# Harfur Raa · حَرْفُ الرَّاءِ

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.** مُقَامِــي بِانْدَكَــارَ بِــــهِ ادِّكَـــارِي / يَزِيــــدُ كَــذَا اشْتِيَاقِــي وَاعْتِبَارِي

_Muqāmī bi-Andakāra bihi-ddikārī / Yazīdu kadhā-shtiyāqī wa-’tibārī_

My stay in Dakar (Andakāra) is a cause for my remembrance; it increases my longing and my contemplation.

**2.** قَلَوْتُ سِــوَى الْأَمِيــنِ وَهُوَ حِبِّــي / مَحَبَّتُـــــهُ شِعَــارِي وَادِّثَــــــارِي

_Qalawtu siwā al-Amīni wa-huwa ḥibbī / Maḥabbatuhu shi‘ārī wa-ddithārī_

I have turned away from all but the Trustworthy One (the Prophet), for he is my beloved; his love is my inner garment and my outer cloak.

**3.** أَلاَ لَيْتِــــــي أُجَـــاوِرُهُ زَمَانِـــــي / فَلاَ سُعْــــدَى أَرُومُ وَلاَ نَــــوَارِي

_Alā laytī ujāwiruhu zamānī / Falā Su‘dā arūmu wa-lā Nawārī_

Oh, how I wish to reside in his neighborhood for all time! I seek neither [the worldly beauties] Su'da nor Nawar.

**4.** مَحَا حُـــبُّ الْأَمِيـــنِ مَتَى تَقَــوَّى / وِدَادًا مَّــــا عَلَــى بُعْـــدِ الْمَــزَارِ

_Maḥā ḥubbu al-Amīni matā taqawwā / Widādan mā ‘alā bu‘di al-mazārī_

The love of the Trustworthy One has erased, as it grew strong, every other affection despite the distance of the visit.

**5.** يَطِيرُ إِلَيْــهِ رُوحِــــي كُلَّ وَقْــتٍ / وَآثَامِي كَبَـــتْ بِي عَـنْ سِفَارِي

_Yaṭīru ilayhi rūḥī kulla waqtin / Wa-āthāmī kabat bī ‘an sifārī_

My spirit flies toward him at every moment, while my sins have hindered me from my physical travel.

**6.** بِهِ رَبِّــي أُسَائِــــلُ نَيْـــلَ عَفْــوٍ / وَسَتْرًا مَانِعًـــا مِــنْ كُلِّ عَــارِ

_Bihi rabbī usā’ilu nayla ‘afwin / Wa-satran māni‘an min kulli ‘āri_

Through him, I ask my Lord to attain forgiveness and a covering that prevents every shame.

**7.** دَرَأْتُ بِــــــهِ عَنِــي كَيْــدَ الْأَعَادِي / فَيَرْفَعُنِــــي وَيَخْفَضُهُـــــــمْ لِنَــــارِ

_Dara’tu bihi ‘annī kayda al-a‘ādī / Fa-yarfa‘unī wa-yakhfiḍuhum li-nāri_

Through him, I have repelled the plots of the enemies from me; thus He raises me and lowers them toward the Fire.

**8.** إِلَهِــي فَاكْفِنِـــي وَلْتَكْـــفِ عَنِّــــي / مَكَائِدَهُــــــمْ وَحَلُّـــــوا لِلْبَــــــوَارِ

_Ilāhī fa-kfinī wal-takfi ‘annī / Makā’idahum wa-ḥallū lil-bawārī_

O my God! Suffice me, and turn away from me their schemes, for they have settled in destruction.

**9.** رَأَيْنَاهُـــــــمْ بِـــــذُلٍّ وَانْخِفَــاضٍ / وَنَحْـــنُ عُـــلاً إِلَــى دَارِ الْقَـرَارِ

_Ra’aynāhum bi-dhullin wa-nkhifāḍin / Wa-naḥnu ‘ulan ilā dāri al-qarārī_

We have seen them in humiliation and debasement, while we are in high ranks leading to the Abode of Stability.

**10.** أَلَيْـــــــسَ اللّٰهُ مَوْلاَنَـــا بِكَـــــــافٍ / لَـــــهُ عَبْـــدًا فَهُــو رَبٌّ وَبَــــارِي

_Alaysa Allāhu mawlānā bi-kāfin / Lahu ‘abdan fahuwa rabbun wa-bārī_

"Is Allah not sufficient for His servant?" For He is the Lord and the Creator.

