# Harful Za'y · حَرْفُ الزَّاي

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.** زَمَانِي وَعُمْرِي لَمْ أَرَ الْبَيْتَ خَالِيَــا / خَلاَ لِيَ يَوْمِي بَيْتُ طَـــهَ مُصَافِيَــــا

_Zamānī wa ʿumrī lam ara-l bayta khāliyā / khalā liya yawmī baytu Ṭāhā muṣāfiyā_

In all my time and my life, I have never seen the House empty; today the House of Taha has become clear and pure for me.

**2.** وَكُنْتُ إِذَا مَا جِئْتُ لَيْلَى تَبَرْقَعَــتْ / كَمَا قَالَهُ مَــنْ كَانَ قَبْـــــلُ مُعَانِيَــا

_Wa kuntu idhā mā ji’tu Laylā tabarqaʿat / kamā qālahu man kāna qablu muʿāniyā_

And whenever I used to come to Layla, she would veil herself—just as was said by those who suffered before me.

**3.** وَمَا رَابَنِــي هَـــذَا السُّفُورُ لِأَنَّنِــي / أَرَاهُ قَبُولاً حَيْثُ أَقْبَلْــــتُ دَاعِيَـــا

_Wa mā rābanī hādhā-s sufūru li-anninī / arāhu qabūlan ḥaythu aqbaltu dāʿiyā_

But this unveiling does not doubt me, for I see it as an acceptance since I have approached as a supplicant.

**4.** مُحَمَّدُ يَا كَنْــــزَ الْبَرِيَّــــةِ سَيِّــدِي / وَعَيْنَ مُرَادِي نُورُهُ جَاءَ هَادِيَا

_Muḥammadu yā kanza-l bariyyati sayyidī / wa ʿayna murādī nūruhu jā’a hādiyā_

Muhammad, O treasure of creation, my master, and the essence of my desire; his light has come as a guide.

**5.** تُؤَمِّنُـــــــهُ تُعْلِيـــــهِ تُغْنِيـــهِ إِنَّـــهُ / مَدَى الدَّهْرِ لاَ يُلْفَى لِغَيْرِكَ رَاجِيَا

_Tu’amminuhu tuʿlīhi tughnīhi innahu / madā-d dahri lā yulfā li-ghayrika rājiyā_

You grant him safety, you elevate him, you enrich him; for throughout time, he is never found hoping in anyone but you.

**6.** فَإِنَّكَ بَـــابُ اللّٰهِ خَــازِنُ فَضْلِــهِ / رَؤُوفًا رَحِيمًا طَالَمَا فَكَّ عَانِيَـا

_Fa-innaka bābu-llāhi khāzinu faḍlihi / ra’ūfan raḥīman ṭālamā fakka ʿāniyā_

For you are the door to Allah, the treasurer of His bounty; most kind, most merciful, who has long released the captive.

**7.** فَمَنْ زَارَكُمْ حَقًّا يَنَلْ فَــوْقَ سُؤْلِــهِ / يَؤُبْ غَانِمًا مَرْفُوعَ رَأْسٍ وَعَالِيَا

_Fa-man zārakum ḥaqqan yanal fawqa su’lihi / ya’ub ghāniman marfūʿa ra’sin wa ʿāliyā_

Whoever visits you truly attains more than his request; he returns with spoils, his head held high and exalted.

**8.** وَمَنْ زَارَكُمْ يَظْفَرْ كَــذَا بِشَفَاعَةٍ / تُعِزُّ ذَلِيـــــلاً إِذْ تُقَـــرِّبُ قَاصِيَــا

_Wa man zārakum yaẓfar kadhā bi-shafāʿatin / tuʿizzu dhalīlan idh tuqarribu qāṣiyā_

And whoever visits you triumphs likewise with an intercession that honors the humiliated and brings near the distant.

**9.** عَلَيْــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / أَبَا الْكَوْنِ وَالْأَجْوَادِ فَانْظُرْ لِحَالِيَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / abā-l kawni wa-l ajwādi fa-nẓur li-ḥāliyā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, O father of the universe and the generous ones; so look upon my state.

