Rubai

ulfat ba-Gam-e-yaar giraftast dilam
bar dosh-e-giraa.nbaar giraftast dilam

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

bisyaar za'iif-o-naa-tavaanast dilam
az juud-e-jahaaniyaan ba-jaanast dilam

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

mehnat ba-jahaa.n kashiid bisyaar dilam
har shaam-o-sahar buud dar aazaar dilam

Sarmad Kashani

Sufi Proverb

aa.ncheh dilam KHvaast na aa.n shud. aa.ncheh KHudaa KHvaast hmaa.n shud

aa.ncheh dilam KHvaast na aa.n shud. aa.ncheh KHudaa KHvaast hmaa.n shud

Oral Tradition

Rubai

taa-buud dilam za ’ishq mahruum na-shud
kam buud za asraar ki mafhuum na-shud

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

dilam rabuuda-e-luulii vashiist shor-a.ngez
daroG-e-baada-o-qattaal-e-vaz.a-o-ra.ng-aamez

Hafiz

Rubai

az baad-e-sabaa KHvaast dilam buu-e-turaa
chashmam za chaman just gul-e-ruu-e-turaa

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

diivaangii-e-dilam buvad ’aql-e-kamaal
aashob-e-mohabbat ast bairuu.n za KHayaal

Sarmad Kashani

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

mii-kunad baa man dilam har-lahza iz.haare digar
az daruunam mii-zanad sirr har-dam asraare digar

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Kalam

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

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

murG-e-dilam taayare-ast qudsii-e-arsh aashiyaa.n
az qafas-e-tan-maluul sair shuda az jahaa.n

Hafiz

Rubai

gaahe ki dilam hisaab-e-kirdaar kunad
chandii.n Gam-o-andoh ba-KHud yaar kunad

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Kalam

ba-'ishqat kun dilam yaa Gaus mad.hosh
zabaanam kun ba-mad.h-e-kHvesh pur-josh

Shah Abdul Qadir Badayuni

Rubai

vaarasta dilam hamesha vaarasta-e-uust
paivasta darii.n baaG ba-ra.ng-e-gul-o-buust

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

dilam az fart-e-shauq-e-vasl-e-aa.n jaanaana mii-raqsad
ki parvaana ba-pesh-e-sham'a betaabaana mii-raqsad

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

agar ze-gulshan-e-vaslat ba-maa rasad bo.e
dilam chuu Guncha ze-shaadii na-gunjad andar post

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

dilam ba-rubuud jaanaane ki aane dil-sitaa.n daarad
shakkar-lab KHanda-namkiine KHumaar-e-mai-kashaa.n daarad

Mushtaq

Persian Kalam

dilam dar aashiqii aavaara shud aavaara-tar baada
tanam az be-dilii be-chaara shud be-chaara-tar baada

Amir Khusrau

Rubai

aa.n but ki dilam za bahr-e-uu zaar shuda ast
uu jaa mii digar ba-Gam-e-giraftaar shuda ast

Omar Khayyam