Sufi Proverb

naadaan raa be az KHaamoshii niist

For an ignorant person there is nothing better than silence.

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

duniyaa pe bharosa karataa hai naadaan kahii.n dhoka hogaa
ik chaltii phirtii chhaa.o.n hai ye ma.aluum nahii.n kal kyaa hogaa

Kamil Shattari

Naat-o-Manqabat

ai naadaan sambhal kar chal bharosa kyaa hai duniyaa kaa
na tuu itnaa machal kar chal bharosa kyaa hai duniyaa kaa

Ali Ahmad

Ghazal

dil jaisaa naadaan na dekhaa
Gair kaa saathii apnaa dushman

Aslam Sandelvi

Raga Based Poetry

hamka kahe ko chheDat har aan

jo mai.n jitnii piit na kartii
tum baalam ho ba.De naadaan

Makhdoom Khadim Safi

Sawan

sayyaa.n more bahiyaa.n naa chhaa.n.Do ho
abhii.n to huu.n mai.n naadaan

Makhdoom Khadim Safi

Kalaam

jaane kyaa is nazar ne samjhaayaa
saKHt naadaan ho gayaa hai dil

Saifuddin Saif

Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

tagrag ast ham sa.ngcha zhaala olaa
chuu ziirak syaanaa va naadaan bholaa

Amir Khusrau

Naat-o-Manqabat

tirii siirat me.n jo kaj Dhuu.nDte hai.n
vo hai.n naadaan mahbuub-e-ilaahii

Noorul Hasan Noor

Kalaam

rahe hoshiyaarii ki naadaan sun kar
hamii.n se hamaaraa gilaa ho rahaa hai

Talib

Ghazal

hai taa.at pe maGruur naadaan zaahid
tare sub.ha me.n raam daanaa nahii.n hai

Shah Ameen Ahmad Firdausi

Kalaam

shaan sub.haan hai insaan bane baiThe hai.n
daanaa daanista hai.n naadaan bane baiThe hai.n

Akbar Warsi Meerthi

Ghazal

ba.Dii gahirii chhantii thii naadaan dil se
ba.De yaar Gaaraan ke paikaa.n hu.e hai.n

Riyaz Khairabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

naadaan dekh le mere aaqaa kaa mo'jiza
kaafuur dard ho gayaa un ke lu’aab se

Owais Raza Amber

Masnavi

bayaan-e-kHasaarat-e-vaziir dar ii.n makar
ham-chu shah naadaan-o-Gaafil bud vaziir

Rumi

Doha

winay malika - nahin sanjam nahin sadhna nahin tirath barat dan

nahi sanjam nahi saadhnaa nahi tiirath barat daan
maat bharose rahat hai jayo.n baalak naadaan

Daya Bai

Persian Sufi Poetry

chunaa.n kaa.n gabr yazdaa.n va ahrman guft
hamii naadaan-e-ahmaq maa-o-man guft

Mahmood Shabistari