# Harfus Swaad · حَرْفُ الصَّادِ

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.** صَفَا وَقْتُ هَذَا الْعَبْدِ أَذْكُــــرُهُ نَصَّــا / لِرَبِّيَ شُكْرًا فَهْوَ بِالشُّكْرِ قَدْ وَصَّـــى

_Ṣafā waqtu hādhā al-‘abdi adhkuruhu naṣṣā / Li-rabbī shukran fahuwa bish-shukri qad waṣ-ṣā_

The moment of this servant has become pure, and I state this clearly in gratitude to my Lord, for He has commanded us to be grateful.

**2.** وَلِمْ لاَ وَمَمْدُوحِــي النَّبِـــيُّ مُحَمَّــدٌ / بِأَمْدَاحِـــهِ يَنْفِـــي عُيُوبِيَ وَالنَّقْصَــا

_Wa-lim lā wa-mamdūḥī al-nabiyyu Muḥammadu / Bi-amdāḥihi yanfī ‘uyūbī wal-naq-ṣā_

And why not, when the one I praise is the Prophet Muhammad; through his praises, he removes my faults and my deficiencies.

**3.** أُحَسِّنُ شِعْــــرًا فِي مَدِيحِــــكَ سَيِّــدِي / وَأَرْقُصُ لَوْ أَنِّي فَتًى يُحْسِنُ الرَّقْصَا

_Uḥassinu shi‘ran fī madīḥika sayyidī / Wa-arquṣu law annī fatan yuḥsinu al-raq-ṣā_

I beautify my poetry in your praise, my master; and I would dance if I were a youth who knew how to dance.

**4.** لِذِكْرَاكَ يَعْرُونِــــــي اهْتِـــزَازُ مَــوَدَّةٍ / فَرُوحِي بِجِسْمِي طَائِرٌ سَكَنَ الْقَفْصَـــا

_Li-dhikrāka ya‘rūnī ihtizāzu mawad-datin / Fa-rūḥī bi-jismī ṭā’irun sakana al-qaf-ṣā_

At your mention, a vibration of intense love overcomes me; for my soul within my body is but a bird dwelling in a cage.

**5.** وَقَدْ جَاءَنِي يَوْمِــي مِــنْ أَحْمَـــدَ أَنَّنِــي / وَمَدْحِــــــيَ مَقْبُـــــولٌ تَلَقَّيْتُـــهُ نَصَّـــا

_Wa-qad jā’anī yawmī min Aḥmada annanī / Wa-madḥiya maqbūlun talaq-qaytuhu naṣ-ṣā_

And there has come to me this day from Ahmad [the news] that I and my praise are accepted—I have received this as a clear decree.

**6.** نَقَصْــــتُ وَإِنْ شَـــاءَ الْأَمِيـــنُ تَقَلَّبَــتْ / نَقَائِـــصُ أَعْمَالِــي كَمَالاً فَـــلاَ نَقْصَــا

_Naqaṣ-tu wa-in shā’a al-Amīnu taqal-labat / Naqā’iṣu a‘mālī kamālan falā naq-ṣā_

I was deficient, but if the Trustworthy One wills, the deficiencies of my deeds are transformed into perfection, leaving no lack.

**7.** فَعَبْــدٌ مُسِـــيءٌ طَالَمَــا صَــارَ مُحْسِنًــا / فَمَا لِي سِوَى الْحُسْنَى تُعَدُّ فَلاَ تُحْصَى

_Fa-‘abdun musī’un ṭālamā ṣāra muḥsinan / Famā lī siwā al-ḥusnā tu‘ad-du falā tuḥ-ṣā_

Thus, a sinning servant has finally become a doer of good; I have nothing now but beautiful rewards, too many to be counted.

**8.** فَإِنَّ اعْتِنَــــاءَ الْمُصْطَفَـــى مُتَصَــرِّفٌ / لِرَفْعٍ وَتَكْثِيــــــرٍ لِمَــا عَــمَّ أَوْ خَصَّــا

_Fa-inna-‘tinā’a al-Muṣṭafā mutaṣar-rifun / Li-raf-‘in wa-takthīrin limā ‘amma aw khaṣ-ṣā_

For indeed, the concern and care of the Chosen One is transformative, elevating and multiplying both the general and the specific.

**9.** عَسَى الْمُصْطَفَى يَوْمًا يَجُودُ بِنَظْــرَةٍ / فَيَجْبُرُ كَسْــرًا مِـــنْ جَنَاحٍ لَنَــا قُصَّــا

_‘Asa al-Muṣṭafā yawman yajūdu bi-naẓratin / Fa-yaj-buru kasran min janāḥin lanā quṣ-ṣā_

Perhaps the Chosen One will one day grant me a gaze that will mend the break in a wing that has been clipped.

**10.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــــــهُ / لِطَيْبَةَ بِي نُجْبِـــي لَـــهُ تُعْمِــلُ النَّصَّــا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Li-Ṭaybata bī nuj-bī lahu tu‘milu al-naṣ-ṣā_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may my noble camels carry me toward Medina (Tayba) at their swiftest pace.

**11.** عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــهُ / فَتُسْحِتُ أَعْدَائِي وَمَــنْ كَادَ أَوْ لَصَّــا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Fa-tus-ḥitu a‘dā’ī wa-man kāda aw laṣ-ṣā_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it destroy my enemies and whoever plots or steals.

**12.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــــهُ / تُزِيلُ شِكَايَاتِي فَرِيشِــيَ قَـــدْ حُصَّــا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Tuzīlu shikāyātī fa-rīshiya qad ḥuṣ-ṣā_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; removing my complaints, for my feathers have been stripped away.

**13.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ أَصْلَحُوا مَا بِهِ وَصَّى

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin aṣlaḥū mā bihi waṣ-ṣā_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who upheld what he commanded.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69ad21f8989b57497c135f9f/chapter/69ad2362989b57497c135fef