# Harful Yaa · حَرْفُ الْيَاء

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.** يُهَيِّـجُ تَشْمِيرُ الْحَجِيـــجِ وَيُسْعِــفُ / عَلَى الْوَجْدِ وَالتَّهْيَامِ حَقًّا وَيُدْنِـفُ

_Yuhayyiju tashmīru-l ḥajīji wa yusʿifu / ʿalā-l wajdi wa-t tahyāmi ḥaqqan wa yudnifu_

The readiness of the pilgrims stirs my longing and aids my passion and infatuation, truly making me weary with love.

**2.** يَسِيرُ بِهِمْ فُلْكُ الْهَــوَاءِ قَدْ أَصْبَحُوا / بِيُوفٍ وَأَمْسَـــوْا بِالنَّبِيِّ تَشَرَّفُــوا

_Yasīru bihim fulku-l hawā’i qad aṣbaḥū / bi-yūfin wa amsaw bi-n nabiyyi tasharrafū_

The vessel of the air carries them; they reached the morning in Juff and the evening honored by the Prophet.

**3.** عَلَى سَاكِنِي سَلْعٍ سَلاَمِي فَإِنَّنِــي / كَلِفْـتُ بِهِمْ وَجْدًا وَإِنِّيَ أُنْصَــفُ

_ʿAlā sākinī Salʿin salāmī fa-innanī / kaliftu bihim wajdan wa inniya unṣafu_

Upon the dwellers of Sal' be my peace, for I have been consumed by passion for them and I am treated fairly.

**4.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / يَكُونُ بِهَا لِي عِنْدَ أَحْمَدَ مَوْقِـــفُ

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / yakūnu bihā lī ʿinda Aḥmada mawqifu_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace, through which I shall have a standing in the presence of Ahmad.

**5.** بِجُوتَ مَيَاكٍ قَـــدْ ذَكَرْتُـــكَ مَوْهِنًــا / وَ قَدْ نَامَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ وَالْقَلْبُ يَرْجُفُ

_Bi-Jūta Mayākin qad dhakartuka mawninan / wa qad nāma kullu-n nāsi wa-l qalbu yarjufu_

In Juta Mayaki, I remembered you in the late night, while all the people slept and my heart was trembling.

**6.** يُؤَنِّسُنِي طِرْسِي وَحِبْرِي وَمِزْبَرِي / وَأَنْسُجُ مَدْحِـــي وَالدُّمُــوعَ أُكَفْكِــفُ

_Yu’annisunī ṭirsī wa ḥibrī wa mizbarī / wa ansuju madḥī wa-d dumūʿa ukafkifu_

My scroll, my ink, and my pen comfort me as I weave my praise and wipe away my tears.

**7.** أُجَاوِرُ خَيْــــرَ النَّاسِ حَقًّـــا بِطَيْبَــةٍ / طَوَى لِي الْفَلاَ إِنِّــــي لَدَيْــهِ مُوَقَّــفُ

_Ujāwiru khayra-n nāsi ḥaqqan bi-Ṭaybatin / ṭawā liya-l falā innī ladayhi muwaqqafu_

I truly neighbor the best of mankind in Tayba; the wilderness was folded for me and I am stationed in his presence.

**8.** طَوَى لِي الْقُرَى وَالْبِيدَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَــا / دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى لِــي وَلِي طَابَ مَوْقِــفُ

_Ṭawā liya-l qurā wa-l bīda ḥattā ka-annamā / danā fa-tadallā lī wa liy ṭāba mawqifu_

He folded for me the villages and the deserts until it was as if he drew near and descended to me, and my station became pleasant.

**9.** يُخَيَّـــلُ لِــي حَتَّـــى كَأَنِّي رَأَيْتُــهُ / جِهَارًا وَخُبْثِي بِالْجِوَارِ مُنَظَّــفُ

_Yukhayyalu lī ḥattā ka-annī ra’aytuhu / jihāran wa khubthī bi-l jiwāri munaẓẓafu_

It is imagined to me until it is as if I see him openly, and my impurity is cleansed by this neighborhood.

**10.** فَكَمْ قَلَّــــبَ الْهَــادِي الضَّلاَلَ هِدَايَــةً / إِذِ الْبُطْلُ يُمْحَى حِينَ بِالْحَـقِّ يُقْـذَفُ

_Fa-kam qallaba-l hādī-ḍ ḍalāla hidāyatan / idhi-l buṭlu yumḥā ḥīna bi-l ḥaqqi yuqdhafu_

How often has the Guide turned misguidance into guidance, as falsehood is erased when it is struck by the truth.

**11.** أَرَى مُوبِقَاتِ الْعَبْدِ تُمْسِـــــي عَدِيمَــةً / إِذَا يَلْفِـــتُ الْهَــادِي إِلَيْـــهِ وَيَعْطِــفُ

_Arā mūbiqāti-l ʿabdi tumsī ʿadīmatan / idhā yalfitu-l hādī ilayhi wa yaʿṭifu_

I see the destructive sins of the servant becoming non-existent when the Guide turns toward him with affection.

