Naat-o-Manqabat

udhar eqtidaar usii kaa hai
qadam ustuvaar usii kaa hai

Ameer Minai

Salam

darii.n dahr naam ast go bad-shi’aar
giraftam magar daamanat ustuvaar

Aughat Shah Warsi

Ghazal

dil ne bhulā bhulā ke tirī bevafā.iyāñ
phir ahd ustuvār kiyā haa.e kyā kiyā

Behzad Lakhnavi

Ghazal

jo ho zarf-e-mai-kash hii naa-ustuvaar
kariimii-e-piir-e-muGaa.n kyaa kare

Behzad Lakhnavi

Naat-o-Manqabat

KHiffat-e-’ijz se kufr aur niguu.n-saar hu.aa
ustuvaar aur hu.ii satvat-e-iimaa.n tujh se

Sufi Tabassum

Persian Kalam

hargiz ma-pech gardan-e-tasliim ze-amr-e-dost
chuu.n koh dar tariiq-e-razaa ustuvaar baash

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Kalaam

tirī nāzukī se jaanā ki bañdhā thā ahd bodā
kabhī tū na toḌ saktā agar ustuvār hotā

Mirza Ghalib

Nazm

nisar main teri galiyon ke

jo tujh se ahd-e-vafaa ustuvaar rakhte hai.n
ilaaj-e-gardish-e-lail-o-nahaar rakhte hai.n

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Ghazal

havaa-e-gul me.n na parvaa-e-KHaar ham karte
rah-e-talab me.n qadam ustuvaar ham karte

Hasrat Mohani

Ghazal

KHuu-e-jafaa parast ko aur tuu ustuvaar kar
qalb ko muztarib banaa ruuh ko be-qaraar kar

Nakhshab Jarchawi

Naat-o-Manqabat

kisii bhii kHitta-e-arzii pe haasil ho tumhe.n maskan
ta.alluq apnaa un se ustavaar-o-mo'tabar rakho

Rais Ahmad Numani

Persian Sufi Poetry

az hadiis-e-ishq-baazaa.n ma-zan bar KHiira laaf
taa tuu andar band-e-ishq-e-KHvesh maandii ustuvaar

Hakeem Sanai

Naat-o-Manqabat

rishta-e-daaG-e-jabii.n ho sa.ng-e-dar se ustuvaar
hai yahii ab ’ahd-o-paimaa.n hazrat-e-piir-e-mujib

Shah Helal Ahmad

Persian Sufi Poetry

dil-e-man gar ba-suuyat shud na-daarii ustuvaar uu raa
ki aa.n be-gaana vaqtii aashnaa buudast baa man ham

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Story

Story 28 - The Manners of Kings - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

But the shepherd for the service of it.
Today thou beholdest one man prosperous

Saadi Shirazi