Persian Sufi Poetry

qad-e-ra.anaa ruKH-e-zebaa lab-e-shiirii.n daarii
qasd-e-Gaarat-gar-e-aql-o-dil-o-dii.n daarii

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Kalaam

ze-haal-e-miskii.n makun taGaaful duraa.e nainaa.n banaa.e batiyaa.n
ki taab-e-hijraa.n na-daaram ai jaa.n na lehuu kaahe lagaa.e chhatiyaa.n

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

KHat-e-sabz-o-lab-e-la.al-o-ruKH-e-zebaa daarii
husn-e-yuusuf dam-e-iisaa yad-e-baizaa daarii

Amir Khusrau

Persian Sufi Poetry

baa.ng zadam niim-shabaa.n kiist darii KHaana-e-dil
guft manam kaz ruKH-e-man shud mah-o-KHurshiid KHajil

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

bayaa bayaa dil-daar-e-man dil-daar-e-man dar-aa dar-aa dar kaar-e-man dar kaar-e-man
tu.ii tu.ii gulzaar-e-man gulzaar-e-man ba-go ba-go asraar-e-man asraar-e-man

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ze duurii taa bake maaraa chunii.n mahjuur mii-daarii
va gar nazdiik mii-aayam tuu KHud raa duur mii-daarii

Nooruddin Hilali

Persian Kalam

butaa ii.n che husn-e-tarah-daar daarii
ki har-jaa hazaaraa.n parastaar daarii

Muhi Phulwarwi

Sufi Proverb

gar zar daarii bazor mohtaaj naii

gar zar daarii bazor mohtaaj naii

Oral Tradition

Rubai

har dil ki daruu mehr-o-mohabbat ba-sarisht
gar saakin-e-masjid ast va gar ze-ahl-e-kunisht

Omar Khayyam

Persian Kalam

do-'aalam ba-kaakul giraftaar daarii
ba-har muu hazaaraa.n siyaahkaar daarii

Aziz Safipuri

Sufi Literature

dara shukoh aur baba laal bairagi ki varta

Unknown

Rubai

shud az hama naaqisaa.n nihaa.n daarii tuu
raaz az hama ablahaa.n nihaa.n daarii tuu

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

zamiina-e-shura sunbul bar-niyarad. daru taKHm-e-amal zaa.e magar daa.n

zamiina-e-shura sunbul bar-niyarad. daru taKHm-e-amal zaa.e magar daa.n

Oral Tradition

sher

vasl ain duurii hai be-KHudii zaruurii hai
kuchh bhii kah nahii.n saktaa maajraa judaa.ii kaa

Aziz Safipuri

Sufi Proverb

tuu keh bar-baam-e-KHud aa.iina daarii charaa bar-baam-e-mardum mii-zanii sa.ng

tuu keh bar-baam-e-KHud aa.iina daarii charaa bar-baam-e-mardum mii-zanii sa.ng

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

gar tuu talabe daarii bedaarii-e-shab-haa kuu
baa-zikr-e-KHudaa buudan dar KHalvat-e-shab-haa kuu

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

sher

'ishq kii aa.iina-daarii jazba-e-kaamil me.n hai
vo mire dil me.n hai pahle se jo un ke dil me.n hai

Nihad Sandelvi

Shabad

mera Dera koi nahin mera Dera ek

meraa Deraa ko.ii nahii.n meraa Deraa ek
us Dere me.n ram rahe har dam uskii Tek

Ishwardas

Sufi Literature

majm ul bahrain

Dara Shikoh