Allusion

Huma (The Imaginary bird)

Huma is an imaginary bird that always flies in the air and never lands on the ground. If its shadow falls on someone, that person becomes a king. It is also believed that Huma does not harm anyone; it only sustains its life by eating bones and leads a miserable existence.

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Naat-o-Manqabat

vo humaa-e-auj-e-havaa-e-rab
balaG-al-ulaa be-kamaalehii

Ameer Minai

Persian Kalam

humaa-e-auj-e-shaahii shahparat raa
dil-e-shaahaan-e-a.alam zer-e-par baad

Hafiz

Masnavi

yaa KHilaaf-e-tab' tuu az baKHt-e-maast
guft aatish man humaa-nam aatisham

Rumi

Ghazal

je mahbuub pyaaraa hik din vasse naal asaaDe
jaanaa.n ajj humaa pa.nkheruu faathaa jaal asaaDe

Mian Muhammad Bakhsh

Naat-o-Manqabat

sab sultaan kaa paayaa zer diivaar jo baiThaa
kyuu.n saaya tumhaare kaa zill-e-humaa Thahre

Unknown

Persian Sufi Poetry

tiimaar-e-tiim daashtan az humaa himaaqatast
tiimaar daarad aa.n ki ba-maa daad tiim-e-maa

Hakim Sanai

Kalaam

baa'd marne ke mirii ye laash milne kii nahii.n
haDDiyaa.n merii chabaane ko humaa le jaa.egaa

Unknown

Kalaam

in ke dushman se kabhii un kā gadaa miltaa nahii.n
mustafaa maa jat illaa rahm

Mustafa Raza Khan

Ghazal

kahaa.n zamii.n pe gire jo buland himmat ho
ki shaaKH-e-naKHl pe hargiz kabhii humaa na rahe

Hazrat Kamal

Ghazal

justujuu rahtii hai daulat kaa pataa miltaa nahii.n
sar phiraa karataa hai par zill-e-humaa miltaa nahii.n

Aseer Lakhnavi

Kalaam

jo ki qaane’ ho vo bach jaa.e fareb-e-nafs se
daam kab sayyaad phailaa.e humaa ke vaaste

Khwaja Wazeer Lakhnavi

Kalaam

hai asstar-e-faqr agar samjho to shaahii
sultaa.n hai agar shaah to mai.n zill-e-humaa huu.n

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

ba.Daa ha.ngaama hai shaayad hamaare ustaKHvaano.n par
hu.aa jhag.Daa humaa me.n aur sagaan-e-kuu-e-dilbar me.n

Rind Lakhnavi

Ghazal

chatr-e-shaahii kuchh nahii.n zill-e-humaa bhii kuchh nahii.n
saaya-e-diivaar se behtar ko.ii saaya nahii.n

Mirza Fida Ali Shah Manan

Ghazal

ai humaa be-faa.eda tuu ne qadam-ranja kiyaa
mustahiq in haDDiyo.n ke hai.n sagaan-e-kuu-e-dost

Ameer Minai

Naat-o-Manqabat

ai aaftaab-e-mahshar mahshar se mat Daraa tuu
saaya-figan hai ham par zill-e-humaa-e-vaaris

Asghar Warsi