Harfus Siin · حَرْفُ السِّين

سِفَـــارِي إِلَى الْهَادِي لِذَلِكَ أَفْــرَحُ
قِرَايَ لِقَا خَيْرِ الْوَرَى وَهْوَ أَفْــرَحُ

Sifārī ila-l hādī li-dhālika afraḥu
qirāya liqā khayri-l warā wa huwa afraḥu

My journey is toward the Guide, and for that I rejoice; my hospitality is the meeting with the best of creation, and that is most joyful.

يُبَشِّرُهُ الْبَارِي بِمَدْحِي وَزَوْرَتِي
أَسِيرُ مَعِي الْأَبْرَارُ ذَلِـــكَ أَفْلَــحُ

Yubashshiruhu-l bārī bi-madḥī wa zawratī
asīru maʿiya-l abrāru dhālika aflaḥu

The Creator gives him glad tidings of my praise and my visit; I journey with the righteous, and that is most successful.

دَوَاعِــي اشْتِيَاقِي لِلْمَدِينَةِ جَمَّـــةٌ
فَجَذْبٌ وَشَوْقٌ لاَ يَزَالُ مُبَــرِّحُ

Dawāʿī-shtiyāqī li-l madīnati jammatun
fa-jadhbun wa shawqun lā yazālu mubar-riḥu

The reasons for my longing for Medina are many; a spiritual attraction and a longing that is ever-afflicting.

فَطَبْعًا أُحِبُّ الْمُصْطَفَى فَإِشَارَتِي
إِلَيْهِ وَطَـــوْراً بِالْوِدَادِ أُصَــرِّحُ

Fa-ṭabʿan uḥibbu-l muṣṭafā fa-ishāratī
ilayhi wa ṭawran bi-l widādi uṣar-riḥu

By nature I love the Chosen one, so my indication is toward him, and at times I openly declare my affection.

فَيَا مَا أُحَيْلَى أَنْ أُقِيـــــمَ بِطَيْبَــةٍ
هُنَاكَ تَــرَى نُورَ النُّبُوَّةِ يَلْمَــــحُ

Fa-yā mā uḥaylā an uqīma bi-Ṭaybatin
hunāka tarā nūra-n nubuwwati yalmaḥu

O, how sweet it is to stay in Tayba (Medina); there you see the light of Prophethood gleaming.

بِمَرْقَدِ خَيْــــرِ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ مُحَمَّــدٍ
مَعِي صَفْوَةُ الْأَحْبَابِ ذَلِـكَ أَنْجَحُ

Bi-marqadi khayri-l ʿālamīna Muḥammadin
maʿī ṣafwatu-l aḥbābi dhālika anjaḥu

At the resting place of the best of the worlds, Muhammad; with me are the elite of beloveds, and that is most prosperous.

تَوَجَّهْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِي إِلَيْــهِ يَسُوقُنِــي
وَذَا شَرَفٌ جِبْرِيلُ وَالْقَلْبُ يَمْرَحُ

Tawaj-jahtu min ahlī ilayhi yasūqunī
wa dhā sharafun Jibrīlu wa-l qalbu yamraḥu

I turned away from my family toward him, driven by grace; and this is an honor—Gabriel is there and the heart is joyful.

إِلَى خَيْرِ هَادٍ خَيْرِ مَنْ وَطِئَ الثَّـرَى
وَخَيْرِ شَفِيـعٍ خَيْرِ مَنْ جَاءَ يُصْلِــحُ

Ila khayri hādin khayri man waṭi’a-th tharā
wa khayri shafīʿin khayri man jā’a yuṣliḥu

Toward the best guide, the best of those who trod the earth, and the best intercessor, the best of those who came to rectify.

يَقُولُــونَ لاَ تَخْـرُجْ لِسُقْــمٍ وَمَهْرَمٍ
فَعُذْرُكَ مِنْ شَمْسِ الظَّهِيرَةِ أَوْضَحُ

Yaqūlūna lā takh-ruj li-suqmin wa mahramin
fa-ʿudhruka min shamsi-ẓ ẓahīrati awḍaḥu

They say: "Do not set out because of illness and old age; for your excuse from the midday sun is most clear."