**12.** لَهُ خُطَّتَا لَوْلاَكَ سَلْ تُعْطَ وَاشْفَعَــنْ / تُشَفَّـــــــعْ وَإِنِّـــي قُرْبَــهُ أَتَلَطَّــفُ

_Lahu khuṭṭatā lawlāka sal tuʿṭa wa-shfaʿan / tushaffaʿ wa innī qurbahu atalaṭṭafu_

To him belong the two paths: "Were it not for you" and "Ask, you shall be given, and intercede." You shall be granted intercession, and I act with refinement in his proximity.

**13.** عَكَفْـــتُ عَلَــــى بَابِ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّــدٍ / وَمَنْ فَاتَنِي لَمْ أُلْفَ مِنْ ذَاكَ أَأْسَفُ

_ʿAkaftu ʿalā bābi-n nabiyyi Muḥammadin / wa man fātanī lam ulfa min dhāka a’safu_

I have remained devoted at the door of the Prophet Muhammad, and whoever I have missed, I do not find myself regretful for that.

**14.** إِذَا مَا صَفَــا لِي الْمُنْحَمِنَّــا فَإِنَّنِــي / كَقَاصِدِ كَافُورٍ بَلْ أَعْلَى وَأَشْـرَفُ

_Idhā mā ṣafā liy al-munḥaminna fa-innanī / ka-qāṣidi Kāfūrin bal aʿlā wa ashrafu_

If the Bestower is pure for me, then I am like one seeking the finest musk, rather even higher and more noble.

**15.** خَرِفِي شِتَائِي الدَّهْرَ ذِكْــرُ مُحَمَّدٍ / وَمَدْحُكَ عِنْدِي مَرْبَعٌ وَمُصَيَّفُ

_Kharifī shitā’ī-d dahra dhikru Muḥammadin / wa madḥuka ʿindī marbaʿun wa muṣayyafu_

My autumn and my winter throughout time are the remembrance of Muhammad, and your praise is to me a spring and summer dwelling.

**16.** وَنَوْمِي وَبَعْثِي فِي شُهُودِ نَبِيِّنَا / سَـــــوَاءٌ فَلِلْأَغْيَــارِ لاَ أَتَشَـوَّفُ

_Wa nawmī wa baʿthī fī shuhūdi nabiyyinā / sawā’un fa-li-l aghyāri lā atashawwafu_

My sleep and my resurrection in the witnessing of our Prophet are equal, for I do not look toward others.

**17.** عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ لاَ أَرَى غَيْرَ أَحْمَــدٍ / جَمِيلاً كَرِيمًا يُجْزِلُ النَّيْلَ يَعْطِــفُ

_ʿAlā kulli ḥālin lā arā ghayra Aḥmada / jamīlan karīman yujzilu-n nayla yaʿṭifu_

In every state, I see none but Ahmad, beautiful and generous, bestowing gifts abundantly and with affection.

**18.** وَعِيدُ عَدُوِّي لَمْ يُخِفْنِي وَوَعْـــدُهُ / سَرَابٌ بِقِيعَانٍ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ يُخْلِــفُ

_Waʿīdu ʿaduwwī lam yukhifnī wa waʿduhu / sarābun bi-qīʿānin madā-d dahri yukhlifu_

The threat of my enemy did not frighten me, and his promise is a mirage in the plains that always fails.

**19.** قَلَوْنِي وَكَادُوا بَلْ جَفَوْا وَتَقَوَّلُــــوا / وَلاَ ضَيْرَ إِنِّي أَقْرَأُ الذِّكْرَ أَعْـرِفُ

_Qalawnī wa kādū bal jafaw wa taqawwalū / walā ḍayra innī aqra’u-dh dhikra aʿrifu_

They hated me and plotted, rather they turned away and spoke falsely, but there is no harm; I read the Remembrance and I know.

**20.** عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّـــدًا / وَأَتْبَاعَــهُ سَهْمِــي وَلاَ أَتَعَسَّــفُ

_ʿAlā ghayri dhanbin ghayra anna Muḥammadan / wa atbāʿahu sahmī walā ataʿassafu_

Without any sin, except that Muhammad and his followers are my portion, and I do not act unjustly.

**21.** رَضِيتُ بِرَبِّي وَالْحَنِيفَةُ مَسْلَكِـــي / إِمَامِي رَسُــــــولُ اللّٰهِ لاَ أَتَخَلَّــفُ

_Raḍītu bi-rabbī wa-l ḥanīfatu maslakī / imāmī rasūlu-llāhi lā atakhal-lafu_

I am content with my Lord and the primordial faith is my path; my Imam is the Messenger of Allah, I do not lag behind.

**22.** دَلِيلِي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ وَالْبَيْتُ قِبْلَتِـــي / نَصُومُ وَبِالْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ نُطَـوِّفُ

_Dalīlī rasūlu-llāhi wa-l baytu qiblatī / naṣūmu wa bi-l bayti-l ḥarāmi nuṭawwifu_

My guide is the Messenger of Allah and the House is my Qibla; we fast and we circumambulate the Sacred House.

