# Harful Laam · حَرْفُ اللَّامِ

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.** زَبُورِي وَتَوْرَاتِي وَذَلِـكَ لَمْ يَـزَلْ / مَدِيحُ الْإِمَامِ الْهَاشِمِي مُنْتَهَى الْأَمَلْ

_Zabūrī wa-Tawrātī wa-dhālika lam yazal / Madīḥu al-Imāmi al-Hāshimiyyi muntahā al-amal_

My Psalms and my Torah—and it remains so—is the praise of the Hashemite Imam, the ultimate of hopes.

**2.** قُصُورِي عَنِ الطَّاعَاتِ يُجْبَرُ كَسْرُهُ / بِمَدْحِي هُمَامِي فَالْمَحَبَّــــةُ لِي عَمَــلْ

_Quṣūrī ‘ani al-ṭā‘āti yujbaru kasruhu / Bi-madḥī humāmī fal-maḥabbatu lī ‘amal_

My shortcomings in acts of obedience are mended in their brokenness by my praise for my hero; for love, to me, is my primary deed.

**3.** قُصُورِي مَدِينَ الشَّامُ كُوسٌ وَطَيْبَةٌ / وَكَوْلَخُ قَدْ تَحْيَا بِذِكْــــرِ الَّذِي كَمُـلْ

_Quṣūrī Madīna al-Shāmi Kūsu wa-Ṭaybatu / Wa-Kawlakhu qad taḥyā bi-dhikri alladhī kamul_

My palaces are Medina, the Levant, Taiba (Medina), and Kous; and Kaolack lives through the remembrance of the one who is perfect.

**4.** أُجَـــــاوِرُهُ بِكُـــوسِ وَهْـــوَ بِطَيْبَــةٍ / وَأُبْصِرُهُ بِالنُّورِ وَالْقَلْــبِ لاَ الْمُقَــلْ

_Ujāwiruhu bi-Kūsi wa-huwa bi-Ṭaybatu / Wa-ubṣiruhu bin-nūri wal-qalbi lā al-muqal_

I reside as his neighbor in Kous while he is in Medina; I behold him with the light of the heart, not with the physical eyes.

**5.** أُحَـــــاوِرُهُ بِالْمَــــدْحِ وَالْقَلَـــمِ الَّــذِي / يُزَخْرِفُ أَمْدَاحِي لَهُ نَهْجُ مَنْ وَصَـلْ

_Uḥāwiruhu bil-madḥi wal-qalami alladhī / Yuzakhrifu amdāḥī lahu nahju man waṣal_

I converse with him through praise and with the pen that embellishes my panegyrics for him—the path of those who have arrived.

**6.** شَفِيعَ الْوَرَى كُنْ لِي حَيَاتِي وَإِنْ أَمُتْ / وَذَلِكَ حَسْبِي وَهْـــوَ لِي بُغْيَتِي شَمِــلْ

_Shafī‘a al-warā kun lī ḥayātī wa-in amut / Wa-dhālika ḥasbī wa-huwa lī bughyatī shamil_

O Intercessor of creation, be with me in my life and when I die; that is sufficient for me, and he is my comprehensive desire.

**7.** أَيَا سَيِّدِي نَجْــــلَ الْعَوَاتِــكِ خَيْرَ مَــنْ / يُجَابُ إِلَيْهِ الْبِيـــدُ يَا خَيْــرَ مَنْ نَحَــلْ

_Ayā sayyidī najla al-‘awātiki khayra man / Yujābu ilayhi al-bīdu yā khayra man naḥal_

O my master, descendant of the noble grandmothers, the best of those for whom the vast deserts were traversed; O best of those who became lean (from devotion).

**8.** فَمِنْ مَبْدَإِ الْكَوْنَيْنِ لَـــمْ يَعْـــلُ نَاقَــةً / أَبَرُّ وَأَوْفَى مِنْكَ يَا خَيْرَ مَـنْ بَــذَلْ

_Fa-min mabda’i al-kawnayni lam ya‘lu nāqatan / Abarru wa-awfā minka yā khayra man badhal_

Since the beginning of the two universes, no one has ever mounted a camel who was more righteous or faithful than you, O best of those who gave.

**9.** فَفِيكَ مَدِيحِي وَهْوَ فِيــــكَ مَطَامِعِــي / وَأَرْجُو غِنَى الدَّارَيْنِ وَالْعِلْمَ وَالْعَمَلْ

_Fa-fīka madīḥī wa-huwa fīka maṭāmi‘ī / Wa-arjū ghina al-dārayni wal-‘ilma wal-‘amal_

My praise is for you, and in you are my aspirations; I hope for the wealth of both worlds, for knowledge, and for righteous action.

