Harfus Swaad · حَرْفُ الصَّاد

صَبَا جَبَلَـــــيْ نُعْمَـــانَ بِاللّٰهِ خَلِّــصِ
نَسِيمًا سَرَى مِنْ ذَا الْعَقِيقِ فَيَخْلُـصِ

Ṣabā jabalay Nuʿmāna bi-llāhi khalliṣi
nasīman sarā min dhā-l ʿaqīqi fa-yakhlusi

O eastern wind of the two mountains of Nu'man, by Allah, release a breeze that traveled from that Aqiq so it may reach me pure.

فَإِنَّ نَسِيمًـــــا مِثْلَـــهُ سَيُتِـــمُّ لِي
شِفَاءَ سِقَامِي بَلْ يُتِـــمُّ تَخَلُّــصِي

Fa-inna nasīman mithlahu sayutimmu liy
shifā’a siqāmī bal yutimmu takhal-luṣī

For such a breeze will complete for me the healing of my ailments; rather, it will complete my liberation.

إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللّٰهِ السِّـــــرَاجِ مُحَمَّــدٍ
إِلَى خَيْرِ جَاءٍ لِلْبَرَايَــــا مُخَلِّــصِ

Ila raḥmati-llāhi-s sirāji Muḥammadin
ila khayri jā’in li-l barāyā mukhal-liṣi

Toward the mercy of Allah, the lamp Muhammad; toward the best one who came as a savior for all creation.

إِلَى أَحْمَدَ الْمَاحِي إِلَيْـــهِ تَوَجُّهِـــي
وَسِيَّانِ عِنْدِي مَادِحِي وَمُنَقِّصِي

Ila Aḥmada-l māḥī ilayhi tawajjuhī
wa sayyāni ʿindī mādiḥī wa munaqqiṣī

Toward Ahmad the Eraser is my direction; and it is the same to me whether one praises me or belittles me (in this path).

إِلَيْــــــكَ رَسُـــولَ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ مُحَمَّــدًا
شَفِيعَ الْوَرَى فِي الْكُلِّ جِدُّ مُخَصَّـصِ

Ilayka rasūla-l ʿālamīna Muḥammadā
shafīʿa-l warā fī-l kulli jiddu mukhaṣ-ṣaṣi

Toward you, O Messenger of the worlds, Muhammad; the intercessor of creation in all things, truly distinguished.

لِمَنْ جَاءَ بِالْعِزِّ الْعَظِيمِ وَخِزْيِ مَنْ
تَوَلَّى عَـــــنِ الْمُثْلَــى وَلَـمْ يَتَخَلَّـصِ

Li-man jā’a bi-l ʿizzi-l ʿaẓīmi wa khizyi man
tawallā ʿani-l muthlā wa lam yatakhal-laṣi

For the one who brought great glory, and shame to those who turned away from the ideal and did not find salvation.

هَدَى الْخَلْقَ لِلنَّهْجِ الْقَوِيمِ وَقَدْ شَفَى
سِقَامَهُمُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَعْمَــى وَأَبْــرَصِ

Hadā-l khalqa li-n nahji-l qawīmi wa qad shafā
siqāmahumu min kulli aʿmā wa abraṣi

He guided creation to the upright path and healed their sicknesses from every blindness and leprosy.

سَرَى بِكَ لَيْـــلاً ثُــمَّ أَدْنَــاكَ رَاقِيًــا
إِلَى حَضْرَةٍ لَمْ تُلْفَ مَوْطِئَ أَخْمُصِ

Sarā bika laylan thumma adnāka rāqiyā
ila ḥaḍratin lam tulfa mawṭi’a akhmuṣi

He (Allah) took you by night and then drew you near, ascending to a presence that was never a place for any other foot to tread.

تَجَاوَزْتَ أَفْلاَكَ النُّجُومِ وَقَدْ دَنَـــا
لَكَ الْعِلْمُ وَالْأَسْرَارُ خَيْرَ مُمَحِّـصِ

Tajāwazta aflāka-n nujūmi wa qad danā
laka-l ʿilmu wa-l asrāru khayra mumah-ḥiṣi

You surpassed the orbits of the stars, and knowledge and secrets drew near to you as the best of examiners.

