Doha

updesh guru bhakti ka - guru ke aage jay kari aise bolai bol

guruu ke aage jaai kari aise bolai bol
kachhuu kapaT raakhai nahii.n araj karai man khol

Charandas Ji

Raga Based Poetry

kubja - kubija kau raj ri nyaw ye jasaun gobind bol bolai

kubijaa kau raaj rii nyaav ye jaasau.n gobind bol bolai
trailok naath hitkaar chaahai.n so kyuu.n na ai.nDii-bai.nDii dolai

Tansen

Kalaam

mujhe Gam-zada dekh kar vo ye bole
hamaaraa hai to be-sahaaraa nahii.n hai

Sarfaraz Sabri

sher

talāsh-e-but meñ mujh ko dekh kar jannat meñ sab bole
ye kāfir kyuuñ chalā aayā musalmānoñ kī bastī meñ

Muztar Khairabadi

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

Kalaam

bahaar aa.ii ghaTaa.e.n bulaa rahii hai.n tumhe.n
ye bhiinii bhiinii havaa.e.n bulaa rahii hai.n tumhe.n

Naza'n Sholapuri

Raga Based Poetry

main to sayyan ko bulae let tan-man apne war ke

mai.n to sayyaa.n ko bulaa.e let tan-man apne vaar ke
bahut dinan ke bichh.De mohan

Makhdoom Khadim Safi

Naat-o-Manqabat

haath me.n le kar ye bole murtazaa kuchh aur hai
martaba teG-e-nabii kaa baa-KHudaa kuchh aur hai

Ubaid Khan Mohsin

Kalaam

jamaal-e-insaa.n kii aa.D me.n KHud vo apnii jaanib bulaa rahe hai.n
dikhaa dikhaa ke vo apnii chhalbal dilo.n ko sab ke lubhaa rahe hai.n

Tasadduq Ali Asad

Pad

man mast hua tab kyun bole

man mast hu.aa tab kyuu.n bole
hiiraa paayo gaa.nTh gaTiyaayo baar-baar baa ko kyuu.n khole

Kabir

Naat-o-Manqabat

bole malak ki hai me.araaj
rakh le nuur kaa sar par taaj

Alauddin Jalali

Ghazal

mai.n ne kahaa kyaa ziist hai bole miraa iqraar hai
mai.n ne kahaa hai maut kyaa bole miraa inkaar hai

Shah Taqi Raaz Barelvi

Kalaam

jis ko tum chaahte ho us ko bulaa lete ho
jalva-e-ruu-e-munavvar bhii dikhaa dete ho

Unknown

sher

mai.n KHafaa ho ke jab uThaa to vo bole 'kausar'
fitna-e-hashr ne chuume dam-e-raftaar qadam

Kausar Warsi

Pad

sadho sahjai kaya sodho

aapaa maddhe aapae bolai aapae sirjanhaaraa

Kabir

Sufi Proverb

tarjiiH bela murajjah muHaal ast

Distinction without a difference is absurd.

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

baalaa buland ’ishva-gar-e-naaz-e-man
kotaah kard qissa-e-zuhd-e-draaz-e-man

Hafiz

Naat-o-Manqabat

apnii dargaah me.n mujh ko tuu bulaa yaa KHvaaja
taaki ho jaavai miraa us me.n bhalaa yaa KHvaaja

Mir Wajid Ali

Naat-o-Manqabat

huduud-e-aql se baalaa hai 'azmat Gaus-e-aa'zam kii
KHudaa hii jantaa hai shaan-e-rif’at Gaus-e-aazam kii

Salman Aarif Barelvi

sher

balaa ke ranj-o-Gam darpesh hai.n raah-e-mohabbat me.n
hamaarii manzil-e-dil tak hame.n allaah pahu.nchaa.e

Sadiq Dehlvi