Ghazal

kahaa.n hai jeb aur daaman kahaa.n hai
junuu.n se puuchh ab kyuu.n mehrbaa.n hai

Abdul Lateef Shauq

Kalaam

KHayaal chaahiye ye zeb-e-tan rahe na rahe
Guruur-e-husn ai naazuk-badan rahe na rahe

Unknown

Kalaam

kaun saa gul hai nahii.n jo zeb-e-daamaan-e-bahaar
kaun saa Guncha nahii.n guu-e-girebaan-e-bahaar

Ameer Minai

Ghazal

chaak haatho.n se hai jeb ashko.n se tar hai daaman
jeb naazaa.n hai yahaa.n aur vahaa.n daamaa.n naazaa.n

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Sufi Proverb

har ki tahii kiisa tar aasuudah tar

The emptier a person’s purse the less his care.

Oral Tradition

Bait

surma jo zeb-e-chashm-e-siyah fam ho gaya

surma jo zeb-e-chashm-e-siyah faam ho gayaa
fitna-savaar-e-ablaq-e-ayyaam ho gayaa

Nisar Akbarabadi

Ghazal

sub.h hone aa.ī raat āḳhir huī
bas kahāñ tak shoḳhiyāñ machlā.iyāñ

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Ghazal

ai junuu.n jeb me.n tire haatho.n
ek bhii taar KHush nahii.n aataa

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

haath mere hai.n muft me.n badnaam
jeb ye taar-taar tujh se hai

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

Ghazal

apnaa junuu.n me.n madd-e-muqaabil nahii.n kahii.n
daaman kahii.n jeb kahii.n aastii.n kahii.n

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Masnavi

rahmatast ii.n sar bar aavurda za jeb
andar aa maadar ba-bii.n burhaan-e-haq

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

garam jurm biinii ma-kun aib-e-man
tu.ii sarbar-aaurd az jeb-e-man

Saadi Shirazi

Persian Sufi Poetry

chu.n bar aa.vurdem sar az jeb-e-'ishq
'shams' raa baa-dalq-e-aadam soKHtem

Rumi

Ghazal

vo bhii vaqt aayaa thaa jab vo zeb-e-fraaz-e-baam hu.e
lekin taab-e-diid kise thii ahl-e-nazar naakaam hu.e

Sadiq Dehlvi

Persian Kalam

ba-juz chiize ki daadii man che daaram
che mii-jo.ii ze-jeb-o-aastiinam

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-juz chiize ki daadii man che daaram
che mii-jo.ii ze-jeb-o-aastiinam

Rumi