فَقُلْتُ شِفَا سُقْمِـــي الْوُقُـــوفُ بِبَابِــهِ
عَنِ الطِّبِّ يُغْنِينِي كَمَنْ ظَلَّ يَجْـرَحُ

Fa-qultu shifā suqmī-l wuqufu bi-bābihi
ʿani-ṭ ṭibbi yughnīnī ka-man ẓalla yajraḥu

But I said: The healing of my illness is standing at his door; it suffices me over medicine, like one who remains wounded.

أَ أَخْلُدُ لِلرَّاحَـــاتِ وَالنَّــاسُ كُلُّهُـمْ
يَرُوحُ وَيَغْدُو لِلْحَبِيـــبِ وَيُفْلِــحُ

A-akh-ludu li-r rāḥāti wa-n nāsu kulluhum
yarūḥu wa yaghdu li-l ḥabībi wa yufliḥu

Shall I settle for comforts while all the people are going and coming for the Beloved and finding success?

أَ أَتْرُكُ لَيْلَى لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهَــا
سِوَى لَيْلَةٍ مَنْ لِي بِذَلِكَ يَنْصَحُ ؟

A-atruku Laylā laysa baynī wa baynahā
siwā laylatin man liy bi-dhālika yanṣaḥu

Shall I leave Layla (the beloved) when there is only one night between me and her? Who would advise me to do that?

شَفَى السُّقْمَ بَلْ أَحْيَى بِدُونِ تَكَلُّــفٍ
بَلِ الْقُرْبُ وَالْمَسُّ الشِّفَاءُ الْمُـرَوِّحُ

Shafa-s suqma bal aḥyā bi-dūni takal-lufin
bali-l qurba wa-l massu-sh shifā’u-l muraw-wiḥu

He healed the sickness, rather he gave life without burden; indeed, proximity and touch are the refreshing healing.

أَلاَ يَا رَسُــولَ اللّٰهِ جِئْــتُ مُعَلِّقًــا
عَلَيْكَ شُؤُونَ الْمُنْتَمِينَ وَأَشْرَحُ

Alā yā rasūla-llāhi ji’tu muʿal-liqā
ʿalayka shu’ūna-l muntamīna wa ashraḥu

O Messenger of Allah, I have come attaching to you the affairs of those who belong to me, and I explain them.

فَــآخِرُ مَبْعُــوثٍ وَأَوَّلُ شَافِــعٍ
وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَعْلُو الْجِنَانَ فَتُفْتَــحُ

Fa-ākhiru mabʿūthin wa aw-walu shāfiʿin
wa aw-walu man yaʿlu-l jināna fa-tuftaḥu

For you are the last sent one and the first intercessor, and the first who ascends to the Gardens so they are opened.

وَإِنِّي مُحِبٌّ خَادِمُ الْبَــابِ شَاعِرٌ
وَأَرْجُو الْتِفَاتًــا لاَ أُذَلُّ وَأَكْلَــحُ

Wa innī muḥibbun khādimu-l bābi shāʿirun
wa arjū-ltifātan lā udhal-lu wa aklaḥu

I am a lover, a servant of the door, and a poet; I hope for a glance so I am not humiliated or gloomy.

وَإِنِّي مُحِبٌّ خَادِمُ الْبَــابِ شَاعِرٌ
وَأَرْجُو الْتِفَاتًــا لاَ أُذَلُّ وَأَكْلَــحُ

Wa innī muḥibbun khādimu-l bābi shāʿirun
wa arjū-ltifātan lā udhal-lu wa aklaḥu

I am a lover, a servant of the door, and a poet; I hope for a glance so I am not humiliated or gloomy.

إِذَا طُفْتَ حَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ وَالْحَقُّ فَوْقَهُ
وَقَدْ خَافَ كُلُّ الرُّسْــلِ كُـلٌّ يُسَبِّـحُ

Idhā ṭufta ḥawla-l ʿarshi wa-l ḥaqqu fawqahu
wa qad khāfa kullu-r rusli kullun yusab-biḥu

When you circumambulate the Throne and the Truth is above it, while all the Messengers are afraid and everyone is glorifying.

مَلاَئِكَــةُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالرُّسْلُ كُلُّهُــمْ
يَجُولُونَ بَحْثًا عَنْ شَفِيـعٍ يُرَشَّــحُ

Malā’ikatu-r raḥmāni wa-r ruslu kulluhum
yajūlūna baḥthan ʿan shafīʿin yurash-shaḥu

The angels of the Most Merciful and all the Messengers are wandering in search of an intercessor to be nominated.

إِلَى أَنْ أَقَــرُّوا بَيْــنَ نُــوحٍ وَآدَمٍ
وَمُوسَى وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالْحَقُّ أَوْضَحُ

Ila an aqar-rū bayna Nūḥin wa Ādama
wa Mūsā wa Ibrāhīma wa-l ḥaqqu awḍaḥu

Until they affirm among Noah, Adam, Moses, and Abraham—and the Truth is most clear.

وَعِيسَى الْمَسِيحِ وَهْوَ رُوحُ إِلَهِنَـا
وَكِلْمَتُهُ نَجْلُ الْبَتُــولِ وَأَفْصَحُـوا

Wa ʿĪsa-l masīḥi wa huwa rūḥu ilāhinā
wa kilmatuhu najlu-l batūli wa afṣaḥū

And Jesus the Messiah, who is the Spirit of our God and His Word, the son of the Virgin; and they spoke clearly—

بِـــأَنَّ حَبِيــــــبَ اللّٰهِ طَــــهَ مُحَمَّــدًا
شَفِيعُ الْوَرَى الْمَقْبُولُ يُنْجِي وَيَمْنَحُ

Bi-anna ḥabība-llāhi Ṭāhā Muḥammadā
shafīʿu-l warā-l maqbūlu yunjī wa yamnaḥu

That the Beloved of Allah, Taha Muhammad, is the accepted intercessor of creation who saves and bestows.

مَتَى قُمْتَ وَسْطَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مُشَفَّعًا
هُنَالِــكَ أَشْدُو بِالثَّنَــا وَأُلَــوِّحُ

Matā qumta wasṭa-l anbiyā’i mushaf-faʿan
hunālika ashdū bi-th thanā wa ulaw-wiḥu

When you stand among the prophets as an intercessor, there I shall sing with praise and signal.

هُنَــاكَ تَذَكَّرْ يَا شَفِيـــعُ مُقَصِّــرًا
أَسِيرَ غَــرَامٍ فِيكَ يَشْدُو وَيَمْدَحُ

Hunāka tadhak-kar yā shafīʿu muqaṣ-ṣiran
asīra gharāmin fīka yashdū wa yamdaḥu

There, O Intercessor, remember one who fell short, a prisoner of passion who sings and praises you.

فَإِنَّــكَ أَوْفَى النَّاسِ عَهْدًا وَذِمَّةً
وَأَكْمَلُهُمْ خُلْقًا وَأَسْخَى وَأَسْمَحُ

Fa-innaka awfa-n nāsi ʿahdan wa dhimmatan
wa akmalahum khulqan wa askhā wa asmaḥu

For you are the most fulfilling of people in covenant and protection, the most perfect in character, the most generous and clement.

وَهَبْتَ وَلَمْ تَخْشَ افْتِقَارًا وَفَاقَةً
فَمَا سَمَحَتْ نَفْسٌ بِمَا أَنْتَ تَسْمَــحُ

Wahabta wa lam takh-sha-ftiqāran wa fāqatan
famā samaḥat nafsun bi-mā anta tasmaḥu

You gave and did not fear poverty or need; no soul has ever been as generous as you are.

فَكَمْ عَكَرٍ كَمْ مِنْ قَنَاطِيــــرَ مَــرَّةً
وَهَبْتَ إِلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ وَالْكُلُّ يَفْــرَحُ

Fa-kam ʿakarin kam min qanāṭīra marratan
wahabta ila-l aʿdā’i wa-l kullu yafraḥu

How many herds and how many quintals at once you gave to the enemies while everyone rejoiced.

فَفِــي كُلِّ حَيٍّ قَـــدْ خَبَطْــتَ بِنِعْمَــةٍ
إِلَى كُلِّ أَقْصَى النَّاسِ جُودُكَ يُطْرَحُ

Fa-fī kulli ḥayyin qad khabaṭta bi-niʿmatin
ila kulli aqṣa-n nāsi jūduka yuṭraḥu

In every neighborhood you have descended with a blessing; to every furthest person your generosity is extended.

