Harfuth Thaa · حَرْفُ الثَّاء

ثَقَـــافَةُ إِبْرَاهِيـــمَ وَالْعِلْـــمُ كُلُّــــهُ
مَدِيحُ الْإِمَامِ الْهَاشِمِــيِّ وَفَضْلُــهُ

Thaqāfatu Ibrāhīma wa-l ʿilmu kulluhu
madīḥu-l imāmi-l hāshimiyyi wa faḍluhu

The culture of Ibrahim and all his knowledge is the praise of the Hashemite Imam and his merit.

وَمَنْ فِعْلُهُ نَهْــجُ الْإِلَــهِ وَدِينُــهُ
وَلَيْسَ سِـوَاهُ إِنَّمَا الْقَـــوْلُ قَوْلُـهُ

Wa man fiʿluhu nahju-l ilāhi wa dīnuhu
wa laysa siwāhu innamā-l qawlu qawluhu

He whose actions are the path of God and His religion; there is none besides him, for indeed the word is his word.

بَنَى قُبَّـةَ الْإِسْلاَمِ بِالْوَحْيِ دَاعِيًا
إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ قَدْ عَــمَّ ظِلُّــهُ

Banā qubbata-l islāmi bi-l waḥyi dāʿiyan
ilayhi jamīʿa-n nāsi qad ʿamma ẓilluhu

He built the dome of Islam through revelation, calling all people to it; his shade has encompassed everyone.

خَدِيمُكَ هَــذَا فِي بَرِيـــسَ مُعَوَّقًـا
سِوَاهُ لَدَى وَادِي النَّقَا تَمَّ وَصْلُــهُ

Khadīmuka hadhā fī Barīsa muʿawwaqā
siwāhu ladā wādi-n Naqā tamma waṣluhu

This servant of yours is in Paris, hindered (by illness), while others at the Valley of Naqa have completed their union.

يُعَلِّــلُ نَفْسًــا بِالْوِصَــالِ فَعَلَّــــهُ
بِوَقْتٍ مِنَ الْأَوْقَاتِ تَنْفَكُّ رِجْلُــهُ

Yuʿal-lilu nafsan bi-l wiṣāli fa-ʿallahu
bi-waqtin mina-l awqāti tanfakku rijluhu

He consoles himself with the hope of union; perhaps at some point in time, his leg will be set free.

فَهَلْ تَسْمَحُ الْأَيَّامُ بِالسَّيْرِ لِلنَّقَـــا
فَيَقْضِي لَنَا كُلَّ الْفَوَائِتِ أَهْلُـــهُ

Fa-hal tasmaḥu-l ayyāmu bi-s sayri li-n Naqā
fa-yaqḍī lanā kulla-l fawā’iti ahluhu

Will the days permit a journey to the Naqa, so that its people may fulfill for us all that we have missed?

فَقَدْ طَالَ عَزْلِي عَنْ وُفُودِ جَنَابِـــهِ
فَيَرْحَمُ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ مَنْ طَالَ عَزْلُهُ

Fa-qad ṭāla ʿazlī ʿan wufūdi janābihi
fa-yarḥamu khayru-n nāsi man ṭāla ʿazluhu

For my isolation from the delegations to his presence has been long; may the best of people have mercy on one whose isolation has been prolonged.

فَأَمْشِي إِلَى ذَاكَ الْجَنَابِ مُعَفِّــرًا
خُدَيْدًا وَزَالَ السُّقْمُ عَنِّي وَذُلُّهُ

Fa-amshī ilā dhāka-l janābi muʿaffiran
khudaydan wa zāla-s suqmu ʿannī wa dhulluhu

So that I may walk to that presence, rubbing my cheek in the dust, and the illness and its humiliation may vanish from me.

فَيَشْفِــى سِقَامًا كَلَّ عَنْــهُ طَبِيبُــهُ
وَجَرَّاحُهُ وَاشْتَدَّ فِي الْجِسْمِ وَيْلُهُ

Fa-yashfī siqāman kal-la ʿanhu ṭabībuhu
wa jarrāḥuhu wa-shtadda fī-l jismi wayluhu

He heals an ailment for which the doctor and the surgeon were exhausted, and whose woe intensified in the body.

وَفَرَّ اصْطِبَارِي بَعْدَ طُولِ تَجَلُّــدٍ
وَقَدْ قَرَّ طَـلُّ الدَّمْعِ حَقًّا وَوَبْلُـــهُ

Wa farra-ṣṭibārī baʿda ṭūli tajal-ludin
wa qad qarra ṭal-lu-d damʿi ḥaqqan wa wabluhu

My patience fled after a long endurance, and the dew and downpour of my tears have truly settled.

عَلَى أَنَّ لُطْــفَ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ جَمَالُـــــهُ
لَقَدْ غَمَرَانِي لاَ يُرَى عَوْضُ شَكْلُهُ

ʿAlā anna luṭfa-llāhi thumma jamālahu
laqad ghamarānī lā yurā ʿawḍu shakluhu

Yet the kindness of Allah and His beauty have overwhelmed me; no likeness of them can ever be seen.

يَجِي الْعَائِدُونَ لاَ يَــــرَوْنَ مُشَوِّشًــا
فَقَدْ غَابَ فَرْعُ السُّقْمِ عَنْهُمْ وَأَصْلُهُ

Yajī-l ʿā’idūna lā yarawna mushaw-wishā
fa-qad ghāba farʿu-s suqmi ʿanhum wa aṣluhu

The visitors return and see no disturbance, for the branch and the root of the illness have disappeared from them.

