Sufi Proverb

har ki raa miKHwaahii bashanaasii yaa baa uu mu'aamala kun yaa safar kun

To find out the true nature of a man, either transact or travel with him.

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

darii.n dam ham-dame aamad KHamush kun
ki uu naa-gufta mii-daanad KHamush kun

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

rahame kun-o-masho ze man ai jaan-e-man judaa
tarsam ki az firaaq shud jaa.n ze tan judaa

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Persian Kalam

nasiimaa jaanib-e-bat.haa guzar kun
za ahvaalam mohammad raa KHabar kun

Jami

Bait

kun se to nahin chalte insan ke kar-KHane

kun se to nahii.n chalte insaa.n ke kaar-KHaane
tadbiir se 'amal se bante hai.n sab zamaane

Muhammad Samie

Kalaam

kun-fa-yakuun jado.n farmaayaa asaa.n bhii kole haase huu
hikke zaat sifaat rabbe dii hikke jag Dhuu.nDyaase huu

Sultan Bahu

Kaafi

kyun loD kalhaDi wichch kun kapar de

kyuu.n lo.D kalha.Dii vichch kun kapar de
rodhe Dito nii pichhlii umar de

Khwaja Ghulam Farid

Persian Sufi Poetry

savaal
ki baasham man maraa az man KHabar kun

Mahmood Shabistari

Sufi Proverb

taaruf kam kun-o-bar mablaG afZaay

Less of your courtesy and more of your purse.

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

sub.hasat saaqiyaa qadahe pur sharaab kun
daur-e-falak dara.ng na-daarad shitaab kun

Hafiz

Rubai

bar man dar-e-lutf-e-vujuud masduud ma-kun
maqbuul-e-tuu har ki gasht marduud ma-kun

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

agar tuu 'aashiqii Gam raa rihaa kun
'uruuse bii.n-o-maatam raa rihaa kun

Rumi

Rubai

tauba ma-kun az mai agarat mai baashad
sad taa.ib-o-daGaat dar pai baashad

Omar Khayyam

Rubai

yaa rab tu 'ataa kun za qanaa'at ganjam
'umrest ki az hirs-o-havaa dar ranjam

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Kalam

nigaahe az karam yaa mustafaa kun
mariizaan-e-mohabbat raa davaa kun

Ghausi Shah

Persian Sufi Poetry

gar taalib-e-aa.n yaarii ii.n KHaana tuu viiraa.n kun
vandar 'ivazash kHaana-ruu bar sar-e-kaivaa.n kun

Rumi