Kalaam

KHud fanaa ho kar mai.n karataa huu.n KHudaa.ii kaa ghamanD
mujh me.n kuchh baaqii nahii.n hai KHud-numaa.ii kaa ghamanD

Aashiq Hyderabadi

Sufi Story

Story 11-the Rules for Conduct in Life- gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Admonition 11
It is incumbent upon a padshah to give way to anger towards his slaves only so far as to retain the confidence of his friends. The fire of anger first burns him who has given cause for it and afterwards the flame may or may not reach the foe.

Saadi Shirazi

Naat-o-Manqabat

ne'amat ke jis bisaat par rizvaa.n ko hai ghamanD
hai ek reza-KHvaan-e-janaab-e-amiir kaa

Khwaja Nasiruddin Chishti

Ghazal

kis baat par hai paikar-e-KHaakii tujhe ghamanD
do din kii zindagii bhii to naa-paa.edaar hai

Bholanath Mael

Sufi Story

Story 16-the Effects of Education- gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Oppress him not, grieve not his heart.
Thou hast purchased him for ten dirhems

Saadi Shirazi

Kalaam

apnii gardish pe bahut hai tujhe ai charKH ghamanD
jab mai.n jaanuu.n ki shab-e-Gam kii sahar paidaa kar

Ameer Minai

Sufi Story

Story 14-the Rules for Conduct in Life- gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Whoever gives advice to a self-willed man stands himself in need of advice.
Admonition 14

Saadi Shirazi

Kalaam

'turaab' aazaad ho Gam se miTe ye ra.nj 'aalam se
ghamanD us kaa ba.Dhe maulaa terii banda-navaazii par

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Kalaam

kis ne us kii kunh paa.ii kis ko 'irfaa.n par ghamanD
yuu.n to hai.n saahib nazar aur jaane pahchaane hazaar

Kamil Shattari

Ghazal

bahut piirii me.n daanaa.ii kaa thaa tujh ko ghamanD ai dil
junuu.n me.n haath se la.Dko.n ke dekhaa sar tiraa TuuTaa

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Naat-o-Manqabat

kaun se ilm pe hai tujh ko ghamanD ai 'akbar'
mai.n to aagaah huu.n tujh se tujhe kyaa aataa hai

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Ghazal

mile hai 'dard' us ke saath to dekhaa Gariibii hai
ghamanD us ke jo thaa jii me.n so ab shaayad gayaa niklaa

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

jo Gariib dil ko ba.Dhaa sake jo ghamanD sar ko jhukaa sake
mirii aarzuu-e-nasiib ban mirii lekhnii ke tu fan me.n aa

Kamta Prasad Hosh

Sufi Story

Story 16-the Rules for Conduct in Life- gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Unless an orator's defects are mentioned by someone, his good points will not be praised.
Be not proud of the beauty of thy speech,

Saadi Shirazi

Sufi Proverb

chashm-e-buzurgaa.n tan.g mii-shavad

Great men’s eyes are narrow (i.e. Great men look so proudly on their inferiors that they do not often recognize them).

Oral Tradition

Sufi Story

Story 7- The Morals of Dervishes - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Because he has the veil of conceit in front.
If he were endowed with a God-discerning eye

Saadi Shirazi