Persian Sufi Poetry

gaah razm aamad bayaa taa azm-e-ze-maidaa.n kunem
mard-e-ishq aamad bayaa taa gird-e-uu jaulaa.n kunem

Hakim Sanai

Kalaam

ai ruuh-o-ravaan-e-jaan-o-tanam qad kunto basiiran fil-basharii
ai nain ka.nval chandar-muurat ko.uu misl-e-tuu dar-falakul-qamarii

Manzoor Aarfi

Persian Sufi Poetry

shaguft aayad muraa bar dil azii.n zindaan-e-sultaanii
ki dar zindaan-e-sultaanii manam sultaan-e-zindaanii

Hakim Sanai

Masnavi

dar sirr-e-aa.n-ki man araada a.ny-yajlisa ma'allaahi fal-yajlis ma'a ahl-e-tasavvuf
aa.n rasuul az KHud ba-shud zii.n yak-do jaam

Rumi

sher

dil ishq me.n hotaa hai maa.il-ba-fuGaa.n pahle
jab aag sulagtii hai uThtaa hai dhu.aa.n pahle

Fana Nizami Kanpuri

Ghazal

dil ishq me.n hotaa hai maa.il-ba-fuGaa.n pahle
jab aag sulagtii hai uThtaa hai dhu.aa.n pahle

Fana Nizami Kanpuri

Sufi Quotes

The beauty of worldly allurements makes it lovers so much oblivious that they forget the passage of temporal as well as celestial worlds. They fail to understand the challenge before them.

The beauty of worldly allurements makes it lovers so much oblivious that they forget the passage of temporal as well as celestial worlds. They fail to understand the challenge before them.

Bu Ali Shah Qalandar

Ghazal

'ishq diivaana-vaar tum se hai
mirii hastii ko pyaar tum se hai

Fana Bulandshahri

sher

husn-e-butāñ kā ishq merī jaan ho gayā
ye kufr ab to hāsil-e-īmān ho gayā

Fana Bulandshahri

sher

husn-e-butāñ kā ishq merī jaan ho gayā
ye kufr ab to hāsil-e-īmān ho gayā

Fana Bulandshahri

Kalaam

husn-e-butaa.n kaa 'ishq mirii jaan ho gayaa
ye kufr ab to haasil-e-iimaan ho gayaa

Fana Bulandshahri

Ghazal

kyuu.n fanaa-fil-'ishq ye miraa dil-e-muztar na ho
terii KHaatir miTne vaalaa jaavedaa.n ho jaa.egaa

Meenu Bakhshi

sher

ishq meñ chāñd-sitāroñ kī haqīqat kyā ho
jalva-e-yār pe qurbān sahar hotī hai

Fana Bulandshahri

sher

haañ vahī ishq-o-mohabbat kī jilā hotī hai
jo ibādat dar-e-jānāñ pe adā hotī hai

Fana Bulandshahri

Ghazal

haa.n vahii ishq-o-mohabbat kii jilaa hotii hai
jo 'ibaadat dar-e-jaanaa.n pe adaa hotii hai

Fana Bulandshahri

Sufi Quotes

It is fact that a Sufi in his spiritual journey experiences such tealities which a profound philosopher and learned men fail to attain even after a very long period of trial and tribulation.

It is fact that a Sufi in his spiritual journey experiences such tealities which a profound philosopher and learned men fail to attain even after a very long period of trial and tribulation.

Shah Waliullah Dehlvi

Kalaam

sar jhukaayaa to patthar sanam ban ga.e 'ishq bhaTkaa to KHud aashnaa ho gayaa
rashk karataa hai kaa'ba mere kufr par mai.n ne jis but ko puujaa KHudaa ho gayaa

Fana Bulandshahri

Ghazal

har ghaḌī pesh-e-nazar ishq meñ kyā kyā na rahā
merā dil bas tirī tasvīr kā dīvāna rahā

Fana Bulandshahri

sher

har ghaḌī pesh-e-nazar ishq meñ kyā kyā na rahā
merā dil bas tirī tasvīr kā dīvāna rahā

Fana Bulandshahri

Ghazal

ham aagahii-e-ishq kaa afsaana kahe.nge
kuchh aql ke maare hame.n diivaana kahe.nge

Fana Nizami Kanpuri