# Harful Daal · حَرْفُ الدَّالِ

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.** دَعَانِي إِلَى حُبِّ الْعَرُوضِ شُهُـــودُ / سُهَادِي وَحِبْرِي وَالطُّرُوسُ شُهُودُ

_Da‘ānī ila ḥubbi al-‘arūḍi shuhūdu / Suhādī wa-ḥibrī wal-ṭurūsu shuhūdu_

Witnesses have called me to the love of the "Vast One" (the Prophet); my sleeplessness, my ink, and my parchments are all witnesses.

**2.** دُمُوعِي عَلَى الْخَدَّيْنِ كَالْغَرْبِ مَوْهِنًا / مَعَ الشَّيْــــبِ وَالْأَجْنَاسُ ثَـــمَّ رُقُــودُ

_Dumū‘ī ‘ala al-khaddayni kal-ghar-bi mawhinan / Ma‘a al-shaybi wal-ajnāsu thamma ruqūdu_

My tears on my cheeks flow like a pouring bucket in the deep of night, along with my graying hair, while all other kinds of people are asleep.

**3.** دَلِيلٌ عَلَى مَا قَدْ دَهَانِي وَإِنَّنِــي / عَرَانِيَ حَالٌ فِي الْوِدَادِ شَدِيــــدُ

_Dalīlun ‘alā mā qad dahānī wa-innanī / ‘Arāniya ḥālun fī al-widādi shadīdu_

This is evidence of what has afflicted me; indeed, a powerful state of affection has seized me.

**4.** دَهَانِي غَرَامٌ حَرَّمَ النَّوْمَ مَوْهِنًا / وَحَلَّلَ حَرْقِي وَالْغَرَامُ وَقُــودُ

_Dahānī gharāmun ḥarrama al-nawma mawhinan / Wa-ḥallala ḥarqī wal-gharāmu waqūdu_

Ecstatic love has afflicted me, forbidding sleep in the night, while making my burning permissible—and love is the fuel.

**5.** لَقَدْ حَرَّمَ الْوَجْـــدُ الْحَلاَلَ مُحَلِّــــلاً / حَرَامًا وَهَلْ هَـــذَا الْقَضَاءُ سَدِيدُ

_Laqad ḥarrama al-wajdu al-ḥalāla muḥallilan / Ḥarāman wa-hal hādhā al-qaḍā’u sadīdu_

Deep passion has forbidden what was [ordinarily] permissible and permitted the [ordinarily] forbidden; is this decree not most sound?

**6.** فَمَنْ حَادَ عَنْ نَهْجِ الرَّسُولِ فَإِنَّنِي / عَلَى نَهْجِهِ مَا عِشْتُ فَهْوَ حَمِيـــدُ

_Faman ḥāda ‘an nahji al-Rasūli fa-innanī / ‘Alā nahjihi mā ‘ishtu fahuwa ḥamīdu_

So whoever deviates from the path of the Messenger—as for me, I am on his path as long as I live, for he is the praised one.

**7.** أَسِيـــــرُ غَــــرَامٍ لاَ أَزَالُ مُتَيَّمًــــا / وَعَنْ نَهْجِ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ لَسْتُ أَحِيدُ

_Asīru gharāmin lā azālu mutayyaman / Wa-‘an nahji khayri al-khalqi lastu aḥīdu_

I am a prisoner of ecstatic love, remaining forever captivated; and from the path of the Best of Creation, I never stray.

**8.** إِذَا سَارَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ سِرْتُ وَرَاءَهُ / وَإِنْ حَلَّ يَوْمًا فَالْمَسِيـــــرُ بَعِيـــدُ

_Idhā sāra khayru al-nāsi sirtu warā’ahu / Wa-in ḥalla yawman fal-masīru ba‘īdu_

If the best of mankind travels, I travel behind him; and if he ever settles, then the journey remains far [until I reach him].

**9.** عَلَيْهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ / بِكُلِّ مُرَادَاتِــي الْكَرِيـــــمُ يَجُــــودُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Bi-kulli murādātī al-karīmu yajūdu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through him, the Generous One grants all my desires.

**10.** عَلَيْــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / تَكُونُ لَنَا الْحُسْنَى وَبَعْــدُ مَزِيــدُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Takūnu lanā al-ḥusnā wa-ba‘du mazīdu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the "best reward" (Paradise) be ours, and even more thereafter.

**11.** عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ مَا الْفُؤَادُ عَمِيدُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin mā al-fu’ādu ‘amīdu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions as long as the heart remains lovesick.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e4fac75299f9a629292