# Harful Kaaf · حرف الكاف

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.** حَمَامَةَ وَادِي الــدَّوِّ وَيْلَكِ مَــا لَـكِ / فَقَدْ هِجْتِ لِي تَذْكَارَ نَجلِ الْعَوَاتِكِ

_Ḥamāmata wādī al-dawwi waylaki mā laki / faqad hijti lī tadhkāra najli al-ʿawātiki_

O dove of the desert valley, woe to you! What is the matter with you, for you have stirred in me the memory of the son of the noble ladies?

**2.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَى قَبْرِ الْأَمِينِ الْمُبَـــارَكِ / فَكَنْزٌ لِأَحْيَاءٍ وَذُخْــــرُ الْهَـوَالِـكِ

_Salāmun ʿalā qabri al-Amīni al-mubāraki / fa-kanzun li-aḥyā’in wa-dhukhru al-hawāliki_

Peace be upon the blessed grave of the Trustworthy One, a treasure for the living and a store for those who perish.

**3.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَى فَخْرٍ لِنَضْرٍ وَمَالِكِ / وَغُنْيَةِ أَيْتَامٍ وَمَأْوَى الْمَمَالِـكِ

_Salāmun ʿalā fakhrin li-Naḍrin wa-Māliki / wa-ghunyati aytāmin wa-ma’wā al-mamāliki_

Peace be upon the pride of the tribes of Nadir and Malik, the enrichment of orphans and the refuge of the lands.

**4.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْهِ مِـــنْ خَدِيمٍ مُتَيَّـــمٍ / يُبَشِّرُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ حَاكٍ وَحَائِــكِ

_Salāmun ʿalayhi min khadīmin mutayyamin / yubashshiruhu min kulli ḥākin wa-ḥā’iki_

Peace be upon him from a captivated servant, bringing him glad tidings from every weaver and storyteller.

**5.** فَإِنْ يَكُ جُثْمَانِــــي بِسِنْغَالَ إِنَّنِـــي / بِرُوحِي لَدَى ذَاكَ الْحَبِيبِ الْمُبَارَكِ

_Fa-in yaku juthmānī bi-Singhāla innanī / bi-rūḥī ladā dhāka al-ḥabībi al-mubāraki_

For if my body is in Senegal, truly my soul resides with that blessed Beloved.

**6.** أَحَضْرَةَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ حَضْــرَةَ سَيِّدِي / وَيَا حَضْرَةَ الْمُخْتَارِ مُبْدِي الْمَنَاسِكِ

_A-ḥaḍrata khayri al-khalqi ḥaḍrata sayyidī / wa-yā ḥaḍrata al-mukhtāri mubdī al-manāsiki_

O Presence of the Best of Creation, the Presence of my Master; O Presence of the Chosen One, who demonstrated the sacred rites.

**7.** أُحِبُّكِ حُبًّا تَــــامَ قَلْبِــــي وَقَــادَهُ / وَمَا ذَا عَلَيَّ فِي امْتِدَاحِ جَنَابِـــكِ

_Uḥibbuki ḥubban tāma qalbī wa-qādahu / wa-mā dhā ʿalayya fī imtidāḥi janābiki_

I love you with a love that has consumed my heart and led it; what blame is there upon me for praising your high station?

**8.** فَآيُكِ لاَ تُحْصَى وَقَدْرُكِ فَوْقَهَـــــا / وَمِقْدَارُكِ السَّامِي الْعَلِي فَوْقَ ذَلِكِ

_Fa-āyuki lā tuḥṣā wa-qadruki fawqahā / wa-miqdāruki al-sāmī al-ʿalī fawqa dhāliki_

Your signs cannot be counted, and your worth is above them, and your high, exalted measure is far above even that.

