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

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

Masnavi

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

Rumi

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

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

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

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

Masnavi

hikaayat-e-'aashiq shudan-ebaadshaahe bar kaniizake-o-kHariidan-e-baadshaah kaniizak raa
buud shaahe dar zamaane pesh az ii.n

Rumi

Rubai

bar chehra-e-gul shabnam-e-nau-roz KHush ast
dar sehn-e-chaman ruu-e-dil afroz KHush ast

Omar Khayyam

Masnavi

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

Rumi

Persian Kalam

mah-e-man dosh bar garduu.n bar-aamad
ba-chandii.n shakl-e-guunaa-guu.n bar-aamad

Rumi

Masnavi

aamdan-e-kHargosh nazd-e-sher-o-kHashm sher bar vai
sher andar aatish-o-dar kHashm-o-shor

Rumi

Rubai

dil shaad ba-zii hamesha bar ruu-e-zamii.n
keKHusrau-o-jamshed na-maa.ndand ba-bii.n

Sarmad Kashani