Ghazal

mohabbat hii fanaa ke ba.ad bhii ba-ruu-e-kaar aa.ii
na mujh ko dii.n raas aayaa na duniyaa saaz-gaar aa.ii

Seemab Akbarabadi

Nazm

Shikwa

kyuu.n ziyaa.n-kaar banuu.n suud-faraamosh rahuu.n
fikr-e-fardaa na karuu.n mahv-e-Gam-e-dosh rahuu.n

Allama Iqbal

Rubai

ai shaikH-e-fareb-kaar ai kHaana-tabaah
kyuu.n KHalq-e-KHudaa ko kar rahaa hai gumraah

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Rubai

gar muttaqiiyam kaar bayaar ast maraa
baa sub.ha-o-zunnaar che kaar ast maraa

Sarmad Kashani

Naat-o-Manqabat

mai.n banda-e-'aasii huu.n KHataa-kaar huu.n maulaa
lekin tirii rahmat kaa talab-gaar huu.n maulaa

Unknown

Sufi Proverb

cheraaGe keh uu Kanaa raushan kunad-ba-ruKhat uuftad kaar-e- dushman kunad

The lamp which gives light to the houses, should it fall on one’s garments, will act as an enemy.

Oral Tradition

Bait

kun se to nahin chalte insan ke kar-KHane

kun se to nahii.n chalte insaa.n ke kaar-KHaane
tadbiir se 'amal se bante hai.n sab zamaane

Muhammad Samie

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-rau ba-kaar-e-KHud ai vaa.iz ii.n che fariyaad ast
maraa fitaada dil az kaf turaa che uftaad ast

Hafiz

Ghazal

dhoke pe dhokaa khaa.e jaa 'ishq ko saada kaar kar
husn ke dil me.n ghar banaa husn par e'tibaar kar

Nakhshab Jarchawi

Naat-o-Manqabat

mujh KHataa-kaar saa insaan madiine me.n rahe
ban ke sarkaar kaa mehmaan madiine me.n rahe

Aazam Chishti

Kalaam

kHush-ra.ng-o-sehar-kaar nazzaaro.n ko kyaa hu.aa
allaah is chaman kii bahaaro.n ko kyaa hu.aa

Altaf Mashhadi

Rubai

had bhar kaa ziyaa.n-kaar siyahkaar huu.n mai.n
ummat me.n ba.Daa sab se gunahgaar huu.n mai.n

Mustafa Raza Khan

Rubai

'sarmad' kaar-e-ilaah lutf-o-karam ast
az maa'siyat-o-siyaah-kaarii che Gam ast

Sarmad Kashani

Sufi Proverb

aatiish niishaandan va aKHgar guuzashtan kaar-e- KHirad mandaa.n niist

A wise man does not extinguish a fire and leave the embers.

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

salaah-e-kaar kujaa-o-man-e-KHaraab kujaa
ba-bii.n tafaavut-e-rah az kujaast taa-ba-kujaa

Hafiz

Ghazal

shaan-e-vafaa to hai agar kaar-e-vafaa na ho sakaa
sar ko jhukaa.e rakh agar sajda adaa na ho sakaa

Nakhshab Jarchawi

Ghazal

jabiin-e-shauq itnii shariik-e-kaar ho jaa.e
jahaa.n sajda karuu.n mai.n aastaan-e-yaar ho jaa.e

Afqar Mohani

sher

be-faa.eda alam nahii.n be-kaar Gam nahii.n
taufiiq de KHudaa to ye nemat bhii kam nahii.n

Jigar Moradabadi

Persian Kalam

aashiq-e-yaaram maraa baa-kufr-o-baa-iimaa.n che kaar
tishnaa-e-dardam maraa baa-vasl-o-baa-hijraa.n che kaar

Hafiz