sher

mil ga.e baaham KHudaa ke fazl se ba.ad az fanaa
us ko achchhaa kyaa kahe.n ham sar-basar achchhaa hu.aa

Mardan Safi

Ghazal

aab ziyaada kis me.n hai chashmak baaham hotii hai
merii aa.nkh me.n aa.nsuu hai tere kaan me.n motii hai

Riyaz Khairabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

savaal
visaal-e-mumkin-o-vaajib baham chiist

Mahmood Shabistari

Sufi Proverb

zamiin-o-zamaa.n raa baham dozii KHudavand na-dihad rozii

Though you will leave no stone unturned, God will not increase your daily portion.

Oral Tradition

sher

vo.ii maare anal-haq dam kare iz.haar sirr baham
ko.ii baa.ndhai kamar mohkam jo aape-aap suu.n la.Dnaa

Qadir Bakhsh Bedil

sher

Gam ko baa-Gam baham na kiije
gar Gam hai to Gam kaa Gam na kiije

Khwaja Meer Asar

Ghazal

Gam ko baa-Gam baham na kiije
gar Gam hai to Gam kaa Gam na kiije

Khwaja Meer Asar

Kalaam

hu.ii husn-o-'ishq me.n jab ba-ham uns-o-aashnaa.ii
kahaa jab kisii ne majnuu.n vahii.n lailaa yaad aa.ii

Khaleel

Sufi Proverb

tar-o- KHushk ba-ham mii -soZand

Wet and dry burn together (i.e. Good and bad suffer together).

Oral Tradition

Naat-o-Manqabat

hai jaan-o-dil me.n baham dam me.n ’azmat-e-mahbuub
KHudaa rasuul kii nisbat hai nisbat-e-mahbuub

Khwaja Nazir Nizami

Kalaam

gar yaar ho baham ko.ii ho ho na ho na ho
jab apnaa ho sanam ko.ii ho ho na ho na ho

Imdad Ali Ulvi

Chhand

kup kasmir ten chalyau hai dal saji bir wir na dharat gal gajibe ko bhim hai

kup kasmiir te.n chalyau hai dal saaji biir viir naa dharat gal gaajibe ko bhiim hai
sunn hot saa.njhe te bajat dant aadhii raat tiisre pahar dahal dai asiim hai

Gang

Nazm

hua phir shia-o-sunni mein jhagDa

musalmaa.n dono.n phir baaham nifaaq aah
kidhar Dhuu.nDhe.n tujhe ai ittifaaq aah

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

farv baarad shavad tarkiib-e-baaham
kunad garmii digar rah azm-e-baalaa

Mahmood Shabistari

Ghazal

muttafiq aapas me.n hai.n ahl-e-shuhuud
'dard' aa.nkhe.n dekh baaham ek hai.n

Khwaja Meer Dard

Nazm

jawab-e-shikwa

qaum maz.hab se hai maz.hab jo nahii.n tum bhii nahii.n
jazb-e-baaham jo nahii.n mahfil-e-anjum bhii nahii.n

Allama Iqbal

Naat-o-Manqabat

kā yaa.n baaham ulajhnaa dekho
KHuub me.n baa ummiid safaa dau.D

Ahmad Raza Khan

Masnavi

har-do baaham marvazii-o-raaziand
har yake suu-e-maqaam-e-kHud ravad

Rumi

Ghazal

ek hujra me.n gar hai.n baaham do
ham-nashiinaa.n se hai gumaa.n kuchh aur

Mahmood Shah Naqshbandi

Persian Sufi Poetry

na-baashad nuur-o-zulmat har do baaham
chuu maazii niist mustaqbil mah-o-saal

Mahmood Shabistari