وَنِلْتَ مَقَامًا قَــــدْ تَقَاصَـــرَ دُونَــهُ
جَمِيعُ هُــدَاةِ الْخَلْقِ مِنْ كُلِّ مُخْلِصِ

Wa nilta maqāman qad taqāṣara dūnahu
jamīʿu hudāti-l khalqi min kulli mukhliṣi

And you attained a station before which all the guides of creation, from every sincere one, fell short.

فَرُحْتُ لَهُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِ الشَّمْسِ أَرْتَجِي
يُخَلِّصُنِي هَلْ غَيْـرُ طَـــهَ مُخَلِّصِــي

Fa-ruḥtu lahu min maghribi-sh shamsi artajī
yukhal-liṣunī hal ghayru Ṭāhā mukhal-liṣī

So I went to him from the West, hoping he would save me—is there any savior other than Taha?

فَإِنَّكَ بَابُ اللّٰهِ لَــــــمْ يُلْـــفَ مَسْلَــكٌ
سِوَاكَ إِلَى رَبِّي الْكَرِيمِ الْمُخَصِّصِ

Fa-innaka bābu-llāhi lam yulfa maslakun
siwāka ila rabbī-l karīmi-l mukhaṣ-ṣiṣi

For you are the door to Allah; no path is found to my Generous Lord, the One who distinguishes, except through you.

فَأَنْتَ سِرَاجُ الدِّينِ وَالضَّوْءُ سَاطِعٌ
وَظِلُّ الْوَرَى وَالظِّلُّ لَــمْ يَتَقَلَّــصِ

Fa-anta sirāju-d dīni wa-ḍ ḍaw’u sāṭiʿun
wa ẓillu-l warā wa-ẓ ẓillu lam yataqal-laṣi

You are the lamp of the religion and the light is shining; the shade of mankind, and that shade has never diminished.

فَأَنْتَ سِرَاجُ الدِّينِ وَالضَّوْءُ سَاطِعٌ
وَظِلُّ الْوَرَى وَالظِّلُّ لَــمْ يَتَقَلَّــصِ

Fa-anta sirāju-d dīni wa-ḍ ḍaw’u sāṭiʿun
wa ẓillu-l warā wa-ẓ ẓillu lam yataqal-laṣi

You are the lamp of the religion and the light is shining; the shade of mankind, and that shade has never diminished.

أَتَاكَ مُحِـــــبٌّ شَاعِــرٌ خَادِمٌ لَكُــمْ
أَرَى غَيْرَ مَدْحِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ مُنَقِّصِي

Atāka muḥibbun shāʿirun khādimun lakum
arā ghayra madḥi-l hāshimiyyi munaqqiṣī

A lover, poet, and servant of yours has come to you; I see anything other than the praise of the Hashemite as a detraction from me.

أَتَيْتُكَ تِسْعًا ثُـــمَّ عَشْـــرًا وَإِنَّنِــي
أَتَيْتُكَ هَـــذِي فَاهْدِنِي لاَ تَرَبَّــصِ

Ataytuka tisʿan thumma ʿashran wa innanī
ataytuka hadhī fahdinī lā tarabbaṣi

I came to you nineteen times, and indeed I have come this time as well; so guide me and do not delay.

أَسِيرُ وَبِي الشَّوْقُ الْمُبَرِّحُ لَمْ أَنَـــمْ
فَلَسْتُ إِلَى الْعَيْشِ الرَّغِيدِ بِأَحْرَصِ

Asīru wa biya-sh shawqu-l mubar-riḥu lam anam
falastu ila-l ʿayshi-r raghīdi bi-aḥraṣi

I journey while intense longing keeps me from sleep; I am not at all eager for a life of luxury.

فَحُبِّي وَحِرْصِي فِي وِصَالِ مُحَمَّدٍ
بِحِسٍّ وَمَعْنًى بَلْ بِطُولِ تَشَخُّــصِ

Fa-ḥubbī wa ḥirṣī fī wiṣāli Muḥammadin
bi-ḥissin wa maʿnan bal bi-ṭūli tashakh-khuṣi

For my love and my eagerness are in the union with Muhammad; in sense and meaning, rather in constant presence.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَخُصَّ خَدِيمًا يَا كَرِيمُ وَخَصِّـصِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-khuṣṣa khadīman yā karīmu wa khaṣ-ṣiṣi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; so distinguish a servant, O Generous One, and specially favor him.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَيَا رَبِّ فَاقْبَلْ حَجَّنَا وَلْتُمَحِّــصِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa yā rabbi faqbal ḥajjanā wa-l tumah-ḥiṣi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and O Lord, accept our Hajj and purify it.

