sher

jo dekhaa aks aa.iina me.n apnaa bole jhinjhlaa kar
are haT kaun hai tuu saamne se kiyo.n maqaabil hai

Akbar Lakhnavi

sher

chhup is tarah ki tiraa aks bhii dikhaa.ii na de
tirii sadaa tirii aavaaz bhii sunaa.ii na de

Akhtar Warsi

Ghazal

chhup is tarah ki tiraa aks bhii dikhaa.ii na de
tirii sadaa tirii aavaaz bhii sunaa.ii na de

Akhtar Warsi

Kalaam

mai.n aa.iina huu.n shaKHs aur 'aks tuu hai
mai.n Gaa.eb huu.n tuu tire hii ruu-ba-ruu hai

Watan Hyderabadi

sher

chaaTtii hai kyuu.n zabaan-e-teG-e-qaatil baar baar
be-namak chhi.Dke ye zaKHmo.n me.n mazaa kyuu.nkar hu.aa

Ameer Minai

Masnavi

e'tiraaz-e-muriidaa.n bar KHalvat-e-vaziir
jumla guftand ai vaziir inkaar niist

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

bar ii.n ummiid murdam ki-uu ba-yaa.ed bar mazaar-e-man
magar rahame na kard aa.n be-vafaa bar haal-e-zaar-e-man

Ibrahim Aajiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

dast baneh bar dilam az Gam-e-dil-bar ma-purs
chashm-e-man andar nigar az mai-o-saaGar ma-purs

Rumi

Persian Kalam

chiize ma-figan bar tan-e-laaGar ze-bahaare
afsaana-e-maa purs ze-nok-e-sar-e-KHare

Jigar Moradabadi

Persian Kalam

'arz-e-hastii za.ng bar aa.iina-e-dil mii-shavad
taa-nafas KHat mii-kashad ii.n safha baatil mii-shavad

Bedil Azimabadi

Persian Kalam

saaqii ba-nuur-e-baada bar afroz jaam-e-maa
mutrib bago ki kaar-e-jahaa.n shud ba-kaam-e-maa

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

iz.haar-e-nuur-e-’ishq che bar ’aashiqaa.n kunam
irshaad-e-piir-e-kHvesh che bar naujavaa.n kunam

Mahmood Shah Naqshbandi

Masnavi

e'tiraaz-e-nakHchiiraa.n bar suKHan-e-KHargosh
qaum guftandash ki ai KHar gosh daar

Rumi

Masnavi

na-girestan-e-'izraa.iil bar marde-o-garekHtan-e-aa.n mard dar saraa-e-sulaimaan-o-taqriir-e-tarjiih-e-tavakkul bar jehd-o-qillat-e-faa.ida jehd
raad-e-marde chaasht-gaahe dar rasiid

Rumi

Sufi Proverb

zulm-e-zaalim bar sar-e-aulaad-e-zaalim mii-ravad

zulm-e-zaalim bar sar-e-aulaad-e-zaalim mii-ravad

Oral Tradition

Nazm

muKHammas bar ghazal-e-hazrat-hafiz-shiraazi

KHidmat-e-KHidmat-guzaaraa.n yaad baad
suhbat-e-aa.n jaa.n-nisaaraa.n yaad baad

Aughat Shah Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

bar jamaalat ham-chunaa.n man aashiq-e-zaaram hunuuz
naala.e kaz soz-e-ishqat daashtam daaram hunuuz

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Proverb

zar az ma'dan bajaa.n kandan bar aayad-o-az dast-e-baKHil bajaan kundan bar niyaayad

Gold can be got from a mine by excavating, but cannot be got from the miser even when he is on the point of death.

Oral Tradition

Masnavi

inkaar kardan-e-nakHchiiraa.n bar KHargosh dar taaKHiir-e-raftan bar sher
qaum guftandash ki chandii.n gaah maa

Rumi

Ghazal

hazaaro.n baar azal se qibla-e-ahl-e-jahaa.n badlaa
merii lauh-e-jabii.n badlii na un kaa aastaa.n badlaa

Nashtar Jayasi