# Harfut Taai · حرف التاء

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.** تَذَكَّرْتُ وَالذِّكْرَى تُكَدِّرُ لِي الْمَحْـيَــــا / لَيَالِي اجْتِمَاعِ الْحَيِّ  فِي الْحَضْرَةِ الْعُلْيَـا

_Tadhakkartu wa al-dhikrā tukaddirū lī al-maḥyā / Layālī ijtimā‘i al-ḥayyi fī al-ḥaḍrati al-‘ulyā_

I remembered—and the memory brings a cloud over my life—the nights of the tribe's gathering in the Sublime Presence.

**2.** يُحَاضِرُنِي فِتْيَانُ صِدْقٍ قَدْ أَخْلَـصُوا / إِلَى اللّٰهِ قَصْدًا لَنْ نَمُوتَ وَلَنْ نَحْـيَا

_Yuḥāḍirunī fitiyānu ṣidqin qad akhlaṣū / Ilā Allāhi qaṣdan lan namūta wa lan naḥyā_

Truthful youths would sit with me, having become sincere toward Allah with a purpose that transcends life and death.

**3.** تَنَازَعَ كَأْسَ الذِّكْرِ أَصْحَابُ شَيْـخِنَا / وَذِكْرَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ فِي أَرْفَعِ الْـمَحْـيَا

_Tanāza‘a ka’sa al-dhikri aṣḥābu shaykhinā / Wa dhikra Rasūli Allāhi fī arfa’i al-maḥyā_

The companions of our Sheikh would pass around the cup of remembrance and the mention of the Messenger of Allah in the most pleasant of lives.

**4.** فَـطَوْرًا لِـوُرَّادٍ وَطَـوْرًا لِـصَـادِرٍ / وَآوِنَـةً لِلْحَـيِّ أَحْـسِنْ بِهِ سَـعْـيَا

_Faṭawran li-wurrādin wa ṭawran li-ṣādirin / Wa āwinatan lil-ḥayyi aḥsin bihi sa‘yā_

At times for those entering the spiritual path and at times for those returning, and at intervals for the One who is Ever-Living—how excellent is that striving.

**5.** نَـهِـيمُ بِهِ طَـوْرًا وَطَـــوْرًا بِسِــرِّهِ / وَسِـرِّ رَسُـولِ اللّٰهِ طَـيًّا عَلاَ طَـيَّا

_Nahīmu bihi ṭawran wa ṭawran bi-sirrihi / Wa sirri Rasūli Allāhi ṭayyā ‘alā ṭayyā_

We wander in love for Him at times, and at other times for his (the Prophet's) secret, and the secret of the Messenger of Allah is layers upon layers.

**6.** فَـطَــهَ رَسُــولُ اللّٰهِ مُـرْسَـلَ ذَاتِـهِ / نُرِيدُ فَـلاَ سُعْـدَى نَـرُومُ وَلاَ رَيَّـا

_Fa Ṭahā Rasūlu Allāhi mursal dhātihi / Nurīdu fa-lā su‘dā narūmu wa lā rayyā_

For it is Taha, the Messenger of Allah, the one sent from His very Essence, whom we desire; we seek neither Su'da nor Rayya.

**7.** وَلِمْ لاَ وَعَـيْنِـي قَدْ رَأَتْـــهُ بِيَقْـظَــــةٍ / بِحَيِّ الَّذِي أَهْوَى مَدَى الدَّهْرِ وَالدُّنْيَا

_Wa limlā wa ‘ayniy qad ra’at-hu bi-yaqẓatin / Bi-ḥayyi alladhī ahwā madā al-dahri wa al-dunyā_

And why not, when my very eye has seen him in a state of wakefulness, in the quarter of the one I love throughout time and the world?

**8.** وَأَيْـضًا أَرَى عَيْنَيْـهِ تُشْبِهُ عَـيْنَـهُ / جَـمَالاً فَـهَلْ تُـلْفِي لِأَحْمَدَ مِنْ ثُنْيَا

_Wa ayḍan arā ‘aynayhi tushbihu ‘aynahu / Jamālan fa-hal tulfi li-Aḥmada min thunyā_

Moreover, I see his (the Sheikh's) eyes resembling his (the Prophet's) eye in beauty; can you find any second or equal to Ahmad?

**9.** عَلَيْـهِ صَلاَةُ الْحَقِّ مَـا قَالَ مُـغْـــرَمٌ / تَذَكَّرْتُ وَالذِّكْرَى تُكَدِّرُ لِي الْمَـحْيَـا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu al-ḥaqqi mā qāla mughramun / Tadhakkartu wa al-dhikrā tukaddirū lī al-maḥyā_

Upon him be the prayer of the Truth as long as an infatuated lover says: I remembered—and the memory brings a cloud over my life.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/691f2ae9c02b144934a4ec28/chapter/692e01f0b40625902f8879ca