# Harfud Dwaad · حَرْفُ الضَّادِ

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.** ضَمِنْتُ لَــهُ وَهْيَ النُّذُورُ فُــرُوضُ / يُوَافِيـــهِ مِنِّـــي بِالثَّنَـــاءِ قَـــرِيضُ

_Ḍamintu lahu wahya al-nudhūru furūḍu / Yuwāfīhi minnī bith-thanā’i qarīḍu_

I have pledged to him—and vows are like obligations—that my poetry shall consistently reach him with praise.

**2.** وَذَاكَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَــدُ سَيِّــدٌ / لِقَلْبِي لَدَى ذِكْرِ الْأَمِينِ نُهُـــوضُ

_Wa-dhāka Rasūlu Allāhi Aḥmadu sayyidun / Li-qalbī lada dhikri al-Amīni nuhūḍu_

That is the Messenger of Allah, Ahmad, a master; at the mention of the Trustworthy One, my heart experiences a "rising."

**3.** نَـهَـضْتُ بِهِ مِنْـهُ إِلَى اللّٰهِ رَاحِـــلاً / حَبَانِي وَلاَ نَفْلٌ وَلَيْسَ فُــــرُوضُ

_Nahaḍtu bihi minhu ila Allāhi rāḥilan / Ḥabānī wa-lā naflun wa-laysa furūḍu_

Through him and from him, I set out traveling toward Allah; He gifted me [realities] beyond supererogatory or obligatory acts.

**4.** وَهَلْ أَبْصَرَتْ عَيْنَاكَ مِثْلِيَ سَائِرًا / سُلُوكِي وَجَذْبِي وَالْعُلُومُ فُيُـــوضُ

_Wa-hal abṣarat ‘aynāka mithliya sā’iran / Sulūkī wa-jadh-bī wal-‘ulūmu fuyūḍu_

Have your eyes ever seen a traveler like me? My methodic wayfaring, my ecstatic attraction, and my knowledges are all overflows.

**5.** كَفَانِيَ فِي سَيْــرِي الْعَنَـــاءَ وَقَادَنِي / إِلَى الذَّاتِ لاَ نَجْدٌ عَرَا أَوْ حَضِيضُ

_Kafāniya fī sayrī al-‘anā’a wa-qādanī / Ila al-dhāti lā najdun ‘arā aw ḥaḍīḍu_

He spared me the exhaustion in my journey and led me directly to the Essence—no plateau or lowland afflicted me.

**6.** وَكَشْفِيَ فِي الْأَسْمَاءِ وَالذِّكْرِ لَمْ أَحِضْ / حَيَاتِي إِذَا بَعْـــضُ الرِّجَــالِ يَحِيــضُ

_Wa-kashfī fī al-asmā’i wal-dhikri lam aḥiḍ / Ḥayātī idhā ba‘ḍu al-rijāli yaḥīḍu_

My unveiling regarding the Names and the Remembrance remains constant; I have never "menstruated" (ceased) while some men still do.

**7.** وَسِرِّي سَرَى فِي الْخَافِقَيْنِ وَعُقِّمَتْ / شُيُوخٌ عَلَوْا حَتَّى يَحُــــولَ جَرِيــضُ

_Wa-sirrī sarā fī al-khāfiqayni wa-‘uqqimat / Shuyūkhun ‘alaw ḥattā yaḥūla jarīḍu_

My secret has traveled through the East and the West, while other high-ranking Sheikhs have become "barren" until the choking of death.

**8.** عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَحْبُوبِ كَهْفِي وَمُرْشِدِي / صَـــلاَةٌ بِهَـــا قَلْبِـــي أَرَاهُ رَحِيـــضُ

_‘Ala dhālika al-maḥbūbi kahfī wa-murshidī / Ṣalātun bihā qalbī arāhu raḥīḍu_

Upon that Beloved—my cave and my guide—be a prayer through which I see my heart purified.

**9.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / صَلاَةً بِهَا عَنَّا الزَّمَـــانُ غَضِيــضُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Ṣalātan bihā ‘annā al-zamānu ghaḍīḍu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which time itself looks away from us (in respect/shame).

**10.** عَلَيْــــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / مَدَى الدَّهْرِ مَا دَمْـــعُ الْمُحِبِّ يَفِيـــضُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Madā al-dahri mā dam‘u al-muḥibbi yafīḍu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, for as long as the lover's tears continue to flow.

**11.** عَلَيْهِ مَــــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـــرَامِ وَصَحْبِـــهِ / مَنَاسِــــكُ شِعْــــرِي فِي ثَنَاكَ تَفِيــضُ

_‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥ-bihi / Manāsiku shi‘rī fī thanāka tafīḍu_

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions; the rites of my poetry overflow in your praise.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e54ac75299f9a6292b5