sher

nahii.n chaltii ko.ii tadbiir Gam me.n
yahī kyaa kam hai jo aa.nsuu ravaa.n hai

Benazir Shah Warsi

sher

nahii.n chaltii ko.ii tadbiir Gam me.n
yahī kyaa kam hai jo aa.nsuu ravaa.n hai

Benazir Shah Warsi

Kalaam

go zindagi-e-zāhid-e-be-chāra abas hai
itnā hai ki rahtī to hai tadbīr vazū kī

Mirza Ghalib

Persian Kalam

che tadbiir ai muslamaanaa.n ki man KHud raa namii-daanam
na tarsaa-o-yahuudii.am na gabram ne musalmaanam

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

guftam ki KHataa kardii va tadbiir na ii.n buud
guftaa che tavaa.n kard ki taqdiir chunii.n buud

Hafiz

Ghazal

kab tiraa diivaana aave qaid me.n tadbiir se
juu.n sadaa niklaa hii chaahe kHaana-e-zanjiir se

Khwaja Meer Dard

Persian Sufi Poetry

che tadbiir ai musalmaanam ki man KHud raa namii-daanam
na tarsaa-o-yahuudiyam na gabram na musalmaanam

Rumi

Ghazal

qatl-e-'aashiq ke liye tadbiir pahle aur thii
ab adaa hai naazukii shamshiir pahle aur thii

Qabil Bandvi

Ghazal

gaaliyaa.n de kar bajaa.e qum ke ai rashk-e-masiih
aap ne mere jalaa.e hai.n na.ii tadbiir se

Bedam Shah Warsi

Ghazal

ishve se Gamze se shoKHii se adaa se naaz se
miTne vaalaa huu.n miTaa diije kisii tadbiir se

Bedam Shah Warsi

Kalaam

use kyaa paa.oge paane kii KHud tadbiir ulTii hai
shikaarii kii kamaa.n me.n dekh lo KHud tiir ulTii hai

Azizuddin Rizwan Qadri

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai zaahidaa.n ai zaahidaa.n taa chand zii.n tadbiir-haa
ai Gaafilaa.n ai Gaafilaa.n taa chand zii.n hirs-o-havaa

Rumi

Sufi Proverb

KHud karda raa tadbiir niist

One cannot avoid the consequences of one’s own act.
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

māna-e-dasht-navardī koī tadbīr nahīñ
ek chakkar hai mire paañv meñ zanjīr nahīñ

Mirza Ghalib

Rubai

andesha-e-tadbiir-e-tuu paayast ba-sa.ng
dar besha-e-andesha nihaa.n ast pala.ng

Sarmad Kashani

sher

mujh ko mil jaaye to tadbiir-e-tasallii puuchhuu.n
tuu ne jis aa.nkh se aashiq kaa ta.Dapnaa dekhaa

Muztar Khairabadi