Ghazal

kaisaa maazii kahaa.n kaa istiqbaal
banda rahtaa hai haal kaa banda

Imdad Ali Ulvi

Gujari Sufi Kavya

KHuda KHuda aur banda banda

KHudaa KHudaa aur banda banda
banda KHudaa na kahiyaa jaave

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Sufi Proverb

chiizii keh az KHuda pinhaa.n niist az banda cheh pinhaa.n

chiizii keh az KHuda pinhaa.n niist az banda cheh pinhaa.n

Oral Tradition

sher

banda qusuur-vaar hai KHaaliq miraa Gafuur
ab KHauf dal me.n bhalaa ham kabhuu kare.n

Ata Hussain Fani

Kalaam

yuu.n to bande kaa zamaane me.n hai banda 'aashiq
par KHudaa bhii kahii.n hotaa hai kisii kaa 'aashiq

Shaah Faaiq Shahbazi

Ghazal

nigaah-e-naaz kaa banda huu.n umr-bhar ke liye
KHudaa ne KHalq kiyaa hai tirii nazar ke liye

Kazim Ali Bagh

Kalaam

samjhaa na haq ko banda kahaayaa to kyaa hu.aa
andhe kii tarah ro ke pukaaraa to kyaa hu.aa

Watan Hyderabadi

sher

nahii.n banda haqiiqat me.n samajh asraar ma.anii kaa
KHudii kaa vahm barham zan pichhe be-KHud KHudaa.ii kar

Qadir Bakhsh Bedil

Rubai

banda vahii jo jhuke KHudaa ke aage
haazir ho adab se mustafaa ke aage

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Kalaam

anal-haq kaa kabhii banda se daa'vaa ho nahii.n saktaa
judaa jab tak rahe qatra vo dariyaa ho nahii.n saktaa

Farhat

Ghazal

banda banaa rahaa hai husn-e-kalaam teraa
duniyaa mutii.a terii aalam Gulaam teraa

Afqar Mohani

Ghazal

us kaa banda huu.n jise qibla-numaa kahte hai.n
jis ko alfaaz-e-mohabbat me.n KHudaa kahte hai.n

Behzad Lakhnavi

Sufi Proverb

jaa.n dehad banda chu.n dehi naanash

jaa.n dehad banda chu.n dehi naanash

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

banda hu.aa huu.n jab se mai.n piiraan-e-piir kaa
maKHfii khulaa hai bhed javaanaan-e-piir kaa

Aminuddin Warsi

Kalaam

hashr me.n jis ne kahaa banda KHataa-kaaro.n me.n hai
rahmat us kii bolii chal tuu kin gunahgaaro.n me.n hai

Ameer Minai

Rubai

teraa hai to banda tiraa naa.eb huu.n mai.n
jis kaa huu.n usii se to muKHaatab huu.n mai.n

Kamil Shattari

Persian Sufi Poetry

man banda ki mar toraa muriidam
hargiz chuu tuu.e digar na-diidam

Sheikh Jamaluddin Hansvi

Kalaam

vahii detaa hai KHudaa dil se jo banda maa.nge
chaahe 'uqbaa ko.ii maa.nge ki vo duniyaa maa.nge

Unknown

Naat-o-Manqabat

har ik banda bhartaa hai dam aap kaa
nahii.n kis pe KHvaaja karam aap kaa

Kamil Shattari

Rubai

paidaa kare har-chand taqaddus bandaa
mushkil hai ki ho hirs se dil barkanda

Khwaja Meer Dard