Persian Kalam

saaqii-e-baa-vafaa manam dam hama dam 'alii 'alii
suufi-e-baa-safaa manam dam hama dam 'alii 'alii

Rumi

Naat-o-Manqabat

hazaaro.n me.n behtar the jo haq par baa-vafaa pahu.nche
madiine se nikal kar ibn-e-maulaa karbalaa pahu.nche

Khwaja Shayan Hasan

Naat-o-Manqabat

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

Shamim Anjum Warsi

Kalaam

mai.n 'aashiq tiraa baa-vafaa ai piyaa huu.n
mujhe dar-badar pe rulaanaa nahii.n thaa

Niyaz Wazirabadi

Ghazal

de diyaa hai dil-o-jigar us ko
jaan kar ye ki baa-vafaa hogaa

Azhar Hashmi

Ghazal

hame.n to ko.ii hasiino.n me.n baa-vafaa na milaa
tumhaaraa zikr nahii.n zikr hai zamaane kaa

Maikash Akbarabadi

Ghazal

ik ek aadmii ko hai dekhaa qariib se
duniyaa mai.n aaj tak na ko.ii baa-vafaa milaa

Azhar Hashmi

Ghazal

chho.Daa hai mai.n ne daaman-e-yaaraan-e-baa-vafaa
aa.nkho.n me.n ashk dil ko pareshaa.n liye hu.e

Aamna Amal Idrisi

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

Kalaam

jalaanaa 'daaG' kaa achchhaa nahii.n ye dam Ganiimat hai
ki aisaa baa-vafaa ik aah niklegaa hazaaro.n me.n

Dagh Dehlvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

marte-marte bhii na chho.Duu.n daaman-e-daulat se haath
vo Gulaam-e-ebaa-vafaa huu.n kHvaajgaan-e-chisht kaa

Hafiz Habib Ali Shah

Ghazal

jo tuu chaahe le bevafaa yaa baa-vafaa ai but
ye terii zehniyat hai vahm teraa hai gumaa.n teraa

Qatil Ajmeri

Kalaam

jaade pe chal vafaa ke kisii baa-vafaa ke saath
manzil kii fikr hai to nikal rahnumaa ke saath

Kamil Shattari

Ghazal

chashm-e-saaqii kaa ishaara paa ke tauba to.D dii
ye to 'kashfii' aap jaise baa-vafaa kii baat hai

Kashfi Lakhnavi

Ghazal

vafaa par naaz karte ho dikhaa.o kuchh vafaa kar ke
isii begaana-vaarii par kahe.n ham baa-vafaa tum ho

Raqim Dehlvi

Ghazal

KHudaa jaane tariiqa husn-o-ulfat kaa judaa kyuu.n hai
mai.n itnaa baa-vafaa kyuu.n huu.n vo itnaa be-vafaa kyuu.n hai

Muztar Khairabadi

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