**23.** نُصَلِّي سُجُودًا رَاكِعِيــــنَ وَإِنَّنَــا / عَلَى ذَا دَرَجْنَا الدَّهْرَ لاَ نَتَعَسَّفُ

_Nuṣallī sujūdan rākiʿīna wa innanā / ʿalā dhā darajnā-d dahra lā nataʿassafu_

We pray in prostration and bowing, and upon this we have grown throughout time without deviating.

**24.** وَلَسْنَا نُبَالِي بِالصَّلِيــــبِ فَلاَ نَـــرَى / سِوَى خَالِقِ الْأَكْوَانِ يُعْطِي وَيُتْحِفُ

_Walasnā nubālī bi-ṣ ṣalībi falā narā / siwā khāliqi-l akwāni yuʿṭī wa yuthifu_

We do not care for the cross, for we see none but the Creator of the universes giving and bestowing.

**25.** وَنَذْكُرُ مَوْلاَنَا الْجَلِيـــلَ تَعَرُّضًــا / لِآلاَئِـــــهِ شُكْـــــرًا وَلاَ نَتَقَشَّــــفُ

_Wa nadhkuru mawlānā-l jalīla taʿarruḍan / li-ālā’ihi shukran walā nataqash-shafu_

And we mention our Majestic Protector, seeking His favors in gratitude, and we do not live in austerity.

**26.** يَمُوتُ بِغَيْظٍ مَـــــنْ يُغِظْـــهُ فَإِنَّـــهُ / لِوَا الدِّينِ يَعْلُو سَرْمَدًا وَيُرَفْـــرِفُ

_Yamūtu bi-ghayẓin man yughiẓ-hu fa-innahu / liwā-d dīni yaʿlū sarmadan wa yuraffrifu_

May he who is enraged by it die in his rage, for the banner of the religion shall rise eternally and flutter.

**27.** فَيَا رَبِّ فَاسْلُكْ بِي صِرَاطَ مُحَمَّــدٍ / وَصَحْبِي وَأَوْلاَدِي وَمَنْ يَتَحَنَّفُ

_Fa-yā rabbi fa-sluk bī ṣirāṭa Muḥammadin / wa ṣaḥbī wa awlādī wa man yataḥannafu_

O Lord, lead me upon the path of Muhammad, and my companions, my children, and whoever follows the true faith.

**28.** وَتَغْفِرُ لِي وَالْوَالِدَيْنِ وَهَبْ لَنَـــا / دُخُولَ جِنَانٍ لاَ نَخَافُ وَنَأْسَــفُ

_Wa taghfiru lī wa-l wālidayni wa hab lanā / dukhūla jinānin lā nakhāfu wa na’safu_

And forgive me and my parents, and grant us entry into gardens where we shall not fear nor regret.

**29.** وَهَبْ لِي مُـــرَادِي فِي إِقَامَةِ دِينِ مَــنْ / نَفَى مَا سِوَى الْإِسْلاَمِ فِي الْكَوْنِ يُعْرَفُ

_Wa hab lī murādī fī iqāmati dīni man / nafā mā siwā-l islāmi fī-l kawni yuʿrafu_

And grant me my desire in establishing the religion of the one who negated all but Islam to be known in the universe.

**30.** أَمَوْلاَيَ هَــذَا الشَّيْبُ وَالْعَيْبُ زَائِدٌ / وَحُـــقَّ لِعَيْبِـــي آنَـــذَاكَ يُخَفَّــفُ

_A-mawlāya hādhā-sh shaybu wa-l ʿaybu zā’idun / wa ḥuqqa li-ʿaybī ānadhāka yukhaffafu_

O my Master, this gray hair and my faults are increasing, and it is right that my faults should now be lightened.

**31.** وَإِنْ دَامَ هَــذَا الْعَيْبُ وَالشَّيْبُ هَكَذَا / سَأَقْلَعُ شَيْبِي مِثْلَ غَيْرِي وَأَنْتِــــفُ

_Wa in dāma hādhā-l ʿaybu wa-sh shaybu hākadhā / sa-aqlaʿu shaybī mithla ghayrī wa antifu_

And if this fault and gray hair continue as such, I shall uproot my gray hair like others and pluck it.

**32.** كَمَا قَدْ أُغَطِّــي بِالْعَمَائِمِ بَعْضَـــهُ / عَلَــــى أَنَّ عِلْـــمَ اللّٰهِ لاَ يَتَوَقَّــفُ

_Kamā qad ughaṭṭī bi-l ʿamā’imi baʿḍahu / ʿalā anna ʿilma-llāhi lā yatawaqqafu_

Just as I might cover some of it with turbans, though the knowledge of Allah never ceases.

**33.** صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَى خَيْرِ هَاشِـــمٍ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ أَرْشَدُونَا وَثَقَّفُــوا

_Ṣalātun wa taslīmun ʿalā khayri Hāshimin / wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin arshadūnā wa thaqqafū_

Blessing and peace be upon the best of Hashim, and the Family and Companions who guided us and educated us.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c5363e6441e1c596212e61/chapter/69c536ae6441e1c596212e97