وَأَصْلِحْ شُؤُونَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَخَصِّصَنْ
لِصَحْبِي وَأَحْبَابِي فَأَصْلِحْ وَخَصِّصِ

Wa aṣliḥ shu’ūna-l muslimīna wa khaṣ-ṣiṣan
li-ṣaḥbī wa aḥbābī fa-aṣliḥ wa khaṣ-ṣiṣi

Rectify the affairs of the Muslims, and specially favor my companions and beloveds; so rectify and distinguish.

وَدَمِّرْ عُـــدَاةَ الْمُسْلِمِيـــنَ جَمِيعَهُــمْ
مَيَارًا وَدَيَّانًا وَرِجْسًـــــا وَنَقِّــصِ

Wa dam-mir ʿudāta-l muslimīna jamīʿahum
Mayāran wa Dayyānan wa rijsan wa naqqiṣi

And destroy all the enemies of the Muslims—Meir (Golda Meir), Dayan, and the filth—and diminish them.

وَأَلْحِقْ بِهِمْ مَنْ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ وَطَهِّرَنْ
جَمِيعَ بِــــــلاَدِ اللّٰهِ لِلدِّيـــنِ تَخْلُــصِ

Wa alḥiq bihim man qad ʿalimta wa ṭah-hiran
jamīʿa bilādi-llāhi li-d dīni takhluṣi

And join with them those whom You know, and purify all the lands of Allah so they may be pure for the religion.

لَدَى عَرَفَاتٍ وَالْمَقَــــامِ فَخَاطِــرِي
تَجَـــرَّدَ لِلْهَادِي الْعِبَـــادِ الْمُخَلِّــصِ

Ladā ʿArafātin wa-l maqāmi fa-khāṭirī
tajarrada li-l hādī-l ʿibāda-l mukhal-liṣi

At Arafat and the Station, my inner thought has become devoted solely to the Guide of the servants, the Savior.

أُوَحِّــــدُ رَبِّـــي ثُمَّ أَهْــــوَى مُحَمَّــدًا
وَأُثْنِي عَلَى الْهَادِي وَفِيهِ تَخَصُّصِي

Uwaḥ-ḥidu rabbī thumma ahwā Muḥammadā
wa uthnī ʿala-l hādī wa fīhi takhaṣ-ṣuṣī

I declare the Oneness of my Lord, then I love Muhammad; and I praise the Guide, and in him is my specialization.

أَرَانِي أَرَى الْهَادِي وَلَيْسَ سِــوَاؤُهُ
وَكَمْ ثَمَّ مِنْ سِرٍّ مَصُونٍ مُخَصَّصِ

Arānī ara-l hādī wa laysa siwā’uhu
wa kam thamma min sirrin maṣūnin mukhaṣ-ṣaṣi

I see myself seeing the Guide and none other; and how many guarded and special secrets are there!

جَزَى اللّٰهُ عَنِّـــي وَالِـــدِي وَأَحِبَّتِــي
جَزَى قَائِدٍ قَدْ عَاشَ أَفْضَلَ مُرْهِصِ

Jazā-llāhu ʿannī wālidī wa aḥibbatī
jazā qā’idin qad ʿāsha afḍala murhaṣi

May Allah reward my father and my beloveds on my behalf; the reward of a leader who lived the best of lives.

عَلَيْـــهِ مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَا قَـالَ مُغْــرَمٌ
صَبَا جَبَلَـــيْ نُعْمَـــانَ بِاللّٰهِ خَلِّــصِ

ʿAlayhi madā-l ayyāmi mā qāla mughramun
ṣabā jabalay Nuʿmāna bi-llāhi khalliṣi

Upon him throughout the days, as long as an infatuated one says: O eastern wind of the two mountains of Nu'man, by Allah, release.