# Harful 'Ayn · حَرْفُ الْعَيْنِ

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.** عَجِبْــتُ لِصَبٍّ مُغْرَمِ الْقَلْبِ مُولَــــعِ / قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْمَحْبُوبِ بِالْبُعْدِ مُــــوجَعِ

_‘Ajibtu li-ṣabbin mughrami al-qalbi mūla‘ī / Qarībin mina al-maḥbūbi bil-bu‘di mūja‘ī_

I marvel at a lover whose heart is infatuated and tormented; close to the Beloved, yet pained by the [seeming] distance.

**2.** وَذَلِكَ إِبْـــرَاهِيمُ يَهْوَى مُحَمَّــــدًا / وَأَمْرُ وُجُودِ الْكَوْنِ غَيْرُ مُوَقَّـــعِ

_Wa-dhālika Ibrāhīmu yahwā Muḥammadan / Wa-amru wujūdi al-kawni ghayru muwaqqa‘ī_

That is Ibrahim, who loves Muhammad since before the very existence of the universe was decreed.

**3.** وَلاَ زَالَ يَشْكُو الْبَينَ وَالْحَــــالُ إِنَّــهُ / حَبِيبِي مَعِي فِي الْبَيْتِ أَوْ وَسْطَ بَلْقَعِ

_Wa-lā zāla yash-kū al-bayna wal-ḥālu innahu / Ḥabībī ma‘ī fī al-bayti aw wasṭa bal-qa‘ī_

He continues to complain of separation, while the reality is that my Beloved is with me in the house or in the midst of a wasteland.

**4.** إِذَا لاَحَ بَرْقٌ شَوَّقَ الْقَلْبَ أَوْ حَدَا / لَهُ مُتَغَـــــنٍّ كَالْحَمَـــامِ الْمُسَجِّــعِ

_Idhā lāḥa bar-qun shawwaqa al-qalba aw ḥadā / Lahu mutaghannin kal-ḥamāmi al-musajji‘ī_

Whenever lightning flashes, it stirs the heart with longing, or whenever a singer chants for him like a cooing pigeon.

**5.** تَرَانِي وَإِنِّي غَائِبٌ فِيــــهِ حَاضِــرًا / أُحَاكِي رُقُودًا سَاهِرًا فَوْقَ مَضْجَعِي

_Tarānī wa-innī ghā’ibun fīhi ḥāḍiran / Uḥākī ruqūdan sāhiran fawqa maḍ-ja‘ī_

You see me—and indeed I am absent in him while being [physically] present—resembling one asleep, yet I am wide awake upon my bed.

**6.** فَدَائِي الَّذِي أَعْيَا الْأَطِبَّا انْفِصَالُ مَنْ / يُوَاصِلُنِي فِي كُـــلِّ تَـيْـهَـا وَمَرْبَــعِ

_Fa-dā’ī al-ladhī a‘yā al-aṭibbā infiṣālu man / Yuwāṣilunī fī kulli tay-hā wa-mar-ba‘ī_

My illness, which has exhausted the doctors, is the [perceived] separation from the one who connects with me in every desert and dwelling.

**7.** فَتِيكَ فَتِيـــــكٌ مَا سَبَانِـــيَ غِيدُهَـــا / فَغُرُّ الْمَعَـــالِي آخِـــذَاتٌ بِمَجْمَعِــي

_Fatīka fatīkun mā sabāniya ghīdu-hā / Fa-ghurru al-ma‘ālī ākhidhātun bi-maj-ma‘ī_

Vatika (the world/distractions) is lethal; its fair ones have not captivated me, for the splendors of the heights have taken hold of my being.

**8.** مُوَاجَهَــةُ الْـهَــادِي وَشَمِّــي أَرِيجَــهُ / وَفَهْمِي الَّذِي يُوحِي وَيُلْقِي لِمَسْمَعِي

_Muwājaha-tu al-Hādī wa-shammi arījahu / Wa-fah-mī al-ladhī yūḥī wa-yulqī li-mas-ma‘ī_

My goal is the face-to-face meeting with the Guide, smelling his fragrance, and the understanding that he inspires and casts into my hearing.

