهِــنُ
عَلَى صِدْقِ شَوْقِي بَيْنَمَا الْوَقْتُ مَوْهِنُ

Dumūʿun ka-raqrāqi-l lujayni tubarhinu
ʿalā ṣidqi shawqī baynamā-l waqtu mawhinu

Tears like shimmering silver prove the sincerity of my longing while the time is late night.

عَلَى هَيْكَلٍ فَوْقَ الْغَمَائِـــــمِ قَاصِـــدًا
مَزَارَكَ أَعْلَى النَّاسِ خَلْقًا وَأَحْسَـنُ

ʿAlā haykalin fawqa-l ghamā’imi qāṣidan
mazāraka aʿla-n nāsi khalqan wa aḥsanu

Upon a frame (vessel) above the clouds, heading toward your visitation—O highest of people in character and most beautiful.

مُحَمَّـــدُ يَا خَيْـــرَ الْأَنَامِ فَمَا تَــرَى
لِـتَـيْمٍ شَدِيدِ الْحُبِّ وَالْمَدْحَ يُحْسِــنُ

Muḥammadu yā khayra-l anāmi fa-mā tarā
li-taymin shadīdi-l ḥubbi wa-l madḥa yuḥsinu

O Muhammad, O best of mankind, what do you see for a captive of love who is intense in affection and excels in praise?

إِلَى جَمْعِكَ الْمُـــــدَّاحُ يُنْمَى وَإِنَّـــهُ
أَسِيرُ هَوًى لَمْ يُلْفَ فِي الدَّهْرِ يُتْقِنُ

Ilā jamʿika-l muddāḥu yunmā wa innahu
asīru hawan lam yulfa fī-d dahri yutqinu

To your gathering the praisers are attributed, and indeed he is a prisoner of passion who has not been found perfecting anything else in time.

فَكُنْ لِي شَفِيعًا يَا شَفِيعُ فَكُلُّ مَنْ
سِوَاكَ فَقِيرٌ لِلشَّفَاعَـــــةِ مُعْلِـــنُ

Fa-kun liy shafīʿan yā shafīʿu fa-kullu man
siwāka faqīrun li-sh shafāʿati muʿlinu

So be an intercessor for me, O Intercessor; for everyone besides you is poor and openly declares their need for intercession.

وَإِنِّـيَ أَرْجُوهَا بَشِيرُ وَلَمْ أَنَلْ
لَـهَا سَبَبًا غَيْرَ الْكَبَائِـــرِ تُعْلَـــــنُ

Wa inniya arjūhā bashīru wa lam anal
lahā sababan ghayra-l kabā’iri tuʿlanu

And I hope for it, O Bringer of Glad Tidings, though I have found no cause for it other than great sins that are declared.

أَتَيْتُكَ لاَ أَرْجُو سِـــــوَاكَ مُحَمَّــدًا
وَأَنْتَ مَزُورِي أَنْتَ لِلْخَيرِ مَعْدِنُ

Ataytuka lā arjū siwāka Muḥammadā
wa anta mazūrī anta li-l khayri maʿdinu

I have come to you hoping in none but you, Muhammad; you are the one I visit and you are the metal (source) of all good.

بِفَارَانَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ بِالْبَيْتِ تَقْبَلَـــنْ
خَدِيمًا رَفِيقًـــا لِلْجِنَـــانِ فَيُــوذَنُ

Bi-Fārāna bi-l Baṭḥā’i bi-l Bayti taqbalan
khadīman rafīqan li-l jināni fa-yū dhanam

In Paran, in the Bathā’, and at the House—accept a servant as a companion of the gardens so he may be granted entry.

فَصِلْنِي رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ طَــــهَ مُؤَمَّنًــا
فَلَمْ يَكُ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِ غَيْرِكَ مَأْمَــنُ

Fa-ṣilnī rasūla-llāhi Ṭāhā mu’ammanā
falam yaku liy min ʿindi ghayrika ma’manu

So connect me, O Messenger of Allah, Taha, as one made safe; for I have no place of safety except with you.

أُرَانِي كَغَيْرِي لاَجِئًا عِنْدَ بَابِكُــمْ
وَكُلٌّ عَظِيمُ السُّؤْلِ كُلٌّ يُدَنْــــدِنُ

Urānī ka-ghayrī lājī’an ʿinda bābi-kum
wa kullu ʿaẓīmu-s su’li kullu yudandinu

I see myself like others, taking refuge at your door; everyone has great requests and everyone is humming their pleas.

