Masnavi

yak-ba-yak tanhaa ba-har yak harf raa.nd
guft har-yak raa ba-diin-e-'iisvaai

Rumi

sher

dekhe jo yak-ba-yak gul-ruu tumhaarii be-hijaabii ham
misaal-e-bulbul-e-shaidaa ka.e apnī KHaraabii ham

Turab Ali Dakni

Ghazal

dekhe jo yak-ba-yak gul-ruu tumhaarii be-hijaabii ham
misaal-e-bulbul-e-shaidaa ka.e apnī KHaraabii ham

Turab Ali Dakni

Rubai

abnaa-e-zamaa.n ba-yak digar dil ta.ng and
paivasta ba-KHud chuu muKHtalif aaha.ng and

Sarmad Kashani

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

dar KHana agar kas ast yak harf bas ast

(E)A word to the wise. (T) If there is someone in the house, a single word is enough.

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

jalva-gar-e-ka.ngur-e-yak-kaaKH shau
naGma-zan-e-taarum-e-yak-shaaKH shau

Jami

Rubai

duniyaa nafase-o-man dar-o-yak nafase
andar nafasii chand tavaa.n zad nafasii

Omar Khayyam

Persian Kalam

banii aadam aa’zaa-e-yak paikarand
ki dar aafriinash za yak gauharand

Saadi Shirazi

Sufi Proverb

agar du'aa-e-tiflaa.n raa asar buude yak moallim zinda namaande

If pupils prayers took effect, no teacher would be left alive.

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

bagoyam yak-ba-yak paidaa-o-pinhaa.n

Mahmood Shabistari

Sufi Proverb

gar hunari daari-o-haftaad aeb. dost na biinad bajuz aa.n yak hunar

If you have one virtue and seventy defect, he who loves you will see nothing but that one virtue.

Oral Tradition

Rubai

yak lahza agar dil-e-haziinat ba-dehand
aasuudgii-e-ruu-e-zamiinat ba-dehand

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Kalam

yaa shaah-e-sharaf yak nigaahe talabam
az baargah-e-zaad raahe talabam

Shah Qaseemuddin Fridausi

Persian Kalam

ai maah-e-KHuubaa.n yak shabe baa-KHvesh mehmaa.n kun maraa
vaz aaftaab-e-ruu-e-KHud chuu.n sub.h KHandaa.n kun maraa

Amir Hasan Ala Sijzi