# Harful Laam · حَرْفُ اللَّام

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.** لَقَدْ عَادَنِي شَوْقِــي الْمُبَرِّحُ مَا لِيَــا / وَقَدْ نَــامَ جَارَاتِي وَأُصْبِـحُ وَاعِيَا

_Laqad ʿādanī shawqi-l mubarriḥu mā liyā / wa qad nāma jārātī wa uṣbiḥu wāʿiyā_

My agonizing longing has returned to me, what is wrong with me? while my neighbors have slept, I remain awake and conscious.

**2.** حَنِينًا إِلَى مَوْلَى الرِّسَالَةِ مَنْ غَــدَا / شَفِيعَ الْوَرَى وَالْكُلُّ يَرْجُوهُ وَافِيَــا

_Ḥanīnan ilā mawla-r risālati man ghadā / shafīʿa-l warā wa-l kullu yarjūhu wāfiyā_

Yearning for the Master of the Message, who has become the intercessor for all creation, and everyone hopes for his fulfillment.

**3.** بَنُو الْبِضْعِ وَالْخَمْسِينَ هَلْ لِبُكَائِهِــمْ / لِشَـــــوْقٍ دَوًا كَــلاَّ كَذَلِــكَ مَا بِيَــا

_Banū-l biḍʿi wa-l khamsīna hal li-bukā’ihim / li-shawqin dawan kallā kadhālika mā biyā_

Those in their fifties—is there any medicine for their weeping out of longing? No, and likewise is my own condition.

**4.** أَلاَ فَاعْذُرُونِي أَوْ فَلُومُوا فَلَمْ أَكَــدْ / أُمَيِّـــــزُ بَيْـــنَ الْحَالَتَيْــنِ لِحَالِيَــا

_Alā fa-ʿdhurūnī aw falūmū fa-lam akad / umayyizu bayna-l ḥālatayni li-ḥāliyā_

So excuse me or blame me, for I can hardly distinguish between the two states due to my situation.

**5.** وَمَنْ كَانَ يَدْرِي الْمُنْحَمِنَّا وَعَاقِبًا / يَرِقُّ لِحَالاَتِي وَلَــوْ كَــانَ قَالِيَـــا

_Wa man kāna yadrī-l munḥaminna wa ʿāqiban / yariqqu li-ḥālātī walaw kāna qāliyā_

Whoever knows the Bestower and the Final Successor would feel pity for my states, even if he were once my hater.

**6.** أَصِخْ لِإِشَارَاتِي فَإِنِّـيَ لَـــمْ أَبُــحْ / بِسِرِّ حَبِيبِي خَلِّ عَنْكَ سُؤَالِيَــــا

_Aṣikh li-ishārātī fa-inniya lam abuḥ / bi-sirri ḥabībī khalli ʿanka su’āliyā_

Listen closely to my signs, for I have not revealed the secret of my beloved; so leave aside your questioning of me.

**7.** أُحِبُّ الْإِلَـــهَ الْحَقَّ عَيْنَ مُحَمَّـــدٍ / أَفَـــاضَ لَــهُ مِنْــهُ إِلَيْــهِ مُدَانِيَــا

_Uḥibbu-l ilāha-l ḥaqqa ʿayna Muḥammadin / afāḍa lahu minhu ilayhi mudāniyā_

I love the True God, the very essence of Muhammad; He overflowed upon him from Himself to him, bringing him near.

**8.** فَسُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَفْقَ حَضْرَةِ قُدْسِهِ / وَسُبْحَانَ رَبِّي مَا أَجَـلَّ إِلَـهِـيَــا

_Fa-subḥāna rabbī wafqa ḥaḍrati qudsihi / wa subḥāna rabbī mā ajalla ilāhiyā_

So glory be to my Lord according to His Holy Presence, and glory be to my Lord, how majestic is my God.

**9.** إِذَا مَا تَــلاَ التَّالِــي صِفَــاتِ نَبِيِّنَــا / بِ "وَالنَّجْمِ" أَمْسَى لِلْحَقِيقَةِ دَارِيَا

_Idhā mā talā-t tālī ṣifāti nabiyyinā / bi "wa-n najmi" amsā li-l ḥaqīqati dāriyā_

When the reciter recites the attributes of our Prophet in the chapter "By the Star," he becomes aware of the ultimate reality.

**10.** قَدْ أَثْنَى عَلَيْـــــهِ رَبُّنَـــا بِكَـــلاَمِــهِ / فَمَاذَا عَسَى بَرْهَامُ يُصْبِـحُ حَاكِيَــا

_Qad athnā ʿalayhi rabbunā bi-kalāmihi / fa-mādhā ʿasā Barhāmu yuṣbiḥu ḥākiyā_

Our Lord has already praised him with His own speech; so what can Barham possibly say in narration?

**11.** فَعُولُنْ مَفَاعِيلُنْ فَعُولُـــــنْ مَفَاعِلُــنْ / مَدَى الدَّهْرِ لاَ يَأْتِي بِحَقِّكَ مَاحِيَـا

_Faʿūlun mafāʿīlun faʿūlun mafāʿilun / madā-d dahri lā ya’tī bi-ḥaqqika māḥiyā_

(The meter) Fa’ulun Mafa’ilun Fa’ulun Mafa’ilun throughout time can never fully encompass your right, O Eraser (of misguidance).

**12.** وَلَكِنَّ مَدْحَ الْمَادِحِيـــنَ تَشَفُّـــعٌ / فَيَشْفَعُ لِي طَـــهَ لِأَجْـــلِ مَقَالِيَــا

_Walākinna madḥa-l mādiḥīna tashaffuʿun / fa-yashfaʿu lī Ṭāhā li-ajli maqāliyā_

But the praise of the praisers is a seeking of intercession; so Taha will intercede for me because of my words.

**13.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / يُقَرِّبُنِي خَيْـــرُ الْبَرِيَّــةِ رَاضِيَــا

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / yuqarribunī khayru-l bariyyati rāḍiyā_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may the best of creation bring me near while being pleased.

**14.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / يُنَــــــوِّرُ أَقْطَــارَ الْبِــلاَدِ ثَنَائِيَــا

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / yunawwiru aqṭāra-l bilādi thanā’iyā_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may my eulogy enlighten the regions of the lands.

**15.** عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ وَمَنْ جَاءَ تَالِيَـا

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa ālin wa aṣḥābin wa man jā’a tāliyā_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family, the Companions, and whoever comes after.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c5363e6441e1c596212e61/chapter/69c536b06441e1c596212ea1