**10.** يَلُومُونَنِي إِذْ شَابَ فَوْدِي وَلَمْ أَزَلْ / أَسِيـــرَ غَـــرَامٍ لَمْ أُبَــلْ بِمَلاَمِيَــا

_Yalūmūnanī idh shāba fawdī wa lam azal / asīra gharāmin lam ubal bi-malāmiyā_

They blame me as the hair at my temples has turned gray, yet I remain a prisoner of infatuation, unbothered by my censurers.

**11.** فَشَيْبٌ وَتَهْيَــامٌ وَوَجْـــدٌ وَلَوْعَــةٌ / عَلَى غَيْرِ مَحْبُوبِي تُعَــدُّ مَسَـاوِيَــا

_Fa-shaybun wa tahyāmun wa wajdun wa lawʿatun / ʿalā ghayri maḥbūbī tuʿaddu masāwiyā_

Gray hair, dazed yearning, ecstasy, and burning passion—if for other than my beloved, they would be counted as faults.

**12.** عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــهُ / بِبَابِكَ ضَيْفٌ قَدْ طَوَى الْأَرْضَ سَارِيَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / bi-bābika ḍayfun qad ṭawa-l arḍa sāriyā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; at your door is a guest who has traversed the earth, traveling by night.

**13.** عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ الْمَنْصُورَ مَنْ جَاءَ مَاحِيَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / abā-l Qāsimi-l manṣūra man jā’a māḥiyā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, O father of Qasim, the victorious one, who came as the eraser (of misguidance).

**14.** عَلَيْــكَ أَمِيــــنَ اللّٰهِ عَاقِــبَ رُسْلِــهِ / بَشِيرًا نَذِيرًا نَاصِرَ الْحَــقِّ حَامِيَـا

_ʿAlayka amīna-llāhi ʿāqiba ruslihi / bashīran nadhīran nāṣira-l ḥaqqi ḥāmiyā_

Upon you, O trustworthy one of Allah, the final successor of His messengers; a bringer of glad tidings, a warner, a helper of Truth, and a protector.

**15.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / صَبَاحِي لِطَـــهَ الْهَاشِمِي وَمَسَائِيَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / ṣabāḥī li-Ṭāhā-l hāshimiyyi wa masā’iyā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; my morning is for Taha the Hashemite, and so is my evening.

**16.** عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَجِئْتُ بِمَدْحِي مُنْشِئًا بَاتَ حَاكِيَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa ji’tu bi-madḥī munshi’an bāta ḥākiyā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I have come with my praise, composing and narrating.

**17.** عَلَيْـــــكَ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـهُ / لَكَ اللّٰهُ لاَ أُلْفَـــى لِعَهْــدِكَ نَاسِيَــا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / laka-llāhu lā ulfā li-ʿahdika nāsiyā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; by Allah, I shall never be found forgetting your covenant.

**18.** خَلاَ لِيَ وَجْهُ الْمُصْطَفَى الْقَرْمِ هَلْ تَرَى / يَجُــــــودُ بِسُؤْلِــــي الْهَاشِمِــيُّ مُحَابِيَــا

_Khalā liya wajhu-l muṣṭafa-l qarmi hal tarā / yajūdu bi-su’li-l hāshimiyyu muḥābiyā_

The countenance of the noble Mustafa has become clear for me; do you see the Hashemite granting my request with favor?

**19.** عَلَيْكَ مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَا قَالَ عَاشِــــقٌ / خَلاَ لِيَ يَوْمِي بَيْتُ طَــــهَ مُصَافِيَا

_ʿAlayka madā-l ayyāmi mā qāla ʿāshiqun / khalā liya yawmī baytu Ṭāhā muṣāfiyā_

Upon you throughout the days, as long as a lover says: Today the House of Taha has become clear and pure for me.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c537196441e1c596212efe/chapter/69c538356441e1c596212f25