Persian Sufi Poetry

savaal
musaafir chuu.n buvad dar dahr kudaam-ast

Mahmood Shabistari

Naat-o-Manqabat

kuchh aise dahr me.n chhaayaa hai mai-KHaana mohammad kaa
ki har ko.ii hu.aa jaataa hai mastaana mohammad kaa

Muhammad Huzaifa

Rubai

dil shaad masho za dahr-e-faanii hargiz
gar shaahii-o-gar gadaa na-maanii hargiz

Sarmad Kashani

sher

dahr-e-faanii me.n ha.nsii kaisii KHushii kyaa chiiz hai
rone aa.e the yahaa.n do-chaar din ko ro ga.e

Sanjar Ghazipuri

sher

dahr-e-faanii me.n ha.nsii kaisii KHushii kyaa chiiz hai
rone aa.e the yahaa.n do-chaar din ko ro ga.e

Sanjar Ghazipuri

Naat-o-Manqabat

manzar fazaa-e-dahr me.n saaraa 'alii kaa hai
jis samt dekhtaa huu.n nazaara 'alii kaa hai

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Ghazal

is dahr-e-pur-aashuub me.n vo paak-nafas hai
jis ke dil-e-naazuk kii sadaa baa.ng-e-jaras hai

Sheikh Abu Saeed Safvi

Kalaam

vahii kuchh dahr me.n raaz-e-nizaam-e-dil samajhte hai.n
jo tere ishq ko kaunain kaa haasil samajhte hai.n

Mahirul Qadri

sher

agar chaahuu.n nizaam-e-dahr ko zer-o-zabar kar duu.n
mire jazbaat kaa tuufaa.n zamii.n se aasmaa.n tak hai

Wali Warsi

sher

fareb-e-rañg-o-bū-e-dahr mat khā mard-e-āqil ho
samajh ātish-kada is gulshan-e-shādāb-e-duniyā ko

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Rubai

har-chand za dast-e-dahr Gam-kash baashii
va za jaur-o-jafaa-e-charKH naa-KHush baashii

Omar Khayyam

Kalaam

ham-nafas is chaman-e-dahr me.n kam aate hai.n
buu-e-gul se kaho Thahr abhii ham aate hai.n

Maikash Akbarabadi

Sufi Proverb

Mard baayad ki dar kashaakash dahar sang zeriin aasiyaa baashad

The true man must , in the struggles of the world , be like the lower stone in the mill.

Oral Tradition

Rubai

dar dahr har aa.n ki niim-naane daarad
az bahar-e-nashist aastaane daarad

Omar Khayyam

Rubai

ai dost dar ii.n dahr niko-kaarii kun
besh az nafase niist kam aazaarii kun

Sarmad Kashani

sher

shaa.eraan-e-dahr ko ab hai pareshaanii nasiib
karte hai.n ustaad 'akmal' jam.a diivaa.n in dino.n

Ibrahim Aajiz

Ghazal

us tilism-e-dahar me.n hai.n suurat-e-diivaana ham
ho ga.e sirf talaash-e-vus.at-e-viiraana ham

Akhtar Naginvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

dahr ke haadii shaah-e-hudaa maalik-e-kausar salli-'ala
vaj.h banaa.e il-lallaah KHatm-e-payambar salli-'ala

Behzad Lakhnavi

sher

kahuu.n kyaa ki gulshan-e-dahr me.n vo ajab karishme dikhaa ga.e
kahii.n aashiqo.n ko miTaa ga.e kahii.n lan-taraanii sunaa ga.e

Akbar Warsi Meerthi

Ghazal

kahuu.n kyaa ki gulshan-e-dahr me.n vo ajab karishme dikhaa ga.e
kahii.n aashiqo.n ko miTaa ga.e kahii.n lan-taraanii sunaa ga.e

Akbar Warsi Meerthi