**9.** فَأَنْتَ حَبِيــــبُ اللّٰهِ جَلَّ جَلاَلُـــهُ / وَأَوْلاَكَ مَا أَوْلاَكَ غَيْرَ مُشَارَكِ

_Fa-anta ḥabību Allāhi jalla jalāluhu / wa-awlāka mā awlāka ghayra mushāraki_

For you are the Beloved of Allah, Majestic is His Glory, and He has bestowed upon you what He bestowed without partner.

**10.** سَرَى بِكَ لَيْلاً ثُمَّ أَدْنَاكَ جَاذِبًـــا / وَفُزْتَ بِسِرٍّ فَاتَ خَاطِـرَ سَالِكِ

_Sarā bika laylan thumma adnāka jā dhiban / wa-fuzta bi-sirrin fāta khāṭira sāliki_

He took you by night and drew you close to Him, and you won a secret that surpassed the imagination of any seeker.

**11.** خَرَجْتَ مِنَ الْأَكْوَانِ وَالسِّرِّ سَامِيًا / وَفُتَّ اعْتِلاَءً كُلَّ حَــــيٍّ وَهَالِــكِ

_Kharajta min al-akwāni wa-l-sirri sāmiyan / wa-futta iʿtilā’an kulla ḥayyin wa-hāliki_

You transcended the universes and the mysteries, rising high and surpassing every living and perishing being in elevation.

**12.** وَ غِبْتَ عَنِ الْمَكْنُونِ وَالْغَيْبِ رَاقِيًا / وَفُتَّ لَعَمْــــرِي كُــلَّ دَارٍ وَدَارِكِ

_Wa-ghibta ʿan al-maknūni wa-l-ghaybi rāqiyan / wa-futta la-ʿamrī kulla dārin wa-dāriki_

You vanished into the Hidden and the Unseen, ascending and surpassing—by my life—every home and dwelling.

**13.** أَيَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّـــومُ يَا رَبِّ هَبْ لَنَــا / نَصِيبًا مِنَ السِّرِّ الْعَزِيزِ الْمَــدَارِكِ

_Ayā ḥayyu yā qayyūmu yā rabbi hab lanā / naṣīban min al-sirri al-ʿazīzi al-madāriki_

O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, O Lord, grant us a portion of that precious, perceivable secret.

**14.** وَتَجْعَلُنِي دَهْرِي خَدِيـــــــمَ جَنَابِــهِ / بِنَفْسِي وَرُوحِي مُخْلِصًا عِنْدَ مَالِكِي

_Wa-tajʿalunī dahrī khadīma janābihi / bi-nafsī wa-rūḥī mukhliṣan ʿinda mālikī_

And make me, throughout my life, a servant of his presence, with my self and soul, sincere before my Master.

**15.** أَرَانِيَ عَبْدًا سَاءَهُ سُــــوءُ حَالِـــهِ / فَلَمْ يَكُ يَرْجُو غَيْرَ مَحْضِ تَدَارُكِ

_Arāniya ʿabdan sā’ahu sū’u ḥālihi / falam yaku yarjū ghayra maḥḍi tadāruki_

I see myself as a servant saddened by his poor state, hoping for nothing but pure divine intervention.

**16.** يَظُنُّونَ بِي خَيْرًا وَلاَ خَيْـــــرَ إِنَّمَــا / رَأَوْا حَضْرَةَ الْمَحْبُوبِ سَتْرَ جَمَالِكِ

_Yaẓunnūna bī khayran wa-lā khayra innamā / ra’aw ḥaḍrata al-maḥbūbi satra jamāliki_

People think well of me, but there is no goodness in me; they have only seen the Presence of the Beloved as a veil over your beauty.

**17.** فَلاَ تَفْضَحَنْ يَوْمَ الْوُقُــوفِ مُقَصِّرًا / وَكُنْ لِيَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ مُنْجِي الْمَمَالِكِ

_Falā tafḍaḥan yawma al-wuqūfi muqaṣṣiran / wa-kun lī yā mawlāya munjī al-mamāliki_

So do not disgrace a negligent one on the Day of Standing, and be for me, O my Master, the savior of the realms.

