Pad

farsh zamin ka saqf sama ka dekho kis bistar ka hai

farsh zamii.n kaa saqf saa kaa dekho kis bistaar kaa hai
shams qamar kaa chalnaa is ke uupar kis miqdaar kaa hai

Kavi Dildar

Doha

dadhi-man det tarang nit rang rang bistar

dadhi-man det tara.ng nit ra.ng ra.ng bistaar
ko.u tara.ng motii sahit kaahu sa.ng sevaar

Barkatullah Pemi

Kalaam

ta.Dapte lauTte siina-sipar hote hai.n bistar par
dahaan-e-zaKHm kaa har daa.nt hai qaatil ke KHanjar par

Sharfuddin Kanpuri

sher

dar-e-'vāris' pe hai 'bedam' kā bistar
tirī jannat tujhe rizvāñ mubārak

Bedam Shah Warsi

Kalaam

mai-kHaana-vahdat ke saaqii kar band na baab-e-il-lallaah
pyaasaa huu.n tirii aa.nkho.n kii qasam ik jaam-e-KHaraab-e-il-lallaah

Shah Mohsin Danapuri

Doha

akhrawati - aadi achhar hi aagam hai ta ko sab bistar

aadi achhar hii aagam hai taa ko sab bistaar
sat-guruu dayaa te.n paa.iye sattnaam nij saar

Kabir

Kalaam

Guncha-saa lab band hai shor-e-’anaadil dil me.n hai
lab pe hai mohr-e-sukuut ik shor barpaa dil me.n hai

Khwaja Hameeduddin Ahmad

sher

baa.nd kar gulnaar chiiraa gul-badan jaataa hai baaG
aaj KHaatir me.n tire bulbul kii mismaarii hai kyaa

Turab Ali Dakni

Arill

unmuni band lagay surti Thahraiya

unmuni band lagaay surti Thahraa.iyaa
chaa.nd suur dou baa.ndhi urdhamukh dhaa.iyaa

Gulal Sahab

Persian Sufi Poetry

dil darii.n duniyaa ma-band duniyaa-e-faanii ba-guzrad
naubat-e-piirii dar aayad naujavaanii ba-guzrad

Rumi

Kalaam

bhaa.ii band ko.ii sa.ngh na laage
prem panth pag diinii re

Ali Hussain Ashrafi

sher

merii aa.nkh band thii jab talak vo nazar me.n nuur-e-jmaal thaa
khulii aa.nkh to n KHabar rahii ki vo KHvaab thaa ki KHayaal thaa

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Ghazal

merii aa.nkh band thii jab talak vo nazar me.n nuur-e-jamaal thaa
khulii aa.nkh to na KHabar rahii ki vo KHvaab thaa ki KHayaal thaa

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Kalaam

meraa piir mujh ko KHariid kar mujhe qaid-o-band se chhu.Daa diyaa
mai.n parind-e-be-par-o-baal thaa mujhe par lagaa ke u.Daa diyaa

Azizuddin Rizwan Qadri

Saakhi

prem ka ang - sadhu sip samudr ke satguru sawanti band

saadhuu siip samudr ke satguruu savaa.ntii band
trishaa ga.ii ik buu.nd se kyaa le karau.n samund

Kabir

Salok

mohammad chale daswari awwal pancha band

mohammad chale dasvaarii avval paa.nchaa band
saa.np chor baagh bhe.Diyaa chaaro raste band

Baba Farid

Persian Sufi Poetry

kard chuu aa.n band gushaa.ii maraa
daad ze-har-band rihaa.ii maraa

Jami

Sufi Proverb

makob dar kii raa taa nako band darat raa

Do not knock at another person’s door and others will not knock at your door.

Oral Tradition