**11.** لَـــــهُ شَــــأْنٌ وَيُبْدِيـــــهِ دَوَامًـــــا / سَوَاءٌ فِي الْبِحَـارِ وَفِي الْبَــرَارِي

_Lahu sha’nun wa-yubdīhi dawāman / Sawā’un fī al-biḥāri wa-fī al-barārī_

He has a grand affair which He manifests constantly, equally in the oceans and in the deserts.

**12.** حَنَنْــتُ إِلَيْــــهِ أَذْكُـــرُهُ بِشِعْــرِي / وَأَحْمَـــدُهُ بِسِــرِّي أَوْ جِهَــــارِي

_Ḥanantu ilayhi adhkuruhu bi-shi‘rī / Wa-aḥmaduhu bi-sirrī aw jihārī_

I have yearned for him, mentioning him in my poetry, and praising him in my secret or in my public life.

**13.** أُنَاجِيهِ عَلَــــى الْأَوْقَــاتِ أَدْعُــو / كَرِيمًا وَاهِبًــــا مَوْلَـــى الْيَسَــارِ

_Unājīhi ‘alā al-awqāti ad‘ū / Karīman wāhiban mawlā al-yasārī_

I converse with Him at all times, calling upon a Generous Giver, the Master of Ease.

**14.** جَرَى قَلَمُ الْمُصَــوِّرِ لِي بِحُبِّــي / إِمَامَ الْمُرْسَلِيــــنَ أَخَــا الْفَخَـارِ

_Jarā qalamu al-muṣawwiri lī bi-ḥubbī / Imāma al-mursalīna akhā al-fakhārī_

The Pen of the Fashioner has decreed for me my love for the Imam of the Messengers, the possessor of glory.

**15.** جَمِيلُ الْوَجْهِ مِعْطَاءُ الْعَطَايَـــا / فَيُعْطِــــي لِلْكِبَــارِ وَلِلصِّغَــارِ

_Jamīlu al-wajhi mi‘ṭā’u al-‘aṭāyā / Fa-yu‘ṭī lil-kibāri wa-lil-ṣighārī_

Beautiful of face, giver of gifts; he gives to the great and to the small.

**16.** عُمُومًا فَهْوَ غَيْثٌ وَهْوَ غَـوْثٌ / عَطَاءً يَزْدَرِي فَيْضَ الْبِحَــارِ

_‘Umūman fahuwa ghaythun wa-huwa ghawthun / ‘Aṭā’an yazdarī fayḍa al-biḥārī_

Universal in his nature—he is a rain and he is a rescue; a giving that puts to shame the overflowing of the oceans.

**17.** مَرَامِي الْيَوْمَ أَنْ أَبْقَى عُبَيْــدًا / لِرَبِّ الْخَلْقِ يُسْبِلُ لِي سِتَارِي

_Marāmī al-yawma an abqā ‘ubaydan / Li-rabbi al-khal-qi yusbilu lī sitārī_

My quest today is to remain a small servant to the Lord of creation, that He may lower my protective veil over me.

**18.** رِمَاحِي ثُمَّ أَسْفَـــارِي بِرَبِّــي / وَرَبِّي لِي يُرَاعِي لِي جِوَارِي

_Rimāḥī thumma asfārī bi-rabbī / Wa-rabbī lī yurā‘ī lī jiwārī_

My spears and my travels are through my Lord; and my Lord watches over my neighbourhood for me.

**19.** كَمَا يَرْعَى رِجَـــالَ اللّٰهِ طُـرًّا / وَيَحْفَظُهُمْ وَلَــوْ وَسْــطَ الْقِفَـارِ

_Kamā yar‘ā rijāla Allāhi ṭurran / Wa-yaḥfaẓuhum wa-law was-ṭa al-qifārī_

Just as He watches over all the "Men of Allah," and protects them even in the midst of the wastelands.

**20.** نُسَلِّمُ إِذْ نُصَلِّــــي كُــلَّ وَقْــتٍ / عَلَى خَيْرِ الْأَنَامِ عَلَى النِّجَــارِ

_Nusallimu idh nuṣallī kulla waqtin / ‘Alā khayri al-anāmi ‘alā al-nijārī_

We offer peace as we pray at every moment upon the Best of Mankind, of noble lineage.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69b00a42aa434fce2ef80af0/chapter/69b00a45aa434fce2ef80b09