بِمَوْقِــــــفِ بَـــدْرٍ لاَ يَزَالُ تَذَكُّــرِي
إِلَى مَنْ غَدَا يَحْمِي الذِّمَارَ وَيُومِــنُ

Bi-mawqifi Badrin lā yazālu tadha-kkurī
ilā man ghadā yaḥmī-dh dhimāra wa yūminu

At the site of Badr, my remembrance remains constant of the one who became the protector of the honor and the grantor of safety.

أَتَيْتُكَ يَا خَيْرَ الْخَلاَئِـــقِ مَوْهِنًـــا
أُرَجِّيكَ تُعْلِينِي وَحَالِيَ تُحْسِـــنُ

Ataytuka yā khayra-l khalā’iqi mawhinan
urajjīka tuʿlīnī wa ḥāliya tuḥsinu

I came to you, O best of creation, in the late night, hoping you will elevate me and improve my condition.

وَتَشْفِي سِقَامِي تَجْبُرُ الْكَسْرَ سَيِّدِي
وَتَعْفُو عَنْ أَسْوَاءٍ دَرَاهَا الْمُهَيْمِــنُ

Wa tashfī siqāmī tajburu-l kasra sayyidī
wa taʿfū ʿan aswā’in darāhā-l muhayminu

And heal my sicknesses and mend the brokenness, my master; and forgive the evils that the All-Preserving One knows.

مَرَرْتُ بِبَدْرٍ بِالْفُرَيْـــــشِ بِرَابِـــغٍ
لِمَسْجِدِهِ وَالْحَرُّ فِــي الْقَلْبِ مُكْمَــنُ

Marartu bi-Badrin bi-l Furayshi bi-Rābighin
li-masjidihi wa-l ḥarru fī-l qalbi mukmanu

I passed by Badr, al-Furaysh, and Rabigh toward his mosque, while the heat was hidden within my heart.

لَكَ الْعَهْدُ مِنِّي يَا رَسُـــولُ فَإِنَّنِــي
أُحِبُّكَ حَتَّى حِينَ فِي الْقَبْرِ أُدْفَــنُ

Laka-l ʿahdu minnī yā rasūlu fa-innanī
uḥibbuka ḥattā ḥīna fī-l qabri ud-fanu

You have a covenant from me, O Messenger; for I shall love you even until the time I am buried in the grave.

يُؤَرِّقُنِي حُبِّيكَ لَيْلِي وَكَيْـــفَ لاَ
وَلاَ حَسَنٌ إِلاَّ لِحُسْنِــــكَ يَذْعَــنُ

Yu’arriqunī ḥubbīka laylī wa kayfa lā
walā ḥasanun illā li-ḥusnika yadhʿanu

Your love keeps me awake at night, and how could it not? For there is no beauty except that it submits to your beauty.

عَلَيْكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَتَاكَ خَدِيمٌ قَاصِرٌ وَهْوَ مُومِـــنُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
atāka khadīmun qāṣirun wa huwa muminu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; a falling servant has come to you, yet he is a believer.

عَلَيْكَ أَيَا كَنْــــزَ الْبَرَايَــا نَبِيَّنَــا
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيــــمٌ وَإِنَّكَ مَأْمَــنُ

ʿAlayka ayā kanza-l barāyā nabiyyanā
ṣalātun wa taslīmun wa innaka ma’manu

Upon you, O treasure of creation, our Prophet, be blessings and peace; for indeed you are the place of safety.

عَلَيْكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَمَا لِيَ كَنْـــزٌ لاَ وَلاَ لِيَ مَعْــدِنُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-mā liy kanzun lā wa lā liy maʿdinu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for I have no treasure, no, nor do I have a source of wealth.

عَلَيْكَ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَلاَ عَمَلٌ يُنْجِي مِنَ النَّارِ مُتْقَــنُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
walā ʿamalun yunjī mina-n nāri mutqanu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and no perfected deed that saves from the fire.

عَلَيْكَ مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَا قَالَ خَــــادِمٌ
دُمُوعٌ كَرَقْرَاقِ اللُّجَيْـــنِ تُبَرْهِــنُ

ʿAlayka madā-l ayyāmi mā qāla khādimun
dumūʿun ka-raqrāqi-l lujayni tubarhinu

Upon you throughout the days as long as a servant says: Tears like shimmering silver prove.