# Harful Baa · حَرْفُ الْبَاءِ

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.** بِسَلْعٍ إِلَى وَادِي الْعَقِيقِ كَثِيبُ / حَنَنْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَالْفُــــؤَادُ كَئِيــبُ

_Bi-Sal‘in ila wādī al-‘Aqīqi kathību / Ḥanantu ilayhi wal-fu’ādu ka’ību_

At the hill of Sal’ near the valley of al-Aqiq, I yearned for him while my heart was dejected.

**2.** كَئِيبٌ عَلِيلٌ مُغْــــرَمٌ وَمُتَيَّـــــمٌ / بِهِ حَفَّتِ الْأَجْنَاسُ وَهْوَ غَرِيبُ

_Ka’ībun ‘alīlun mughramun wa-mutayyamun / Bihi ḥaffati al-ajnāsu wa-huwa gharību_

Dejected, ill, infatuated, and captivated; surrounded by people yet remaining a stranger.

**3.** غَرِيبٌ فَلاَ شَكْلٌ يُقَاسِي شُجُونَهُ / مُحَالٌ عَلَيْهِ الْوَصْلُ وَهْوَ قَرِيبُ

_Gharībun falā shaklun yuqāsī shujūnahu / Muḥālun ‘alayhi al-waṣlu wa-huwa qarību_

A stranger with no peer to share his grief; union seems impossible though he is near.

**4.** قَرِيبٌ إِلَيْهِ مَا يُحِبُّ وَيَشْتَهِـــي / بَعِيدٌ عَلَيْهِ الدَّهْرَ فَهْوَ عَجِيـــبُ

_Qarībun ilayhi mā yuḥibbu wa-yashtahī / Ba‘īdun ‘alayhi al-dahra fahuwa ‘ajību_

What he loves and desires is close to him, yet it remains eternally far—how strange!

**5.** عَجِيبٌ كَعِيسٍ حِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا الظَّمَا / عَلَيْهَا مِيَــــاهٌ كَالْفُـــرَاتِ عَـــذُوبُ

_‘Ajībun ka-‘īsin ḥīna yaqtuluhā al-ẓamā / ‘Alayhā miyāhun kal-Furāti ‘adhūbu_

Strange like the camels dying of thirst while carrying water as sweet as the Euphrates.

**6.** تَوَهَّمْتُ آيَاتِ النَّبِـــــــي فَعَرَفْتُـــهُ / هُوَ الْكُلُّ مِنْهُ الْكُلُّ لَيْسَ عَرِيــــبُ

_Tawahhamtu āyāti al-nabiyyi fa-‘araftuhu / Huwa al-kullu minhu al-kullu laysa ‘arību_

I meditated on the signs of the Prophet and knew him: He is the All, from him comes the All, there is no doubt.

**7.** فَمِنْهُ أَبُوهُ مِنْهُ مُوسَـــــــى كَلِيمُـــهُ / كَذَا الْخِلُّ قَبْلَ الرُّوحِ وَهْوَ حَبِيـبُ

_Fa-minhu abūhu minhu Mūsā kalīmuhu / Kadhā al-khillu qabla al-Rūḥi wa-huwa ḥabību_

From him is his father (Adam), from him is Moses the Interlocutor, and the Friend (Abraham) before the Spirit (Jesus)—he is the Beloved.

**8.** فُيُوضَاتُ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ فَاضَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ / فَسَــــــادَ الَّذِي وَافَـــاهُ مِنْهُ نَصِيـــبُ

_Fuyūḍātu khayri al-khalqi fāḍat ‘alayhimu / Fa-sāda al-ladhī wāfāhu minhu naṣību_

The floods of the Best of Creation overflowed upon them; thus whoever received a portion of him became a master.

**9.** وَأُنْشِدُ بَيْتًا قَالَهُ الْفَحْلُ مَادِحًـــــا / وَمُثْنِي سِوَى خَيْرِ الْأَنَامِ كَذُوبُ

_Wa-unshidu baytan qālahu al-faḥlu mādiḥan / Wa-muthnī siwā khayri al-anāmi kadhūbu_

I recite a verse once said by a master of praise: for anyone who praises other than the Best of Mankind is a liar.

**10.** "فَفِي كُلِّ حَيٍّ قَدْ خَبَطْتَ بِنِعْمَةٍ / فَحُقَّ لِشَأْسٍ مِنْ جَدَاكَ ذَنُــوبُ"

_"Fa-fī kulli ḥayyin qad khabaṭta bi-ni‘matin / Fa-ḥuqqa li-sha’sin min jadāka dhanūbu"_

"In every tribe you have bestowed a blessing; so it is only right that Shas receives a bucket of your bounty."

**11.** بِحَقِّكَ فَاشْفَعْ فِـــي فَإِنِّي مُقَيَّــــدٌ / مَعَ الْعُرْجِ خَلْفًا وَالْقُيُودُ ذُنُــــوبُ

_Bi-ḥaqqika fash-fa‘ fī fa-innī muqayyadun / Ma‘a al-‘urji khalfan wal-quyūdu dhunūbu_

By your right, intercede for me, for I am shackled among the lame followers, and my shackles are my sins.

**12.** فَأَنْتَ شَفِيعُ الْمُذْنِبِينَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ / فَلاَ ضَرَّنِي مَا قَدْ يَخُطُّ رَقِيبُ

_Fa-anta shafī‘u al-mudhnibīna wa-ghayrihim / Falā ḍarranī mā qad yakhuṭṭu raqību_

For you are the intercessor for the sinners and all others; so the records of the watcher (angel) shall not harm me.

**13.** أَ أَحْمَدُ يَا مَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ مُحَمَّدًا / وَعَاقِبُ كُلِّ الْمُرْسَلِينَ حَبِيــبُ

_A-Aḥmadu yā māḥī al-ḍalāli Muḥammadan / Wa-‘āqibu kulli al-mursalīna ḥabību_

O Ahmad, O Eraser of misguidance, O Muhammad, the Seal of all Messengers and the Beloved.

**14.** أَحَاشِرُ يَا طَـــهَ الْمُقَفَّى مُبَشِّــــرًا / أَجِرْ مُذْنِبًا مِمَّـــــا جَنَاهُ يَـــذُوبُ

_A-ḥāshiru yā Ṭāhā al-muqaffā mubash-shiran / Ajir mudhniban mimmā janāhu yadhūbu_

O Gatherer, O Taha, the Followed One, the Bringer of glad tidings; protect a sinner who is melting from his transgressions.

**15.** تَسَلَّمْ أَيَا مَحْمُودُ قَلْبِــي وَفُكَّنِـــي / عَنِ النَّفْسِ عَلِّي مِنْ سِوَاكَ أَتُوبُ

_Tasallam ayā Maḥmūdu qalbī wa-fukkanī / ‘An al-naf-si ‘allī min siwāka atūbu_

O Mahmud, take possession of my heart and free me from my self, so that I may turn away from all but you.

**16.** قَدِ اخْتُرْتَ مِنْ مُخْتَارِ مُخْتَارِ عُرْبِهِ / أَتَحْفِرُ عَاصٍ جَــــاءَ وَهْوَ سَلِيــــبُ

_Qadi-khturta min mukhtāri mukhtāri ‘urbihi / A-taḥfiru ‘āṣin jā’a wa-huwa salību_

You were chosen from the elite of the elite of the Arabs; would you then rebuff a sinner who comes to you stripped of everything?

**17.** شَفَاعَتُكَ الْعُظْمَى لِمِثْلِي فَكُنْ لَنَا / شَفِيعًا فَإِنِّي الْيَوْمَ جِئْتُ أُنِيــــبُ

_Shafā‘atuka al-‘uẓmā li-mithlī fakun lanā / Shafī‘an fa-innī al-yawma ji’tu unību_

Your Greatest Intercession is for the likes of me, so be an intercessor for us, for today I have come repenting.

**18.** وَتَرْفَعُنِي وَلْتَرْضَ عَنِّي فَإِنْ يَكُنْ / سِوَاكَ نَصِيبٌ مَا أَتَانِي نَصِيـــبُ

_Wa-tar-fa‘unī wal-tar-ḍa ‘annī fa-in yakun / Siwāka naṣībun mā atānī naṣību_

Elevate me and be pleased with me; for if my portion is from other than you, I have no portion at all.

