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Sharru 1-biḻaadi – Dada Masiti – Chimiini

1. Sharru 1-biḻaadi yazuuru ba ‘iid ‘anna 

Insha Aḻḻaahu bi Sheekhi Shariif Aḻi

2. Ghaffaaru dhunuubi Sattaaru I-‘uyuubi

Iḻaahana kuwa mi ni maghani

3. Ni maghani ya Jabbaari menye kuwa 

mu’dhi kuwa ye dhiḻḻa dhaḻiḻani

4. Ibnu Nadhiiri sheekhu ḻ-kabiiri sayyidina 

na wiikuḻawo waná kanzi na amaḻi

5. Kanzi na khazaana wanaayo dhurri yaawo washishiḻe kuḻḻa kheeri na amaḻi

6. Ni muriidiwo Abduḻqaadiri 

chikhuḻoomba mraadi ni sahaḻi

7. Ka kuḻḻa daḻi muriidi chondroḻeḻe 

chirudiḻe kana awaḻi

8. Chirudiḻe kana asiiḻi 

ka barkazo sheekhi ḻ-kummaḻi

9. Sheekhu ḻ-kummaḻi ka barkazo 

ka nasri ye hachiḻiwaḻi

10. Hachiḻiwaḻi ka nasri ye 

chiwaako kuḻe hukasa hadaaḻi

11. Na wazeeḻewa ni wenye nguvu 

Sayyid Omari na Mahadaḻi

12. Na Mahadaḻi ni mukanifu 

vuunziḻe miti na majabaḻi

13. Miti na mawe yachivuundika 

ka ghadabu za guhati na ukaḻi

14. Ni musannifu Binti Haashimi 

ni dhurriya ya Nabiyi mushaffaa’i

15. Ni dhurriya ua Nabiya mushaffaa’i 

chonye nuuru za Ummi ḻ-Hasani

16. Ummi 1-Hasani chisimamiḻe 

si schoḻoka beeţi sho wahaḻi

17. Si schoḻoka beeţi sho suhuuba 

na damasho ya haḻi na amaḻi

18. Chisimamiḻe Binti Haashimi 

ni moosimu chipo madaḻi

19. Ni moosimu chipo mudaḻiye 

jiha na ngozi iweḻe mbaḻi

20. Jiha na ngozi igadishiiḻe 

ntachina nkeḻe waḻa hadaḻi

21. Rabbi nakhuḻoomba kumpa makaani ya makaaḻo keendra sujuuda qabḻa aḻ-ajaḻi

22. Teena ka barka za Taaha na Yaasiini 

ndiyo nguzo na garangaari

23. Ka barka zote za ma’ina 

Abubakari na Omari

24. Ka baraka za Uthmaani waḻiyuḻḻaahi 

na Aḻiyi ibni Heydhari

25. Ka baraka za aaḻi na saahbihi 

saḻḻu ‘aḻa Sayyidina Muhammadi

The evil that plagues the country- Dada Masiti – Translated by Alessandra Vianello, Lidwien Kapteijns and Mohamed Kassim

1. May the evil that plagues the country be averted from us, 

if God wills, through Sheikh Sharif Ali.

2. O Forgiver of sins, O Veiler of failings, 

Our Lord, I take refuge with You.

3. I take refuge with the Almighty from those 

who wish me harm, for He [can] shelter me in His shade.

4. O Ibn Nazir, great Sheikh, our Sayyid, 

your grandchildren have treasures and riches,

5. As their offspring have treasures and riches. They are steadfast in good deeds and virtuous behaviour.

6. I am your follower, O ‘Abdulqadir. 

When I beseech you, my wish is easily fulfilled.

7. Lift [this evil] from all our lands, 

take us back to how we were before.

8. Change our condition back to how it was in the beginning, 

by your miraculous powers, O perfect Sheikh.

9. O perfect Sheikh, [use] your miraculous powers for us! 

When we seek victory, he does not forget us.

10. He does not forget us when we seek victory; 

he hears our voices even from afar.

11. And my forefathers are powerful: 

Sayyid ‘Umar and Mahadali.

12. And Mahadali is a great protector. 

He felled trees and levelled mountains.

13. Trees and boulders split 

because of [his] unrestrained anger.

14. [They] are part of the progeny of Bint Hashim 

[and] she is the offspring of the Prophet, the Intercessor,

15. the offspring of the Prophet, the Intercessor. 

Show us your light, O Mother of Hassan.

16. O Mother of Hassan, stand up for us 

when we go to the abode in which one has no companion,

17. when we go to the abode in which no one provides 

   company 

and there is no display of [former] status or condition.

18. Stand up for us, Bint Hashim, 

[for] the time when we will all be gathered together has 

come.

19. The time for the great gathering has come. 

[My] face and outwards appearance have changed.

20. [Our] faces and appearance have completely changed 

[and] we have [even] lost the strength to speak out loud.

21. O Lord, I beg You to give me a dwelling place 

where I can bow down in prayer before the appointed 

time of my death,

22. through the barakah of Taha and Yāsīn, 

which is indeed a pillar of support,

23. [and] all the blessings associated with the names 

of Abü Bakr and ‘Umar;

24. Through the blessings of ‘Uthman, the wali of God, 

and of Ali, the son of Haydar,

25. [and] the intercession of the Prophet’s family and 

Companions. 

Blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad.