Sufi Proverb

vaqt zaruurat chuu.n numaanad gurez, dast bagirat sar shamshir tez

vaqt zaruurat chuu.n numaanad gurez, dast bagirat sar shamshir tez

Oral Tradition

Rubai

taa baaz shanaaKHtam man ii.n paa.e za dast
ii.n charKH-e-faromaaya maraa dast ba-bast

Omar Khayyam

Rubai

gar dast dehad za maGz gandum naane
vaz mii guzarii za gospande raane

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

har kah dast az jaan bashoyed har chah dildaar bagoyad

har kah dast az jaan bashoyed har chah dildaar bagoyad

Oral Tradition

Rubai

rasm-e-bai'at ko dast-giirii samjhe
gaddii par baiThnaa faqiirii samjhe

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Rubai

saaqii dil-e-man za dast agar KHvaahad raft
bahr ast kujaa za KHud ba-dar KHvaahad raft

Omar Khayyam

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

dast az talab na-daaram taa kaam-e-man bar-aayad
yaa jaa.n rasad ba-jaanaa.n yaa jaa.n za-tan bar-aayad

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

ba-rbuud ze dast ii.n dilam e.ajaaz-nigaahe
zaanast maraa hamdam-o-dam-saaz-nigaahe

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Rubai

gar bar falakam dast badaade yazdaa.n
bardaashtame man ii.n falak raa za mayaa.n

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai dil ar uqbaat baayad dast az duniyaa ba-daar
paak-baazii pesha gair va raah-e-dii.n kun iKHtiyaar

Hakeem Sanai

sher

ra.ng-e-dast aavaez-e-ulfat dekh kahtii hai hinaa
ab to haatho.n-haath saudaa tujh se jaanaa.n ban gayaa

Shah Naseer

Persian Kalam

agar aa.n turk-e-shiiraazii ba-dast aarad dil-e-maa raa
ba-KHaal-e-hinduvash baKHsham samarqand-o-buKHaaraa raa

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

bahar-e-KHuu.n-rez-maraa dast che maalii chandii.n
KHuun-e-man ba ki ba-rezii va ba-maalii bardast

Amir Khusrau

Rubai

mai KHur ki na 'ilm dast giirad na 'amal
illaa karam-o-rahmat-e-haq-e-’azz-o-jal

Omar Khayyam

Bait

agar khufiya dah dil ba dast aawri

Saadi Shirazi

Ghazal

martaba paataa hai dast siim-bar me.n aa.iina
saaf aataa hai nazar chaa.ndii ke ghar me.n aa.iina

Khwaja Wazeer Lakhnavi

Sufi Proverb

garat az dast bar aayad dahnii shiirii.n kun. mardi aa.n niist ki mushtii ba-znii bar dahanii

If you find it possible, make some one’s mouth sweet; it is no manliness to strike a blow at one’s mouth.

Oral Tradition

Rubai

'sarmad' jismast-o-jaanash dar dast-e-kase ast
tiirest vale kamaanash dar dast-e-kase ast

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Kalam

ba-deh dast-e-yaqii.n ai dil ba-dast-e-shaah-e-jiilaanii
ki dast-e-uu buvad andar haqiiqat dast-e-yazdaanii

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi