Persian Sufi Poetry

mu.aashiraa.n girah az zulf-e-yaar baaz kuned
shabe KHush ast ba-dii.n qissa-ash daraaz kuned

Hafiz

Did You Know

Inserting verses from other poems into the silent text in the qawwali performance is called Girah lagana (tying a knot)

Rubai

aashufta-e-aa.n zulf-e-girah giir shudam
tadbiir na ii.n buud za taqdiir shudam

Sarmad Kashani

Kavitt

netropalambh - Chhuṭyau girah kaj lok laj man mohini ko

Chhuuṭyau girah kaaj lok laaj man mohinii ko
bhuulyau man mohan ko murlii bajaaibau

Raskhan

Pad

ai aayo aayo mere girah nand ko nandan man inchha phal payo

a aayo aayo mere girah nand ko nandan man i.nchhaa phal paayo
kahaa kaho.n mere bhaag kii mahimaa arth dharm kaam moksh chaaro.n padaarath paayo

Baiju Bavara

Sufi Articles

farsi girah bandi ki ibtida, farsi ka manzum kalam

Akmal Hyderabadi

sher

umiid-vaar hai.n har samt aashiqo.n ke giroh
tirii nigaah ko allaah dil-navaaz kare

Hasrat Mohani

Doha

alak ju lagi palak sun palak rahi grah jhaal

alak ju laagii palak suu.n palak rahii grah jhaal
aa.nkhin prem pharikkiyaa nii.nd na parat 'jamaal'

Jamaal

Pad

grah chandr tapan jot barat hai surat rag nirat tar bajai

grah chandr tapan jot barat hai surat raag nirat taar baajai
naubatiyaa ghurat hai rain din sunn me.n kahae 'kabiir' piu gagan gaajai

Kabir

Ghazal

muKHaddaraat-e-giroh-e-muslim hamaarii haalat me.n kyaa rahii hai
ye Gaflat-e-be-panaah tauba ki qaum-e-muslim pe chhaa rahii hai

Syeda Khairabadi

Persian Kalam

girah az kaakul-e-mushkii.n kushaadand
azaa.n shaam-e-Gariibaa.n aafriidand

Ghulam Imam Shaheed

Kalaam

ishva-girah hai yaa ki qayaamat
raqsaa.n hai 'aalam tauba ilaahii

Amanat Ali Nizami

Salam

musharraf KHatra am zamiir to baad
assalaam e girah kushaa.e jah.n

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

rishta-e-man az girah-e-qaid rast
bar giraham gauhare itlaaq bast

Jami

Ghazal

nazar aataa hai girah zulf se khol
har taraf fitna bapaa kiijiyegaa

Khwaja Meer Asar

Persian Kalam

agar maanind-e-shaana panja-e-man
girah zaa.n zulf ba-kashuude che buude

Haji Waris Ali Shah

Raga Based Poetry

ragini ToDi chautal sangit utpatti aunkar barahma uchaarayau chaaraun aanan

baa.iis surti unanchaas kuuT taan
aarohii avrohii asthaa.ii sa.nchaarii ans nyaas girah jaan

Tansen

Kalaam

ham se chhūTā qimār-ḳhāna-e-ishq
vaañ jo jāveñ girah meñ maal kahāñ

Mirza Ghalib

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-juz lab tishnagii andar girah niist
chuu gauhar go saraapaa Garq-e-aabam

Khwaja Meer Dard

Masnavi

kuu bar aab az makr bar baste girah
guft tarsaayaa.n panaah-e-jaa.n kunand

Rumi