شَرَحْتُ بِذَا حَالِي وَلَيْسَ بِحَاجَــةٍ
إِلَى الشَّرْحِ وَالتَّبْيِينِ وَالْحَلُّ حَلُّـــهُ

Sharaḥtu bi-dhā ḥālī wa laysa bi-ḥājatin
ila-sh sharḥi wa-t tabyīni wa-l ḥallu ḥalluhu

I have explained my state through this, though there is no need for explanation or clarification; for the solution is his solution.

مَعِي ذِكْرُ مَوْلاَنَا الْجَلِيــــلِ جَلاَلُــهُ
مِنَ الصَّادِقِ الْمَصْدُوقِ أَحْمَدَ نَقْلُــهُ

Maʿī dhikru mawlānā-l jalīli jalāluhu
mina-ṣ ṣādiqi-l maṣdūqi Aḥmada naqluhu

With me is the remembrance of our Illustrious Lord—majestic is His glory—transmitted from the truthful and trusted Ahmad.

بِيَوْمِيَ أَتْلُـــوهُ بِجَهْـــرٍ وَخُفْيَــةٍ
دَوَامًا وَمِثْلُ الْيَوْمِ فِي ذَاكَ لَيْلُهُ

Bi-yawmiya atlūhu bi-jahrin wa khufyatin
dawāman wa mithlu-l yawmi fī dhāka layluhu

By day I recite it openly and secretly, constantly; and like the day, so is its night in that regard.

فَهَلْ أَبْصَرَتْ عَيْنَاكَ أَحْلَى مَعِيشَةً
مِنَ الْعَبْدِ فَهْــــوَ الْحَمْـــدُ لِلَّهِ كُلُّــهُ

Fa-hal abṣarat ʿaynāka aḥlā maʿīshatan
mina-l ʿabdi fahuwa-l ḥamdu lillāhi kulluhu

Have your eyes ever seen a sweeter life than that of this servant? All praise is to Allah.

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ جَهْرًا وَيَقْظَــةً
بِبَارِيسَ هَلْ ذَاكَ الْمَحَــلُّ مَحَلُّــهُ

Ra’aytu rasūla-llāhi jahran wa yaqẓatan
bi-Bārīsa hal dhāka-l maḥallu maḥalluhu

I saw the Messenger of Allah openly and in wakefulness in Paris—is that place truly his place?

فَشَأْنَكَ خَيْــرَ النَّاسِ وَالْخَادِمَ الَّـذِي
لَهُ زَمَنٌ مَا جَا مَعَ الصَّرْفِ عَدْلُهُ

Fa-sha’naka khayra-n nāsi wa-l khādima-l ladhī
lahu zamanun mā jā maʿa-ṣ ṣarfi ʿadluhu

So it is for you (to judge), O best of people, and this servant who for a long time has found no equivalent in exchange.

فَشَأْنَكَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ وَالْخَادِمَ الَّــذِي
لِطُولِ افْتِرَاقٍ جَيْرِ قَدْ طَارَ عَقْلُـهُ

Fa-sha’naka khayra-n nāsi wa-l khādima-l ladhī
li-ṭūli-ftirāqin jayri qad ṭāra ʿaqluhu

So it is for you, O best of people, and this servant whose mind has nearly flown due to the length of separation.

فَشَأْنَكَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ وَالْخَادِمَ الَّذِي
فَرِيضَتُهُ حُـــبُّ الْأَمِيــنِ وَنَفْلُـهُ

Fa-sha’naka khayra-n nāsi wa-l khādima-l ladhī
farīḍatuhu ḥubbu-l amīni wa nafluhu

So it is for you, O best of people, and this servant whose obligatory and voluntary worship is the love of the Trustworthy one.

تَكَالَــبَ أَعْــدَاءٌ عَلَيْـــهِ لِحُبِّكُـــمْ
فَشَتِّتْ لَهُمْ شَمْلاً لِيُجْمَـعَ شَمْلُــهُ

Takālaba aʿdā’un ʿalayhi li-ḥubbikum
fa-shat-tit lahum shamlan li-yujmaʿa shamluhu

Enemies have hounded him because of his love for you; so disperse their gathering that his own gathering may be united.

عَلَيْكَ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَقُودُ لَنَا مَا فَاتَ طُرًّا وَمِثْلُـــهُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
yaqūdu lanā mā fāta ṭurran wa mithluhu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may they bring back for us all that has passed and its like.

عَلَيْكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَتِمُّ لَدَى هَذَا الْخُوَيْــــدِمِ سُؤْلُــهُ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
yatimmu ladā hadhā-l khuwaydimi su’luhu

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; through which this little servant’s request is fulfilled.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَمِنْ وَالِدِي لاَ زَالَ فِي الْخُلْدِ نُزْلُهُ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa min wālidī lā zāla fī-l khuldi nuzluhu

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and from my father—may his abode eternally be in Paradise.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَعُودُ إِلَى شُغْلِي وَشُغْلِيَ شُغْلُـــهُ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
aʿūdu ilā shughlī wa shughliya shughluhu

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I return to my work, and my work is his work.

عَلَيْــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِهِ
أَنَالُ عَطَاءً مِنْهُ قَدْ طَــالَ ذَيْلُــهُ

ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣاḥbihi
anālu ʿaṭā’an minhu qad ṭāla dhayluhu

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions; I attain from him a gift whose reach is long.