Sufi Proverb

zara'a e-nakardah paarah ma-kun

Do not cut the cloth before you have measured it.

Oral Tradition

Naat-o-Manqabat

gul-e-bustaan-e-maa'shuuqii mah-e-taabaan-e-mahbuubii
nizaamuddiin sultaan-ul-mashaa.ikH jaan-e-mahbuubii

Hasrat Ajmeri

Ghazal

tavaazo.a kii ummiid us mah-jabii.n se
ta.alluq hai kyaa aasmaa.n ko zamii.n se

Hadi Amanabadi

Ghazal

aa gayaa us mah kaa jalva jab nazar ke saamne
sab ye kah aTThe 'qamar' aayaa qamar ke saamne

Qamar Badayuni

Persian Kalam

ba-KHuubii ham-chu mah taabinda baashii
ba-mulk-e-dil-barii paa.inda baashii

Amir Khusrau

Ghazal

de ke Gam uff mah-jabii.n 'ishrat kaa saamaa.n le chalaa
dil miraa zaKHmii kiyaa aur diin-o-iimaa.n le chalaa

Aughat Shah Warsi

Ghazal

us rashk-e-mah ne ruKH jo nikaalaa naqaab se
zarro.n ne pher pher lii aa.nkh aaftaab se

Naiyar Danapuri

Ghazal

hamaare mah-jabii.n ko shauq hai zulfe.n banaane kaa
falak tuu panja-e-KHurshiid se le kaam shaane kaa

Shah Naseer

Persian Sufi Poetry

mazra-e-sabz-e-falak diidam-o-daas-e-mah-e-nau
yaadam az kishta-e-KHvesh aamad-o-ha.ngaam-e-derau

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

aashufta-e-mah-ruu.e pur-naaz-o-sitam-gaaram
man kushta-e-abrue aa.n dilbar-e-’ayyaaram

Meher Ali Shah

Ghazal

nau-ratan baazuu pe jab vo baa.ndh mah-e-paikar uThaa
lailii-e-shab ne rakhaa parvii.n kaa phir jhuumar uThaa

Shah Naseer

sher

aur kisii kaa nuur hai us mah-e-dil-navaaz me.n
aks ko dekh be-KHabar aa.iina-e-majaaz me.n

Jigar Warsi

Kalaam

KHayaal aayaa jo us mah-ruu ko gul-gasht-e-kHiyaabaa.n kaa
nazar kuchh aur hii aane lagaa 'aalam-e-gulistaa.n kaa

Syed Ali Kaithli

Ghazal

galii me.n us tark-e-mah-jabii.n ke 'ajiib ye inqilaab dekhaa
namaaz hinduu ko pa.Dhte vaa'iz ko ham ne piite sharaab dekhaa

Aughat Shah Warsi

Kalaam

mere mah-jabii.n ne ba-sad-adaa jo naqaab ruKH se uThaa diyaa
jo sunaa na thaa kabhii hosh me.n vo tamaashaa mujh ko dikhaa diyaa

Aughat Shah Warsi

Persian Kalam

partav-e-mahr-e-qadiimast ii.n mah-e-taabaan-e-ishq
jalva-e-nuur-e-kaliimast aatish-e-sozaan-e-ishq

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Kalaam

mast nazro.n se allaah bachaa.e mah-jamaalo.n se allaah bachaa.e
har balaa sar pe aa jaa.e merii husn vaalo.n se allaah bachaa.e

Nauman Naiyar Kalachawai