Persian Sufi Poetry

az mohabbat talKH-haa shiirii.n shavad
vaz mohabbat miss-haa zarrii.n shavad

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

shaah-e-shamshaad-qadaa.n KHusrav-e-shiirii.n-dahanaa.n
ki ba-mizhgaa.n shiknad qalb-e-hama-saf-shikanaa.n

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

zamaana KHud juz ii.n kaare na-daanad
ki andohe dehad jaane sitaanad

Nizami Ganjavi

Persian Kalam

qad-e-ra.anaa ruKH-e-zebaa lab-e-shiirii.n daarii
qasd-e-Gaarat-gar-e-aql-o-dil-o-dii.n daarii

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Ghazal

daa.nt pinhaa.n hai.n lab-e-shiirii.n me.n ai shiirii.n dahan
kaun saa KHurmaa hai jis me.n ustuKHvaa.n hotaa nahii.

Abdul Ghafoor Nassakh

Kalaam

mohabbat kii shiirii.n navaa ban ga.e tum
mirii ziist kaa aasraa ban ga.e tum

Altaf Mashhadi

Gujari Sufi Kavya

laila aur shirin

chho.Duu.n lokaach laDaa.ii kaan kaaro ye prem-kahaanii
tumho.n tumhaarii shiirii.n bhaave muj kuu.n merii lailaa suhaanii.n

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Kalaam

hai misr me.n shohraa terii shiirii.n-dahnii kaa
dam band labo.n se hai 'aqiiq-e-yamanii kaa

Rind Lakhnavi

Sufi Proverb

garat az dast bar aayad dahnii shiirii.n kun. mardi aa.n niist ki mushtii ba-znii bar dahanii

If you find it possible, make some one’s mouth sweet; it is no manliness to strike a blow at one’s mouth.

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

ai 'shiirii.n' un ke hijr ne aaKHir ko jaan lii
ye to samajh chuke the ki us Gam me.n ham nahii.n

Sheerin Lakhnavi

Kalaam

ai 'shiirii.n' hijr-e-yaar me.n ye roye raat-bhar
ghar kyaa ki pa.De dar-o-diivaar aur bhii

Sheerin Lakhnavi

Kalaam

ai 'shiirii.n' vo saudaa.ii ho kal merii tarah se
dekhe jo ko.ii joshish-e-vahshat kaa asar aaj

Sheerin Lakhnavi

Kalaam

ghar me.n mehmaan hai vo rashk-e-qamar 'shiirii.n' ke
auj par hai mire taale.a kaa sitaaraa kaisaa

Sheerin Lakhnavi

Kalaam

chaa.ndnii raat kaa phir jaa.e nigaaho.n me.n samaa.n
baam par apne jo 'shiirii.n' vo nigaar aa jaa.e

Sheerin Lakhnavi

Kalaam

ai 'shiirii.n' kuuch jaanib-e-mulk-e-'adam hai ab
kab tak mai.n intizaar but-e-bevafaa karuu.n

Sheerin Lakhnavi

Kalaam

hukm-e-'shiirii.n' thaa na haatho.n me.n ko.ii meh.ndii male
koh par jab tak mire farhaad kaa maatam rahe

Sheerin Lakhnavi