**19.** إِذَا رَضِيَ الْمُخْتَارُ عَنِّي فَلَمْ أُبَلْ / مَقَالَ وُشَاةٍ : وَيْكَ هِنْدُ غَضُوبُ

_Idhā raḍiya al-Mukhtāru ‘annī falam ubal / Maqāla wushātin: wayka Hindu ghaḍūbu_

If the Chosen One is pleased with me, I care not for the talk of slanderers: "Woe to you, Hind is angry!"

**20.** وَإِنْ سَأَلُونِي عَنْ حَبِيبِي وَمَذْهَبِي / جَوَابِي رَسُـــــولُ اللّٰهِ حِينَ أُجِيــبُ

_Wa-in sa’alūnī ‘an ḥabībī wa-madh-habī / Jawābī Rasūlu Allāhi ḥīna ujību_

If they ask me about my beloved and my path, my answer when I respond is: "The Messenger of Allah."

**21.** إِذَا بَخِلَ الْمَمْـــــدُوحُ يَوْمًا فَإِنَّنِـــي / حَبِيبِي وَمَمْدُوحِي الْكَرِيمُ وَهُوبُ

_Idhā bakhila al-mamdūḥu yawman fa-innanī / Ḥabībī wa-mamdūḥī al-karīmu wahūbu_

If those usually praised are stingy one day, my beloved and my praised one is the Generous Bestower.

**22.** أَنَطْتُ بِهِ كُــلَّ الْمَطَامِـــعِ يَافِعًـــا / وَشَرْخًا وَشَيْخًا قَدْ عَلاَهُ مَشِيبُ

_Anāṭu bihi kulla al-maṭāmi‘i yāfi‘an / Wa-sharkhan wa-shaykhan qad ‘alāhu mashību_

I attached all my hopes to him as a youth, in my prime, and as an old man whose hair has turned gray.

**23.** بِبُرْدَتِكَ الْعُظْمَى أَجَزْتَ لِمَادِحٍ / أَجِـزْنِي بِبُرْدٍ لَمْ يَشُبْهُ لَهِيـــبُ

_Bi-bur-datika al-‘uẓmā ajazta li-mādiḥin / Ajiznī bi-bur-din lam yashub-hu lahību_

With your Greatest Mantle (Burda) you rewarded a praiser; so reward me with a mantle untouched by any flame.

**24.** تَقُولُ أَلاَ يَا نَارُ بَرْدًا مُسَلِّمًـــــا / لِذَا الْعَبْدِ كُونِي مَا أَقَامَ عَسِيبُ

_Taqūlu alā yā nāru bardan musalliman / Lidhā al-‘abdi kūnī mā aqāma ‘asību_

You shall say: "O Fire, be coolness and peace for this servant," as long as the palm-branch remains firm.

**25.** عَلَيْهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / يُمَزِّقُ أَشْلاَءَ الْبُغَـــــاةِ كَلِيــبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Yumazziqu ashlā’a al-bughāti kalību_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the "Kalib" (divine force) tear apart the remains of the oppressors.

**26.** عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / أُوَافِيهِ بِالْأَمْدَاحِ وَهْــوَ يُثِيــبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Uwāfīhi bil-amdāḥi wa-huwa yuthību_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; I bring him my praises and he rewards me.

**27.** عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَإِنِّي لَدَيْـــــهِ بِالثَّنَاءِ خَطِيــبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Fa-innī ladayhi bith-thanā’i khaṭību_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for I am an orator in his presence with my extolling.

**28.** خَطِيبٌ وَقَوَّالٌ لَدَيهِ وَطَامِــعٌ / وَفَيضُ مَلاَذِ الْعَالَمِينَ سَكُوبُ

_Khaṭībun wa-qawwālun ladayhi wa-ṭāmi‘un / Wa-fayḍu malādhi al-‘ālamīna sakūbu_

An orator, a speaker in his presence, and a seeker; while the flood of the refuge of the worlds pours forth.

**29.** عَلَيْهِ مَعَ الْأَلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِـهِ / يَحِنُّ إِلَى مَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ نَجِيبُ

_‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi / Yaḥinnu ila māḥī al-ḍalāli najību_

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions; the noble seeker yearns for the Eraser of misguidance.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e4aac75299f9a629274