**10.** وَمَغْفِرَةً مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ وَسَتْرَ مَا / تَضَمَّنَ سِرِّي وَالْـهِدَايَةَ وَالْجَـــذَلْ

_Wa-maghfiratan min kulli dhanbin wa-satra mā / Taḍammana sirrī wal-hidāyata wal-jadhal_

And for forgiveness of every sin, and the veiling of what my secret contains, and for guidance and overflowing joy.

**11.** وَبَارَكَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ فِي كُلِّ مَا لَنَا / مِنْ أَهْلٍ وَأَوْلاَدٍ وَكُلِّ الَّذِي وَصَلْ

_Wa-bāraka rabbu al-‘arshi fī kulli mā lanā / Min ahlin wa-awlādin wa-kulli alladhī waṣal_

And may the Lord of the Throne bless all that we have, of family, children, and everything that has reached us.

**12.** وَإِنْ لَمْ تُدَارِكْنِي فَعَرْشِــــيَ سَاقِــطٌ / فَإِنِّيَ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُ فِي الذَّنْـــبِ وَالزَّلَـلْ

_Wa-in lam tudāriknī fa-‘arshiya sāqiṭun / Fa-inniya qad akthartu fī al-dhanbi wal-zalal_

If you do not reach out to save me, then my throne (status) is fallen; for I have indeed increased in sin and in slipping.

**13.** وَلَــــــمْ أَرْجُ إِلاَّ أَنَّ أَحْمَـــدَ شَافِـــعٌ / لِمَنْ قَالَ شَطْرًا فِي ثَنَـاهُ وَمَا عَمِــلْ

_Wa-lam arju illā anna Aḥmada shāfi‘un / Li-man qāla shaṭran fī thanā’uhu wa-mā ‘amil_

I have no hope except that Ahmad is an intercessor for the one who composed even a half-verse in his praise, even if he did not act.

**14.** فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ صَحَّ عَنْكَ لَقَدْ جَرَى / بِهِ مَثَلٌ وَالْعُرْبُ مَا غَيَّـرُوا الْمَثَـــــلْ

_Fa-in lam yakun qad ṣaḥḥa ‘anka la-qad jarā / Bihi mathalun wal-‘urbu mā ghayyarū al-mathal_

Even if that had not been authentically reported from you, it has become a proverb, and the Arabs never change a proverb.

**15.** وَإِنِّي عَلَى مَا قَـــدْ جَنَيْـــتُ مُتَيَّــمٌ / أَسِيرُ غَــــرَامٍ فَالفُــؤَادُ بِكُـــمْ قُتِــلْ

_Wa-inniya ‘alā mā qad janaytu mutayyamun / Asīru gharāmin fal-fu’ādu bikum qutil_

Despite the sins I have gathered, I am enslaved by love; a captive of passion, for the heart has been slain by you.

**16.** وَلَمْ تَدُمِ الطَّاعَاتُ مِنِّي تَكَاسُـــلاً / وَلَكِنَّ لِي عَزْمًا عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ حِـوَلْ

_Wa-lam tadumi al-ṭā‘ātu minnī takāsulan / Wa-lākin lī ‘azman ‘alayhi wa-lā ḥiwal_

Obedience has not been constant from me due to laziness; however, I have a firm resolve toward it and no turning away.

**17.** عَزَمْتُ عَلَى فِعْلِ الْأَوَامِرِ تَارِكًـــا / جَمِيعَ النَّوَاهِي وَالْفُؤَادُ بِــكَ اتَّكَــلْ

_‘Azamtu ‘alā fi‘li al-awāmiri tārikan / Jamī‘a al-nawāhī wal-fu’ādu bika ittakal_

I have resolved to carry out the commands and leave all prohibitions, while my heart relies entirely upon you.

**18.** وَثِقْتُ بِرَبِّــــي وَالْأَمِيـــنُ وَسِيلَتِــي / أَجِرْنِي غَرِيبًا فِي جِوَارِكَ قَدْ نَزَلْ

_Wathiqtu bi-rabbī wal-Amīnu wasīlatī / Ajirnī gharīban fī jiwārika qad nazal_

I have trusted in my Lord, and the Trustworthy one is my means; grant refuge to a stranger who has alighted in your neighborhood.

**19.** عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ هُــدَاةٍ إِلَى السُّبُــلْ

_‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin hudātin ila al-subul_

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions, the guides to the paths.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69aabba66fd7814a3a755054/chapter/69aabbb86fd7814a3a7550d6