**9.** كَــذَا رَفْـــعُ رَايَاتِ الْحَنِيفَةِ مُعْلِنًـــا / بِإِبْطَـــالِ آرَا كَرْدَنَـــالَ الْمُضَيَّـــعِ

_Kadhā raf-‘u rāyāti al-ḥanīfati mu‘linan / Bi-ib-ṭāli ārā Kar-da-nāla al-muḍayyi‘ī_

Likewise, the raising of the banners of the Primordial Faith (Islam), announcing the nullification of the opinions of the wasteful Cardinal.

**10.** أُزِيـــلُ خِلاَفًـــا بَيْـــنَ قَوْمِ مُحَمَّــدٍ / فَيَرْبُطُنَا التَّوْحِيدُ مِــنْ كُلِّ مَوْضِـعِ

_Uzīlu khilāfan bayna qawmi Muḥammadin / Fa-yar-bi-ṭunā al-tawḥīdu min kulli mawḍi‘ī_

I remove the disagreement between the people of Muhammad; thus Unity (Tawhid) binds us from every place.

**11.** فَنَمْشِي عَلَى نَهْــــجِ الْأَمِينِ سَوِيَّــةً / نُـتَابِعُــــــهُ فَالْكُــــلُّ جِـــدُّ مُتَبَّــــعِ

_Fa-nam-shī ‘alā nahji al-Amīni sawiyyatan / Nutābi‘uhu fal-kullu jiddu mutabba‘ī_

So we walk upon the path of the Trustworthy One together; we follow him, for everyone is truly a follower.

**12.** فَـــإِنْ عَزَّ لُقْيَـــاهُ فَالْأَقْـــدَامُ دَائِمًــا / عَلَى سُنَّةِ الْـهَادِي عَلَى خَيْرِ مَهْيَـعِ

_Fa-in ‘azza luq-yāhu fal-aqdāmu dā’iman / ‘Alā sunnati al-Hādī ‘alā khayri mah-ya‘ī_

And if meeting him [physically] is difficult, our feet are always upon the Sunnah of the Guide, upon the best of paths.

**13.** نُصَلِّي كَمَــا كَــانَ النَّبِـــيُّ مُصَلِّياً / نَصُومُ كَـــذَا نَقْفُــو سَبِيلَ سُمَيْدَعِ

_Nuṣallī kamā kāna al-nabiyyu muṣalliyan / Naṣūmu kadhā naq-fū sabīla Sumay-da‘ī_

We pray just as the Prophet used to pray; we fast and follow the way of the noble leader.

**14.** وَنُنْفِـــقُ لاَ نُبْقِـــي نُرِيدُ صِرَاطَــهُ / نَحُـــجُّ كَحَـــجِّ الْهَاشِمِـــيِّ الْمُتَبَّـــعِ

_Wa-nun-fiqu lā nubqī nurīdu ṣirāṭahu / Naḥujju ka-ḥaj-ji al-Hāshimiyyi al-mutabba‘ī_

We spend [in charity] and keep nothing back, desiring his path; we perform Hajj just like the Hajj of the followed Hashemite.

**15.** نُكَـــرِّرُ حَقًّــا لاَ إِلَــهَ سِوَى الَّـــذِي / لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْـــرُ الْعَظِيمُ التَّمَنُّـــعِ

_Nukar-riru ḥaqqan lā ilāha siwā al-ladhī / Lahu al-khal-qu wal-amru al-‘aẓīmu al-tamannu‘ī_

We repeat the truth: "There is no god but the One" to whom belongs the creation, the command, the Great, the Invincible.

**16.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ الْمُشَــرِّعِ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥ-bi al-Hāshimiyyi al-mushar-ri‘ī_

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

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e56ac75299f9a6292c4