sher

kitne kam-zarf duniyaa me.n vo log hai.n ik zaraa Gam milaa aa.nkh nam ho ga.ii
Gam bhii allaah kii ik ba.Dii den hai hauslaa chaahiye zabt-e-Gam ke liye

Mahirul Qadri

Kalaam

KHaalii ho jo suraahii khanaktii zaruur hai
kam-zarf kii sharaab chhalaktii zaruur hai

Unknown

Kalaam

qais kam-zarf thaa farhaad ta.ng-hausla thaa
dil lagii ham to samajhte hai.n lagaanaa dil kaa

Ameer Minai

Kalaam

ye mai-kada hai shaiKH-e-haram apne raah le
kam-zarf ko idhar kabhii aanaa na chaahiye

Muhammad Samie

Ghazal

kam-zarf nahii.n huu.n ki bahak jaa.uu.n nazar se
ik tajraba kar liijiye ye mai bhii pilaa ke

Kamil Shattari

Kalaam

saahil kii bahut fikr na kar ai dil-e-kam-zarf
bahr-e-Gam-e-ulfat kaa kinaara nahii.n hotaa

Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani

Ghazal

kam se kam itnaa buzurgo.n kaa asar rakhte hai.n
yaar ko apne manaane kaa hunar rakhte hai.n

Riyaz Ahmad

Geet

ye dil kii lagii kam kyaa hogii ye 'ishq bhalaa kam kyaa hogaa
jab raat hai.n aisii matvaalii phir sub.h kaa 'aalam kyaa hogaa

Shakeel Badayuni

Ghazal

kaif-o-kam ko dekh use be-kaif-o-kam kahne lage
jab huduus apnaa khulaa raaz-e-qadam kahne lage

Khwaja Meer Dard

Naat-o-Manqabat

madiine vaale aaqaa ye to hasrat kam se kam nikle
tumhaaraa ruu-e-anvar dekh kar aa.nkho.n kaa dam nikle

Behzad Lakhnavi

Ghazal

kam nahii.n hotii hai ulfat kii jalan paanii me.n
lag ke phir bujhtii nahii.n hai ye agan paanii me.n

Rafeeq Ashrafi

Sufi Proverb

hisaab-e- KHud na kam giir-o- na afzoo.n

Claim neither less nor more than your due.

Oral Tradition

Rubai

kam-asl kii auqaat badaltii dekhii
din hii na phire raat badaltii dekhii

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Ghazal

ruu-e-taabaa.n yaar kaa KHurshiid se kuchh kam nahii.n
kab KHajil us kii ziyaa se nayyar-e-a’azam nahii.n

Bahram ji

Sufi Proverb

taaruf kam kun-o-bar mablaG afZaay

Less of your courtesy and more of your purse.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

terii baKHshii hu.ii har musiibat ham ko raahat se kuchh kam nahii.n hai
maut hai maut vo zindagii bhii jis kaa haasil teraa Gam nahii.n hai

Kashfi Lakhnavi

Ghazal

niklii falak se kam kisii saa.el kii aarzuu
phir us pe aarzuu bhii mire dil kii aarzuu

Dagh Dehlvi