# Harful Haa · حَرْفُ الْحَاءِ

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.** حَرِيصٌ عَلَى إِهْدَا الثَّنَا وَالْمَدَائِـحِ / لِجَانِبِ مَنْ سُكْنَاهُ بَيْنَ جَوَانِحِــي

_Ḥarīṣun ‘alā ihdā’i al-thanā’i wal-madā’iḥi / Li-jānibi man suknāhu bayna jawāniḥī_

I am eager to offer praise and odes to the side of the one whose dwelling is between my ribs.

**2.** يُهَيِّـجُ أَشْوَاقِي هِــــــــلاَلُ رَبِيعِـــهِ / رَبِيـعِ الْمُزُونِ الْوَاكِفَاتِ الدَّوَالِـــحِ

_Yuhayyiju ashwāqī hilālu rabī‘ihi / Rabī‘i al-muzūni al-wākifāti al-dawāliḥi_

The crescent of his spring (Rabi') stirs my longings—the spring of heavy, pouring rain-clouds.

**3.** يُنَكِّئُ قَرْحًا كَانَ مِنْ قَبْلُ دَامِيًــــا / وَلِمْ لاَ وَشِمْنَا فِيهِ بَرْقَ الْمَرَابِـحِ

_Yunakkī’u qar-ḥan kāna min qablu dāmiyan / Wa-lim lā wa-shimnā fīhi bar-qa al-marābiḥi_

It reopens a wound that was previously bleeding; and why not, when we have seen within it the lightning of spiritual profits?

**4.** نَبِيٌّ عَظِيمُ الْخُلْقِ مِفْتَاحُ غَيْبِ مَنْ / لَهُ الْأَمْرُ أَوْ لِلْحَقِّ كُــــلُّ الْمَفَاتِــحِ

_Nabiyyun ‘aẓīmu al-khul-qi miftāḥu ghaybi man / Lahu al-amru aw lil-ḥaqqi kullu al-mafātiḥi_

He is a Prophet of magnificent character, the key to the Unseen of the One to whom belongs the Command—or rather, the True One holds all the keys.

**5.** تَخَلَّى عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ مَنْ لَيْسَ صَادِقًا / عَلَى حُبِّهِ مِنْ كُــــلِّ غَــادٍ وَرَائِـحِ

_Takhallā ‘an al-īmāni man laysa ṣādiqan / ‘Ala ḥubbihi min kulli ghādin wa-rā’iḥi_

Whoever is not sincere in his love, in every coming and going, has stripped himself of faith.

**6.** كَذَا مُؤْثِرٌ شَيْئًا سِــــــــوَاهُ لَوْ أَنَّـــهُ / حُشَاشَةُ نَفْسِ الْمَرْءِ بَيْنَ الْجَوَانِــــحِ

_Kadhā mu’thirun shay’an siwāhu law annahu / Ḥushāshatu naf-si al-mar’i bayna al-jawāniḥi_

Likewise is the one who prefers anything over him, even if it were the very last breath of life between his ribs.

**7.** فَحُبُّ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ زَيْنٌ وَمَفْخَــــرٌ / وَأَمْنٌ وَإِيمَانٌ وَبَابُ الْمَصَالِحِ

_Fa-ḥubbu Rasūli Allāhi zaynun wa-maf-kharun / Wa-amnun wa-īmānun wa-bābu al-maṣāliḥi_

For the love of the Messenger of Allah is an adornment, a pride, a security, a faith, and the door to all benefits.

**8.** وَحُبُّ رَسُــــــولِ اللّٰهِ مَالِي وَمَالِكِـــي / وَبَيْعِي وَحَرْثِي وَهْوَ عَيْنُ مَرَابِحِي

_Wa-ḥubbu Rasūli Allāhi mālī wa-mālikī / Wa-bay‘ī wa-ḥar-thī wa-huwa ‘aynu marābiḥī_

The love of the Messenger of Allah is my wealth and my possessor; it is my trade and my harvest, and the very essence of my profits.

**9.** هُوَ الْحُسْنُ وَالْإِحْسَانُ مِنْـــهُ وَإِنَّـــهُ / لَمَصْرِفُ حُبِّي ثُـــمَّ كُـــلِّ مَدَائِحِـي

_Huwa al-ḥusnu wal-iḥsānu minhu wa-innahu / La-maṣ-rifu ḥubbī thumma kulli madā’iḥī_

He is beauty itself, and all excellence comes from him; he is the destination of my love and all my praises.

**10.** حَبَانِي مُرَادِي قَبْلَ عِلْمِي وَنَشْأَتِي / فَمِنِّي نَوَالُ الْكُلِّ وَالْكُـــلَّ مَانِحِـــي

_Ḥabānī murādī qabla ‘ilmī wa-nash’atī / Fa-minnī nawālu al-kulli wal-kulla māniḥī_

He granted me my desire before my own knowledge or my birth; from me comes the bounty to all, yet he is the one granting all to me.

