# Harful Faa · حَرْفُ الْفَاءِ

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.** فَهَـــلْ بِعَقِيـــقٍ لِي بِطَيْبَـــةَ مَوْقِــفُ / يُفَرَّجُ فِيــــهِ الْـهَــمُّ حِينًا وَيُكْشَــفُ

_Fa-hal bi-‘Aqīqin lī bi-Ṭaybata mawqifu / Yufar-raju fīhi al-ham-mu ḥīnan wa-yuk-shafu_

Will I ever have a standing at al-Aqiq in Medina, where my worries would be relieved and uncovered for a while?

**2.** عَقِيقٌ وَبُطْحَـــانٌ وَوَادِي مُذَيْنِــبٍ / إِلَيْهَـــا اشْتِيَاقِـــي وَالْغَـــرَامُ يُكَلِّــفُ

_‘Aqīqun wa-Buṭ-ḥānun wa-wādī Mudhaynibin / Ilayhā-shtiyāqī wal-gharāmu yukal-lifu_

Al-Aqiq, Buthan, and the valley of Mudhaynib—toward them is my longing, and this infatuation demands much of me.

**3.** وَوَادِي قَنَـــــاةٍ وَالنَّقِيـــعُ فَكُلُّهَـــــا / دِيَارِي وَذِكْرَاهَا لِوَجْــدِي يُخَفِّــفُ

_Wa-wādī Qanātin wal-Naqī‘u fa-kulluhā / Diyārī wa-dhikrāhā li-waj-dī yukhaf-fīfu_

And the valley of Qanat and al-Naqi'—all of them are my homes, and their remembrance lightens my ecstatic passion.

**4.** وَهَلْ لِي وُقُوفٌ بِالْبَقِيـــعِ مُسَلِّمًــا / عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَالدَّمْـعَ مِنِّـــي أُكَفْكِــفُ

_Wa-hal lī wuqufun bil-Baqī‘i musalliman / ‘Ala ahlihi wad-dam-‘a minnī ukaf-kifu_

And will I have a standing at al-Baqi' [cemetery], greeting its inhabitants while I wipe away my flowing tears?

**5.** فَإِنِّي وَتَهْيَامِي وَوَجْدِي وَلَوْعَتِي / وَمَا لِي خَلِيلٌ فِي التَّوَلُّهِ يُنْصِـــفُ

_Fa-innī wa-tahyāmī wa-waj-dī wa-law‘atī / Wa-mā lī khalīlun fī al-tawal-luhi yun-ṣifu_

For indeed, with my wandering mind, my ecstasy, and my burning grief—I have no friend who can do justice to my madness in love.

**6.** وَلاَ الشِّعْرُ مِنِّـــي بِالْعِبَارَةِ وَافِيًــا / وَمَا لاَقَ فِي جَنْــــبِ النَّبِيِّ تَكَلُّــفُ

_Wa-lā al-shi‘ru minnī bil-‘ibārati wāfiyan / Wa-mā lāqa fī janbi al-nabiyyi takal-lufu_

Nor is my poetry sufficient in its expression; for in the presence of the Prophet, artificiality is never appropriate.

**7.** فَنَفْثَــــةُ مَصْـــــدُورٍ مَدِيـــحُ نَبِيِّنَــا / فَيَقْبَلُ عُذْرِي بِالْمَدَائِــــحِ مُنْصِــفُ

_Fa-naf-thatu maṣdūrin madīḥu nabiyyinā / Fa-yaq-balu ‘udhrī bil-madā’iḥi mun-ṣifu_

The praise of our Prophet is but the sigh of one whose chest is constricted; and he, the Just One, will accept my excuse through these odes.

**8.** وَسَهْلٌ ثَنَاءُ الْمُصْطَفَى فَطِبَاعُـــهُ / وَأَفْعَالُهُ تُبْــــدِي الثَّنَـــا وَتُعَــرِّفُ

_Wa-sahlun thanā’u al-Muṣṭafā fa-ṭibā‘uhu / Wa-af-‘āluhu tub-dī al-thanā wa-tu‘ar-rifu_

Praising the Chosen One is easy, for his natural traits and his actions already manifest and declare his praise.

**9.** كَمَالٌ وَعِلْمٌ ثُمَّ جُـــــودٌ وَعِصْمَـةٌ / وَعَزْمٌ وَحَزْمٌ بِالشَّجَاعَةِ تُـــرْدَفُ

_Kamālun wa-‘ilmun thumma jūdun wa-‘iṣmatun / Wa-‘azmun wa-ḥazmun bish-shajā‘ati tur-dafu_

Perfection, knowledge, then generosity and sinlessness; and resolve and firmness, followed by courage.

**10.** وَعَقْلٌ وَحِلْمٌ ثُـــمَّ حُسْـــنُ سِيَاسَــةٍ / وَزُهْدٌ وَصَبْرٌ قَدْرُهُ لَيْسَ يُعْـرَفُ

_Wa-‘aqlun wa-ḥilmun thumma ḥusnu siyāsatin / Wa-zuhdun wa-ṣabrun qadruhu laysa yu‘-rafu_

And intellect, clemency, then excellent statesmanship; and asceticism and patience whose true value can never be known.

**11.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / أَنَـالُ عَطَــــاءً عِنْـــدَهُ لاَ يُسَــوَّفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Anālu ‘aṭā’an ‘indahu lā yusaw-wafu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which I receive a bounty that is never delayed.

**12.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / تُقَرِّبُ لِي الْبَيْتَ الْحَـــرَامَ أُطَــوِّفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Tuqar-ribu lī al-bayta al-ḥarāma uṭaw-wifu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; bringing the Sacred House close to me so that I may perform Tawaf.

**13.** عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْمُخْتَارِ دَهْرِيَ أَعْكُـــفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / ‘Ala khidmati al-Mukhtāri dahrī a‘kufu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; that I may devote my entire life to the service of the Chosen One.

**14.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / عَنِ السُّنَّـــةِ الْبَيْضَـــاءِ لاَ أَتَعَسَّـــفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / ‘Ani al-sunnati al-bayḍā’i lā ata‘as-safu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; that I may never deviate from the "White Path" of the Sunnah.

**15.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَلاَ مَسَّنِي يَوْمًـــا بِعَيْشِــي تَقَشُّــفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Falā mas-sanī yawman bi-‘ayshī taqash-shufu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; so that I am never touched by hardship in my living.

**16.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَلَمْ أَلْقَ مَنْ يَلْحَى وَلاَ مَــنْ يُعَنِّـفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Falam alqa man yalḥā wa-lā man yu‘an-nifu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; so that I meet no one who blames me or treats me harshly.

**17.** عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَأَهْرِفُ دَهْرِي بِالَّذِي كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ahrifu dahrī bil-ladhī kuntu a‘rifu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and I spend my life speaking passionately of what I have come to know.

**18.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَلَمْ أَكُ عَـــــنْ مَـــدْحِ النَّبِــي أَتَوَقَّــفُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Falam aku ‘an mad-ḥi al-nabiyyi atawaq-qafu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; so that I never cease to praise the Prophet.

**19.** عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ شَمَّــــرُوا وَتَعَفَّفُــوا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin sham-marū wa-ta‘af-fafū_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who strove and remained chaste.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69ad21f8989b57497c135f9f/chapter/69ad2363989b57497c135ff9