فَهَــــبْ لِي أَمَانًــا يَا رَسُــولُ وَأَسْقِنِــي
مِنَ الْحَوْضِ كَأْسًا لاَ أُرَى عَوْضُ أَكْدَحُ

Fa-hab liy amānan yā rasūlu wa asqinī
mina-l ḥawḍi ka’san lā urā ʿawḍu akdaḥu

So grant me safety, O Messenger, and give me to drink from the Pond a cup after which I shall never labor again.

وَذَا بَعْدَ تَعْمِيرٍ عَلَى نَهْجِ أَحْمَـــدٍ
وَأَتْبَاعِهِ اللَّائِينَ قَادُوا وَأَصْلَحُوا

Wa dhā baʿda taʿmīrin ʿalā nahji Aḥmada
wa atbāʿihi-l lā’īna qādū wa aṣlaḥū

And this after a long life upon the path of Ahmad and his followers who led and rectified.

وَسِتْرٍ جَمِيلٍ ثُمَّ عَفْـــوٍ وَرِفْعَـــةٍ
وَفَوْزٍ وَرِضْوَانٍ مِنَ الْخُلْدِ أَمْلَحُ

Wa sitrin jamīlin thumma ʿafwin wa rifʿatin
wa fawzin wa riḍwānin mina-l khuldi amlaḥu

And a beautiful concealment, then pardon and elevation, and triumph and pleasure from the eternal Paradise, most sweet.

فَدِينُكَ دِينُ الْحَقِّ قَدْ ضَلَّ سَعْيُ مَنْ
يُحَاوِلُ إِطْفَـــا نُورِهِ كَيْــفَ يَنْجَــحُ

Fa-dīnuka dīnu-l ḥaqqi qad ḍal-la saʿyu man
yuḥāwilu iṭfā nūrihi kayfa yanjaḥu

For your religion is the religion of Truth; the effort of whoever tries to extinguish its light has gone astray—how could he succeed?

رَمَوْا وَحْيَ مَوْلاَنَا وَكَادُوا وَزَخْرَفُوا
سَيَأْتِيهِـــمُ خِـــزْيٌ وَلاَ الدَّهْرَ يَبْـــرَحُ

Ramaw waḥya mawlānā wa kādū wa zakhrafū
sa-ya’tīhimu khizyun walā-d dahra yabraḥu

They pelted the revelation of our Master, plotted, and embellished; shame shall come to them and shall never leave them.

جُنُــونُ لَنِيــنٍ وَالْكَرَادِينِ ظَاهِــــرٌ
فَآمَنْتُ بِالْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ وَأُفْصِـحُ

Junūnu Lanīna wa-l karādīni ẓāhirun
fa-āmantu bi-l māḥī-ḍ ḍalāli wa ufṣiḥu

The madness of Lenin and the "Karadīn" (enemies) is manifest; so I believed in the Eraser of misguidance and I speak clearly.

لَدَى عَرَفَاتٍ قَــدْ تَطَهَّرْتُ صَافِيًا
لِمَلْقَـــى كَرِيـــمٍ بَابُـــــــهُ يَتَفَتَّـــحُ

Ladā ʿArafātin qad taṭah-hartu ṣāfiyan
li-malqā karīmin bābuhu yatafat-taḥu

At Arafat I have become purified and clear, for the meeting of a Generous One whose door is opened.

رَمَوْنِي لَدَى رَمْيِ الْجِمَارِ وَأَخْطَـأُوا
أَنَـــا ضِــدُّ إِبْلِيــسٍ وَلَــمْ أَكُ أَبْــرَحُ

Ramawnī ladā ramyi-l jimāri wa akh-ṭa’ū
anā ḍiddu iblīsa wa lam aku abraḥu

They pelted me during the stoning of the pillars and they missed; I am the opponent of Iblis and I shall never cease to be.

وَأَسْــــأَلُ مَوْلاَنَــا يَعُـــمُّ جَمِيعَهُــمْ
بِرَحْمَتِـــهِ كَيْمَــا يَفُـوزُوا وَيُفْلِحُوا

Wa as’alu mawlānā yaʿummu jamīʿahum
bi-raḥmatihi kaymā yafūzū wa yufliḥū

And I ask our Master to encompass them all with His mercy so that they may triumph and succeed.