**11.** طَوَيْتُ مَقَامَاتِ الرِّجَــــالِ بِحُبِّـــهِ / دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى لِـــي بِرَغْـــمِ قَبَائِحِـــي

_Ṭawaytu maqāmāti al-rijāli bi-ḥubbihi / Danā fa-tadallā lī bi-ragh-mi qabā’iḥī_

I traversed the spiritual stations of the great men through his love; he drew near and descended to me despite my unworthiness.

**12.** وَأَتْحَفَنِي مَــا لاَ أَبُـــــــوحُ بِسِـــرِّهِ / بِسُكْرٍ وَصَحْوٍ عِنْدَ صَاحٍ وَصَائِـحِ

_Wa-at-ḥafanī mā lā abūḥu bi-sirrihi / Bi-suk-rin wa-ṣaḥ-win ‘inda ṣāḥin wa-ṣā’iḥi_

He gifted me that whose secret I shall not reveal—in states of intoxication and sobriety, amidst the silent and the shouting.

**13.** وَفِي الْحَجِّ يَوْمَ الْعِيدِ بِالْخَيْفِ مِنْ مِنًى / جِهَارًا أَتَانِي الْمُصْطَفَـــــى بِالْمَنَائِـــحِ

_Wa-fī al-ḥajji yawma al-‘īdi bil-khayfi min Minan / Jihāran atānī al-Muṣṭafā bil-manā’iḥi_

And during the Hajj, on the Day of Eid, at al-Khayf in Mina, the Chosen One came to me openly with gifts.

**14.** وَإِنِّي لَتَعْرُونِـــي لِذِكْــــرَاهُ هِـــزَّةٌ / بِحُسْـــنِ مُحَيًّــا بَاهِرِ الْحُسْنِ وَاضِحِ

_Wa-innī la-ta‘rūnī li-dhikrāhu hiz-zatun / Bi-ḥusni muḥayyan bāhiri al-ḥusni wāḍiḥi_

Indeed, a tremor seizes me at his mention, due to the beauty of a countenance that is dazzling and clear.

**15.** وَإِنِّي لَتَعْرُونِي لِذِكْــــــرَاهُ هِـــزَّةٌ / جَوَادٌ يُنَسِّي السُّحْبَ أَثْرَ اللَّوَاقِـــحِ

_Wa-innī la-ta‘rūnī li-dhikrāhu hiz-zatun / Jawādun yunassī al-suḥba athra al-lawāqiḥi_

Indeed, a tremor seizes me at his mention—a generosity that makes one forget the clouds after they have been fertilized with rain.

**16.** وَإِنِّي لَتَعْرُونِي لِذِكْرَاهُ هِــــــزَّةٌ / بِعَرْفٍ يُنَسِّي كُلَّ طِيبٍ وَفَائِــحِ

_Wa-innī la-ta‘rūnī li-dhikrāhu hiz-zatun / Bi-‘ar-fin yunassī kulla ṭībin wa-fā’iḥi_

Indeed, a tremor seizes me at his mention, due to a fragrance that makes one forget every other perfume or scent.

**17.** مَعَ الْحَقِّ حَــــالاَتُ الْأَمِينِ كَحَالَتِــــي / مَعَ الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ نُورِ الْأَبَاطِــحِ

_Ma‘a al-ḥaqqi ḥālāti al-Amīni ka-ḥālatī / Ma‘a al-Muṣṭafā al-Mukhtāri nūri al-abāṭiḥi_

The states of the Trustworthy One (the Prophet) with the Truth are like my own states with the Chosen One, the light of the valleys.

**18.** يُوَحِّدُهُ وَالْحَقُّ يُهْـــــدِي صَلاَتَــهُ / عَلَيْهِ وَأُهْدِي نَحْــــوَهُ بِمَدَائِحِــي

_Yuwaḥ-ḥiduhu wal-ḥaqqu yuhdī ṣalātahu / ‘Alayhi wa-uhdī naḥwahu bi-madā’iḥī_

He affirms the Oneness of God while the Truth sends His blessings upon him; and I direct my praises toward him.

**19.** وَذَا الْمَدْحُ ذَاكَ الْحَمْدُ وَالشُّكْرُ حِينَمَا / يَقِـــلُّ شَكُــــورٌ لِلْأَلَـــى وَالْمَنَــائِـــحِ

_Wa-dhā al-mad-ḥu dhāka al-ḥam-du wash-shuk-ru ḥīnamā / Yaqillu shakūrun lil-alā wal-manā’iḥi_

This praise is that very Laudation and Thanks, at a time when those who are grateful for favors and gifts are few.

**20.** لَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدَ الذَّاتِ لِلذَّاتِ دَائِمًــــا / عَلَى أَحْمَدَ الْمُخْتَارِ أَفْضَلِ نَاصِــحِ

_Laka al-ḥam-du ḥam-da al-dhāti lidh-dhāti dā’iman / ‘Alā Aḥmada al-Mukhtāri af-ḍali nāṣiḥi_

To You belongs the praise—the praise of the Essence for the Essence eternally—upon Ahmad the Chosen, the best of counselors.

**21.** عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ الْمَنَاصِــحِ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-asḥābi al-nabiyyi al-manāṣiḥi_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and the companions of the sincere Prophet.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e4dac75299f9a629288