Sufi Proverb

ze naapaak zaada madaariid umiid. keh zangii ba-shastan nagardad safed

ze naapaak zaada madaariid umiid. keh zangii ba-shastan nagardad safed

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

jaada-e-duzd zada taa chehal roz aeman ast

After an attack by highwaymen, a road is safe for forty days.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

ai mire dil dha.Dak na yuu.n TuuT na jaa.e ye fusuu.n
bhed bhare hai.n raaste jaada-e-aasmaa.n ke ba.ad

Saima Zaidi

Naat-o-Manqabat

banaa hai faiz-e-jahaa.ngiirii valiiullaah kaa jo.Daa
ra.ngaa hai qaadrii ra.ng me.n naqiibullaah kaa jo.Daa

Fana Bulandshahri

sher

har suurat-e-marg-o-ziist apnī hai judaa
us lab ne jilaayaa thaa adaa ne maaraa

Ameer Minai

Kalaam

dikhlaa ke jhalak chamkaa ke palak dil-bar-o-zaman jaaduu nazarii
man chhiin liyo tan chhiin liyo tarke shifaa kii ’ishva-garii

Unknown

Persian Sufi Poetry

savaal
qadiim-o-mohdis az ham chuu.n judaa shud

Mahmood Shabistari

Persian Kalam

sifaat-o-zaat chuu az ham judaa namii biinam
ba-har-che mii-nigram juz KHudaa namii biinam

Unknown

Ghazal

jaada-e-tavakkul bhii ik ajiib jaada thaa
mai.n jidhar bhii jaataa thaa Thokaro.n me.n duniyaa thii

Seemab Akbarabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

abr mii-baarad va man mii-shavam az yaar judaa
chuu.n kunam dil ba-chunii.n roz ze-dildaar judaa

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

ze chashm-e-yaar jaaduu aafriidand
qazaa az Gamza-e-uu aafriidand

Aziz Safipuri

Persian Kalam

taa judaa gashta-e-zemaa sanamaa
ba-ka-til-aino fii havaa-ka damaa

Saadi Shirazi

Kalaam

hu.e judaa.ii se terii be-KHud tujhe hamaaraa KHayaal kyaa hai
usii tamannaa me.n miT ga.e ham kabhii na puuchhaa ki haal kyaa hai

Unknown

Rubai

daryaab ki az ruuh judaa KHvaahii raft
dar parda-e-asraar-e-KHudaa KHvaahii raft

Omar Khayyam

Kalaam

yaar meraa judaa nahii.n mujh se
duur meraa KHudaa nahii.n mujh se

Aashiq Hyderabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

hai judaa jahaa.n me.n sab se terii shaan mere aaqaa
terii 'azmato.n kaa maz.har hai qur.aan mere aaqaa

Khwaja Shayan Hasan

Ghazal

mil gayaa Gairo.n se jhaT ham se judaa.ii kar gayaa
be-vafaa thaa jab to aisii bevafaa.ii kar gayaa

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Kalaam

jism damaktaa zulf ghanerii ra.ngii.n lab aa.nkhe.n jaaduu
sa.ng-e-marmar uudaa baadal surKH shafaq hairaa.n aahuu

Jawed Akhtar

Kalaam

ai teG-e-yaar mil ke gale se judaa na ho
ab ruuThne kaa vaqt nahii.n hai KHafaa na ho

Ameer Minai

Bait

ye wahm-e-sarasar hai juda juzw hai kul se

ye vahm-e-saraasar hai judaa juzv hai kul se
qatra nahii.n hotaa to samandar nahii.n hotaa

Athar Niazi