Naat-o-Manqabat

baa-KHudaa baa-KHudaa baa-KHudaa chaahiye
mujh ko daamaan-e-kHair-ul-varaa chaahiye

Shamim Anjum Warsi

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 Kalam

baa-ruKH-e-raushan-o-baa-zulf-e-daraaz aamda.ii
dil-e-man ba-uu fidaayat ba-che naaz aamda.ii

Kaifi Chiraiyakoti

Pad

tora hira hirail ba kichaDe mein

toraa hiiraa hiraa.il baa kicha.De me.n
ko.ii Dhuu.nDhe puurab ko.ii ko.ii Dhuu.nDhe pashchim

Kabir

Persian Kalam

aashiq-e-yaaram maraa baa-kufr-o-baa-iimaa.n che kaar
tishnaa-e-dardam maraa baa-vasl-o-baa-hijraa.n che kaar

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

baa-gul-ruKH-e-KHvesh guftam ai Guncha-dahaa.n
har-lahza ma-posh chehra chuu.n ishva-dahaa.n

Jami

Persian Kalam

man chuu baa jaanaa.n rasaa.ii yaaftam
qabza bar mulk-e-KHudaa.ii yaaftam

Ali Hussain Ashrafi

Naat-o-Manqabat

baa-KHudaa nabiyo.n me.n a.alaa aap hai.n
yaa nabii rahmat saraapaa aap hai.n

Shamim Anjum Warsi

Sufi Proverb

baa-yak tiir do niishaan zadan

(a)To kill two birds with one stone.(b) To aim a single shot at two targets.

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

tar-o- KHushk ba-ham mii -soZand

Wet and dry burn together (i.e. Good and bad suffer together).

Oral Tradition

Rubai

goyand maraa chuu suur baa-huur KHushast
man mii-goyam ki aab-e-a.nguur KHushast

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

hamnashiin-e-tuu az tuu ba bayad. taa toraa aql o diin beafzaayad

Your companion should he superior to you, so that your wisdom and piety may increase.

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

guftaa ke.ii tuu baa maa guftam kamii.n Gulaamat
guftaa magar tuu mastii guftam bale ze-jaamat

Naat-o-Manqabat

rahnumaa-e-baa-safaa Gausul-varaa
dard-e-isyaa.n kii davaa Gausul-varaa

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