# Harfuz Zaayi · حرف الزاي

From [Ad-Dawaawiinu s-Sitta · الدواوين الست](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f) by [Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/authors/69172463686829cc1d041df5)

**1.** زَمَمْتُ رِكَابَ الشَّوْقِ أَنْحُو الْمُجَمَّعَا / بِهِ جَمَــــــعَ اللّٰهُ الْمَفَاخِـــرَ أَجْمَعَـــا

_Zamamtu rikāba al-shawqi anḥu al-mujamma‘ā / Bihi jama‘a Allāhu al-mafākhira ajma‘ā_

I have tightened the reins of my longing to head toward the one in whom Allah has gathered all points of pride together.

**2.** خَرَجْتُ بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ وَشِدَّةٍ / دَخَلْتُ بِهِ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا مُمَنَّعَــا

_Kharajtu bihi min kulli ḍīqin wa shiddatin / Dakhaltu bihi ḥiṣnan ḥaṣīnan mumanna‘ā_

Through him, I emerged from every constriction and hardship, and through him, I entered a fortified, impregnable fortress.

**3.** نَبِيٌّ عَظِيمُ الْقَدْرِ مِفْتَــــاحُ رَحْمَــــةٍ / بِهِ صِرْتُ عَيْنَ الْجَيْشِ لَيْثًا مُدَرَّعَا

_Nabiyyun ‘aẓīmu al-qadri miftāḥu raḥmatin / Bihi ṣirtu ‘ayna al-jayshi laythan mudarra‘ā_

A Prophet of magnificent worth and a key to mercy; through him, I became the vanguard of the army, a lion clad in armor.

**4.** لِسَانِيَ ذِكْرُ الْمُصْطَفَى سَيَنَالُــــهُ / مَدِيحٌ ذَكِيُّ الْعَرْفِ دَهْرًا مُشَيَّعَــا

_Lisānī dhikru al-muṣṭafā sayanāluhu / Madīḥun dhakiyyu al-‘arfi dahran mushayya‘ā_

My tongue is the remembrance of the Chosen One; he shall receive my praises, which waft like pure fragrance throughout the ages.

**5.** سَأَخْدُمُهُ فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ وَبُرْهَةٍ / إِلَى اللّٰهِ شُكْرًا مُنْشِدًا وَمُقَطِّعَا

_Sa’akhdumuhu fī kulli waqtin wa burhatin / Ilā Allāhi shukran munshidan wa muqaṭṭi‘ā_

I shall serve him at every time and every moment, out of gratitude to Allah, chanting and composing poetry.

**6.** لِأَنِّي مَتَى أَلْزَمْتُ فِكْرِيَ مَدْحَهُ / خَلَصْتُ مِنَ الْآثَامِ أَجْمَعَ أَكْتَعَا

_Li-annī matā alzamtu fikriya madḥahu / Khalashtu mina al-āthāmi ajma‘a akta‘ā_

For whenever I occupy my thoughts with his praise, I am purified of all sins, every single one of them.

**7.** خَلَصْتُ مِنَ الْإِشْرَاكِ وَالشَّكِّ وَالْوَنَى / إِلَى جَنَّةِ الْعِرْفَانِ حُــــــــرًّا مُقَنَّعَـــا

_Khalashtu mina al-ishrāki wa al-shakki wa al-wanā / Ilā jannati al-‘irfāni ḥurran muqanna‘ā_

I was delivered from polytheism, doubt, and lethargy into the garden of gnosis, free and content.

**8.** وَتَرْدَادُ ذِكْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى الدَّهْرَ رَاحَتِي / وَرُوحِي وَرَوْحِي سَامِعًا وَمُسَمِّعَـــا

_Wa tardādu dhikri al-muṣṭafā al-dahra rāḥatī / Wa rūḥī wa rawḥī sāmi‘an wa musammi‘ā_

Repeating the remembrance of the Chosen One is my lifelong comfort, my soul, and my rest, whether listening or reciting.

**9.** وَمَدْحُ سِوَى الْهَادِي الْمُقَفَّى مَذَلَّةٌ / وَمَيْنٌ فَكُلُّ الْمَـــدْحِ فِيـــهِ تَجَمَّعَـا

_Wa madḥu siwā al-hādī al-muqaffā madhallatun / Wa maynun fa-kullu al-madḥi fīhi tajamma‘ā_

To praise any besides the Guide, the Final Successor, is a humiliation and a lie, for all true praise is gathered in him.

**10.** فَمِنْ جُودِهِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْأُخْرَى وَعِلْمُهُ / أَمَدَّ قِلاَمَ اللَّوْحِ بَعْضُ الَّذِي وَعَــى

_Fa-min jūdihi al-dunyā wa al-ukhrā wa ‘ilmuhu / Amadda qilāma al-lawḥi ba‘ḍu alladhī wa‘ā_

From his generosity come this world and the next, and his knowledge provided the Pen of the Guarded Tablet with but a fraction of what he grasped.

**11.** وَمِن حُسْنِهِ حُورُ الْجِنَانِ تَزَيَّنَتْ / وَمِنْ نُورِهِ نُورُ الْبُدُورِ تَفَرَّعَـــا

_Wa min ḥusnihi ḥūru al-janāni tazayyanat / Wa min nūrihi nūru al-budūri tafarra‘ā_

From his beauty, the maidens of Paradise adorned themselves, and from his light, the light of the full moons branched out.

**12.** وَمِنْ آيِــــهِ آيُ النَّبِيِّــــينَ قَبْلَـــهُ / فَلَيْسَ سِوَى الْمُخْتَارِ خَفَّضَ رَفَّعَا

_Wa min āyihi āyu al-nabiyyīna qablahu / Fa-laysa siwā al-mukhtāri khaffaḍa rafa‘ā_

From his signs come the signs of the Prophets before him; none but the Chosen One is the true arbiter of lowering or elevating.

**13.** فَكَنْزُ الْبَرَايَا وَهْوَ سِـرُّ إِلَـهِــــهِ / فَلَوْلاَهُ لاَ تُلْفِي عَرِيبًا تَمَتَّعَـــــا

_Fa-kanzu al-barāyā wa huwa sirru Ilāhihi / Fa-lawlāhu lā tulfī ‘arīban tamatta‘ā_

He is the treasure of all creation and the secret of his Lord; were it not for him, you would not find a single soul enjoying life.

**14.** أَأَذْكُرُ حَاجَاتِي أَمْ أَسْكُتُ سَيِّــــدِي / عَلَيْكَ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ وَالصَّحْبِ أَجْمَعَا

_A’adhkuru ḥājātī am askutu sayyidī? / ‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi wa al-ṣaḥbi ajma‘ā_

Shall I mention my needs or remain silent, my Master? Upon you be the blessings of Allah and upon all the companions.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/691f2ae9c02b144934a4ec28/chapter/692ddd0fb40625902f88791f