**18.** فَقَدْ ضَاعَ عُمْرِي وَالسَّفَاهَةُ كَاسْمِهَا / فَهَلْ مِنْ شَفِيـعٍ فِي وَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَارِكِ

_Faqad ḍāʿa ʿumrī wa-l-safāhatu ka-ismihā / fahal min shafīʿin fiyya wa-hal min mudāriki_

My life has been wasted—and foolishness is exactly as its name implies—so is there any intercessor for me, or any to help?

**19.** وَضَيَّعْتُ عُمْرِي فِي التَّكَاسُلِ وَالْوَنَى / فَوَيْلَكِ هَــذِي النَّفْسُ أَعْظِـــــمْ بِدَائِــكِ

_Wa-ḍayyaʿtu ʿumrī fī al-takāsuli wa-l-wanā / fa-waylaki hadhī al-nafsu aʿẓim bi-dā’iki_

I wasted my life in laziness and lethargy; woe to you, O soul, how great is your malady!

**20.** وَصَفْتِ لِمَرْضَى النَّاسِ كُلَّ دَوَائِهِمْ / فَوَيْلَكِ شَــرَّ النَّفْـــسِ مَــنْ لِدَوَائِـــكِ

_Waṣafti li-marḍā al-nāsi kulla dawā’ihim / fa-waylaki sharra al-nafsi man li-dawā’iki_

You prescribed for sick people all their remedies; woe to you, O evil soul, who is there to remedy you?

**21.** فَــــآهٍ لِإِبْرَاهِيــــمَ إِنْ دَامَ هَـــكَــــذَا / وَآهٍ لِإِبْـــرَاهِيــــمَ إِنْ لَـــمْ تُـــدَارِكِ

_Fa-āhin li-Ibrāhīma in dāma hakadhā / wa-āhin li-Ibrāhīma in lam tudāriki_

So, alas for Ibrahim if he remains like this, and alas for Ibrahim if you do not intervene.

**22.** عَلَى أَنَّهُ مِنْ حُسْنِ ظَـــــنٍّ بِرَبِّــــهِ / لَيَرْجُو مَنَالاً فَــــوْقَ كُـــلِّ سَوَالِــكِ

_ʿAlā annahu min ḥusni ẓannin bi-rabbihi / la-yarjū manālan fawqa kulli sawāliki_

Yet, out of his good opinion of his Lord, he hopes for an attainment beyond that of all other seekers.

**23.** وَيَشْهَدُ لِلْمَوْلَى عَظِيــــمَ امْتِنَانِـــهِ / بِتَفْوِيضِ أَمْرٍ لِلْعَظِيـــــمِ التَّــدَارُكِ

_Wa-yashhadu lil-mawlā ʿaẓīma imtinānihi / bi-tafwīḍi amrin lil-ʿaẓīmi al-tadāruki_

He bears witness to the Lord's great favor, delegating his affairs to the One of Great Intervention.

**24.** بِحُبِّ رَسُـــولِ اللّٰهِ حَقًّا وَذِكْـــرِهِ / عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْمَلاَئِــكِ

_Bi-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi ḥaqqan wa-dhikrihi / ʿalayhi ṣalātu Allāhi rabbi al-malā’iki_

Through the true love of the Messenger of Allah and his remembrance; upon him be the blessings of Allah, the Lord of the Angels.

**25.** عَلَيْهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ فِـــي كُلِّ لَحْظَةٍ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ وَالْمُقِيمِي الْمَنَاسِكِ

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu Allāhi fī kulli laḥẓatin / wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin wa-l-muqīmī al-manāsiki_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah in every moment, and upon his Family, his Companions, and those who perform the sacred rites.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/691f2b03c02b144934a4ec2e/chapter/69a96b54c82b14b38a434c8b