Allusion

Hatim or Hatim Tai

Hatim was renowned for his generosity. In Arabic, he is called Hatim, and since he belonged to the Tayy tribe, he is also known as Hatim Tai. A proverb, 'kicking the dust on Hatim's grave, (Hatim ki qabr pe laat maarnaa means show fake generosity) is quite famous, used figuratively to imply someone being overly generous or extravagant in a sarcastic manner.

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Ali Haider raised his voice against injustice and oppression. We find the word of great revolution against injustice, in the poetry of Ali Haider. Indians have accepted the yoke of slavery under Persia and Khurasan. Haider does not hesitate to satire who was ruling in India. Poet writes, "Don't they get poison? Why don't they die? There Turks have become shameless. Some of the traitors are offering plenty of wealth to the foreign invaders from Persia and Khurasan.

Salam

salaam ai nuur bakHsh-e-’aalam-e-imkaa.n ziyaa-e-kul
salaam ai iftiKHaar-e-’aalamii.n ham-peshvaa-e-kul

Yadgar Shah Warsi

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Naat-o-Manqabat

vilaayat kaa hu.aa e'laa.n Gadiir-e-KHum kii mahfil me.n
rasuul-allaah hai.n gul-afshaa.n Gadiir-e-KHum kii mahfil me.n

Syed Faizan Warsi

Kalaam

vasl-o-firaaq-e-yaar kaa qissa 'ajiib hai
jitnaa mai.n us se duur vo utnaa qariib hai

Muhammad Samie

Naat-o-Manqabat

vilaayat kaa hu.aa e'laa.n Gadiir-e-KHum kii mahfil me.n
sajaa hai mimbar-e-sultaa.n Gadiir-e-KHum kii mahfil me.n

Syed Hassan Ahmed

Salam

assalaam ai bulbul-e-baaG-e-rasuul
assalaam ai qurratul-ain-e-batuul

Haidar Shah Warsi

sher

ahl-e-mahfil ho.n na ho.n dil to mujassam gosh hai
qissa-e-Gam raat-bhar 'haamid' sunaate jaa.iye

Hamid Warsi

Persian Kalam

ai jumla-jahaa.n dar ruKH-e-jaa.n-baKHsh-e-tuu paidaa
vai ruu-e-tuu dar aa.iina-e-kaun huvaidaa

Shams Maghribi

Ghazal

buu-e-KHush detaa hai mahfil me.n pasiinaa yaar kaa
'itr khii.nchaa kHuub garmii ne gul-e-ruKHsaar kaa

Aseer Lakhnavi

Dakni Sufi Kavya

qissa ruh-afza aur rizwan-shah

jite hai.n hikaayat ke raabiyaa.n
yo qissa uno.n yuu.n kiye hai bayaa.n

Faez

Rubai

aa.iina-e-zamiir kHvaaja-e-allaah baKHsh
the shaikH-e-kabiir kHvaaja-e-allaah baKHsh

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Kalaam

ai fitna-e-har-mahfil ai mahshar-e-tanhaa.ii
le phir tiraa naam aayaa le phir tirii yaad aa.ii

Maikash Akbarabadi

Kalaam

har naqsh-e-paa thaa mere liye teraa aastaa.n
aa.ii nazar mujhe tirii mahfil jagah jagah

Sufi Tabassum

Persian Sufi Poetry

andarii.n mahfil ze-bas garm-e-bayaanam karda-and
sham.a saa.n har ’uzv-e-man sarf-e-zabaanam karda-and

Khwaja Meer Dard

sher

ijaazat ho to ham is sham.a-e-mahfil ko bujhaa Daale.n
tumhaare saamne ye raushnii achchhii nahii.n lagtii

Purnam Allahabadi

Rubai

afsos ki naama-e-javaanii tai shud
vii.n taaza bahaar-e-arGavaanii tai shud

Omar Khayyam

Naat-o-Manqabat

matvaale mohammad ke kahte hai.n sar-e-mahfil
diidaar-e-KHudaa hotaa diidaar-e-mohammad me.n

Ameer Bakhsh Sabri

Ghazal

tuu ne jo kii ai jaan-e-mahfil jaane kii tayyaarii raat
sham.a ne phir suulii par kaaTii rote rote saarii raat

Shah Naseer