نَــؤُوبُ بِسُــؤْلٍ كُلُّنَـــا وَسَلاَمَــــةٍ
كَعَادَةِ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ وَالْعُرْفُ أَصْلَحُ

Na’ūbu bi-su’lin kullunā wa salāmatin
ka-ʿādati khayri-n nāsi wa-l ʿurfu aṣlaḥu

We return with our requests, all of us, and in safety; as is the custom of the best of people, and the tradition is most righteous.

وَوَدَّعْتُــهُ لاَ أَسْتَطِيــعُ وَدَاعَـــهُ
جَرَى الدَّمْعُ مِنِّي وَالْفُؤَادُ مُجَرَّحُ

Wa waddaʿtuhu lā astaṭīʿu wadāʿahu
jarā-d damʿu minnī wa-l fu’ādu mujarraḥu

And I bid him farewell, though I cannot bear his farewell; my tears flowed and the heart is wounded.

وَإِنَّ الَّذِي رَدَّ الْكَلِيـــمَ لِأُمِّـــــهِ
سَيَرْجِعُنِي لِلْمُنْحَمِنَّـــا وَأَفْــرَحُ

Wa inna-l ladhī radda-l kalīma li-ummihi
sa-yarjiʿunī li-l munḥaminnā wa afraḥu

And indeed, the One who returned the Speaker (Moses) to his mother shall return me to our Bestower, and I shall rejoice.

وَعَوْدًا لِبَدْءٍ قَدْ عَلَـــوْتُ بِـلاَدَهُ
وَنَارُ اشْتِيَاقِي لِلْمَدِينَـــةِ تَلْفَــحُ

Wa ʿawdan li-bad’in qad ʿalawtu bilādahu
wa nāru-shtiyāqī li-l madīnati talfaḥu

Returning to the start, I have risen above his lands while the fire of my longing for Medina is scorching.

سَلاَمٌ عَلَى كَنْزِ الْبَرَايَا الَّــذِي غَـدَا
بِهِ الْكُلُّ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ يَنْجُو وَيَرْبَحُ

Salāmun ʿalā kanzi-l barāyā-l ladhī ghadā
bihi-l kullu fī-d dārayni yanjū wa yarbaḥu

Peace be upon the treasure of creation, through whom everyone in both worlds is saved and gains.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَؤُوبُ وَلاَ شَكْوَى وَطَــهَ الْمُسَرِّحُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
a’ūbu walā shakwā wa Ṭāhā-l musar-rihu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I return without complaint, and Taha is the one who releases.

عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ طَـهَ الْهَاشِمِي لِيَ مَرْبَحُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
madā-d dahri Ṭāhā-l hāshimiyyu liy marbaḥu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; throughout time, Taha the Hashemite is my gain.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مِنْ آبَائِنَـا الشُّمِّ الَّذِينَ قَدْ أَوْضَحُوا

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
min ābā’ina-sh shummi-l ladhīna qad awḍaḥū

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, from our noble fathers who made things clear.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَنَغْرِفُ مِنْ بَحْرِ الرَّسُولِ وَنَنْزَحُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa nagh-rifu min baḥri-r rasūli wa nanzahu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; we scoop from the sea of the Messenger and draw out.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
إِلَيْكَ وَفِي بَحْرِ الْـهَـوَى لَـكَ نَسْبَحُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
ilayka wa fī baḥri-l hawā laka nasbaḥu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; toward you and in the sea of love for you we swim.

عَلَيْكَ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِـرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
بَقِيَّتُهُمْ خَيْـــرٌ بِــهِ الْوَزْنُ يَرْجَــحُ

ʿAlayka maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi
baqiyyatuhum khayrun bihi-l waznu yarjaḥu

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions; their remnant is good, by which the balance outweighs.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مَدَى كَوْنِنَا بِالْمُصْطَفَى الْقَرْمِ نَفْرَحُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
madā kawninā bi-l muṣṭafa-l qarmi nafraḥu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; as long as our existence rejoices in the noble Mustafa.