Persian Kalam

jaan KHvaaham az KHudaa na yake balki sad-hazaar
taa sad-hazaar baar ba-miiram baraa.e yaar

Nooruddin Hilali

Kalaam

na tanhaa ye tan balki jaa.n dekhtaa huu.n
mai.n vahdat kaa dariyaa ravaa.n dekhtaa huu.n

Makhdoom Khadim Safi

Gujari Sufi Kavya

andar nahin bahar nahin balki piya har chiz hai

andar nahii.n baahar nahii.n balki piyaa har chiiz hai
yaa baas jiyuu.n sandal mane.n yaa jalva-e-ruKHsaar KHush

Pir Syed Muhammad Aqdas

Doha

rup biloki rahim tahn jahn jahn man lagi jay

ruup biloki rahiim tah.n jah.n jah.n man lagi jaai
thaake taakhi.n aap bahu let chho.Daay chho.Daay

Rahim

Sufi Proverb

qiimat-e-shakr na az nai ast balkeh aa.n KHaasiyat-e-vai ast

qiimat-e-shakr na az nai ast balkeh aa.n KHaasiyat-e-vai ast

Oral Tradition

Masnavi

balki aatish dar hama aafaaq zad
maayada az aasmaa.n dar mii-rasiid

Rumi

Ghazal

balki ye bolnaa takalluf hai
ham ne us ko sunaa hai yaa dekhaa

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Kalaam

saraapaa naqsha-e-dildaar huu.n mai.n
Galat hai balki 'ain-e-yaar huu.n mai.n

Imdad Ali Ulvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

balki KHud nafs me.n hai vo subhaanahu
'arsh par hai magar 'arsh ko justujuu

Mustafa Raza Khan

Naat-o-Manqabat

ai zamiin-e-karbalaa tuuhii nahii.n girya-kunaa.n
balki ro.e.nge qayaamat tak zamiin-o-aasmaa.n

Akhtar Mahmood Warsi

Persian Kalam

hast uu jaan-e-man-o-jaan-e-hama
jaa.n che baashad balki jaanaan-e-hama

Kohi Baba

Persian Sufi Poetry

balki ba-dariyaa durrem jumla dar uu haazirem
varna ze-dariyaa-e-jaa.n mauj-e-payaapai charaast

Rumi

Persian Kalam

aa.iina maGruur-e-husn-e-KHveshtan hargiz na-shud
balki mii-biinad jamaale dar jamaal-e-KHveshtan

Unknown

Kalaam

'kaamil' ye baat yaad rakho balki likh rakho
KHaalii kabhii na jaa.egii nisbat kisii ke saath

Kamil Shattari

Kalaam

valii huu.n murshid-e-kaamil aur nabii huu.n mai.n
nahii.n mai.n sirr-e-KHafii balki aashkaaraa huu.n

Suraj Narayan Meher

Kalaam

us jaa huu.n jahaa.n nuqta-e-baa taa nahii.n hotaa
asmaa to kujaa balki musammaa nahii.n hotaa

Shah Siddique Saudagar

Naat-o-Manqabat

zakaat-e-maal baa'd-e-mustafaa siddiiq ko denaa
ishaara hai KHilaafat kaa ye zaahir balki azhar hai

Maulana Abdul Qadeer Hasrat

Persian Sufi Poetry

aatish-o-dozakH yaqii.n-daa.n baa-jahiim-o-baa-sa'iir
balki firdaus-o-jinaa.n-o-huurii-o-rizvaa.n manam

Rumi

Ghazal

baar-e-KHaatir hoke sohbat me.n kisii ke rahiye mat
balki yuu.n rahiye ki jaise paanii par utar aa.e phuul

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar