Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

muush chuhaa gurba billii maar naag
sozan-o-rishta ba-hindii su.ii taag

Amir Khusrau

Ghazal

rim-jhim rim-jhim barse.n phuvaare.n ghir-ghar ghir-ghir badraa chhaa.e
haa.e sakhii mai.n kis ko bataa.uu.n more piyaa ab lag nahii.n aa.e

Shah Taqi Raaz Barelvi

Pad

devre devre mori ghagriya lal chhe

devre devre morii ghaagriiyaa laal chhe
mai.n boluu.ngii jesodaa maay chhe

Eknath

sher

jaisii chaahe koshishe.n kar vaa.iz-e-baatin-KHaraab
tere rahne ko to jannat me.n makaa.n miltaa nahii.n

Akbar Warsi Meerthi

Naat-o-Manqabat

mujhe maar chaahe jilaa shaah-e-vaaris
mai.n KHush huu.n jo terii razaa shaah-e-vaaris

Bedam Shah Warsi

sher

lail-o-nahaar chaahe agar KHuub guzre 'ishq'
kar vird us ke naam ko tuu sub.h-o-shaam kaa

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

sher

tuu chaahe na kar dil se ulfat tuu chaahe na rakh mujh se nisbat
mai.n terii nazar me.n Gair magar tuu aur nahii.n mai.n aur nahii.n

Purnam Allahabadi

Rubai

tuu chaahe to Gam ho shaadmaanii mujh ko
zahar-aab-e-baqaa ho mai ho paanii mujh ko

Riyaz Khairabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

basar ho zindagii 'izzat me.n terii chaahe zillat me.n
tire qabze me.n bande kuchh nahii.n hai dast-e-qudrat me.n

Owais Raza Amber

Ghazal

mai-kada par dekh kar kaalii ghaTaa chhaa.ii hu.ii
merii tauba baada-noshii kii tamannaa.ii hu.ii

Biryan Allahabadi

Raga Based Poetry

chha rahi udi ghaTa jiyra mora ghabrae hai

chhaa rahii uudii ghaTaa jiyraa moraa ghabraa.e hai
sun rii koyal baavrii tuu kyuu.n malhaare.n gaa.e hai

Muztar Khairabadi

Saakhi

prem ka ang - piya jahai prem ras rakha chahai man

piiyaa jaahai prem ras raakhaa chaahai maan
ek myaan me.n do kha.Dag dekhaa sunaa na kaan

Kabir

Ghazal

mai.n kis se kahau.n ai dil bas tujh ko piyaa chaahe
sab kuchh mai.n karuu.n arpan jo mujh ko piyaa chaahe

Abdul Hadi Kavish

Naat-o-Manqabat

ghanghor musiibat kii ghaTaa chhaa.ii thii sar par
ham kaasa-e-ummiid liye aa ga.e dar par

Aarzoo Mehek

sher

abr-e-duud-e-dil jo ghar ko chhaa.e rahtaa hai mere
rahtii hai furqat kii shab baahar hii baahar chaa.ndnii

Aasi Ghazipuri

Ghazal

abr-e-duud-e-dil jo ghar ko chhaa.e rahtaa hai mere
rahtii hai furqat kii shab baahar hii baahar chaa.ndnii

Aasi Ghazipuri

Sufi Proverb

har kujaa tuu baa maanii man KHushdilam. var buud dar qa'ar chaahii manzelam

I am happy wherever thou art with me, even if I have to live at the bottom of a well.

Oral Tradition

sher

ye kis ne nigaaho.n se saaGar pilaa.e KHudii per merii be-KHudii banke chhaa.e
KHabardaar ai dil maqaam-e-adab hai kahii.n baadaa-noshii pe dhabbbaa n aa.e

Saeed Shaheedi

Kalaam

ye kis ne nigaaho.n se saaGar pilaa.e KHudii par mirii be-KHudii ban ke chhaa.e
KHabar-daar ai dil maqaam-e-adab hai kahii.n baada-noshii pe dhabba na aa.e

Saeed Shaheedi

Persian Sufi Poetry

diidii chahaa kard Gam baa dil-e-man
rusvaa dil-e-man shaidaa dil-e-man

Hazee'n Zaidpuri