Sufi Proverb

jaa.e keh gosht niist chuGaundur pahalwaan ast

jaa.e keh gosht niist chuGaundur pahalwaan ast

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

ba-tamanna.e gosht murdan beh keh taqaaza-e -zisht-e-qasaabaa.n

Better die for want of meat than hear the exactions of the butcher.

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

za naam-e-Gaus-e-aa'zam gasht aasaa.n jumla mushkil-haa
rafiiqaanam biyaa saa.iid-o-ba-kushaa.iid mahmil-haa

Shah Abdul Qadir Badayuni

Persian Sufi Poetry

ze-tuu har fe.al ki avval gasht zaahir
bara.n gardii ba-baare chand qaadir

Mahmood Shabistari

Rubai

ahvaal ki az jaur-e-falak gasht tabaah
ii.n bud ki az shaah-o-gadaa KHvaast panaah

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

tan piir gasht va aarzuu-e-dil javaa.n hunuuz
dil KHuu.n shud va hadiis-e-butaa.n bar zabaa.n hunuuz

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

taa mast-o-aashiq-e-ruKH-e-jaanaana gashta-am
baa dard-e-ishq ham-dam-o-ham-KHaana gashta-am

Unknown

Persian Kalam

tan piir gasht-o-aarzuu-e-dil javaa.n hanuuz
dil KHuu.n shud-o-hadiis-e-butaa.n bar zabaa.n hanuuz

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

KHasta-e-hijr gashta-am baa tuu visaalam aarzuust
tiira shuda ast chashm-e-man nuur-e-jamaalam aarzuust

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Persian Kalam

dar kisvat-e-bashar chuu padiidaar gasht yaar
ganje ki buud nihaa.n ba-jahaa.n gasht aashkaar

Auhadi

Persian Kalam

dar kisvat-e-bashar chuu padiidaar gasht yaar
ganje ki bud nihaa.n ba-jahaa.n gasht aashkaar

Auhadi

Persian Kalam

taa judaa gashta-e-zemaa sanamaa
ba-ka-til-aino fii havaa-ka damaa

Saadi Shirazi

Persian Sufi Poetry

shagufta shud gul-e-hamraa-o-gasht bulbul mast
salaa-e-sar-KHush ai sufiyaan-e-baada-parast

Hafiz

Do Sukhna

gala na tha

gosht kyuu.n na khaayaa
Dom kyuu.n na gaayaa

Amir Khusrau

Do Sukhna

gala na tha

gosht kyuu.n na khaayaa
nartakii ne kyuu.n na gaayaa

Amir Khusrau

sher

kab dimaaG itnaa ki kiije jaa ke gul-gasht-e-chaman
aur hii gulzaar apne dil ke hai gulshan ke biich

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Kalaam

KHayaal aayaa jo us mah-ruu ko gul-gasht-e-kHiyaabaa.n kaa
nazar kuchh aur hii aane lagaa 'aalam-e-gulistaa.n kaa

Syed Ali Kaithli

Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

asp gho.Daa fiil haathii sher singh
gosht he.Daa charm cham.Daa shahm piih

Amir Khusrau

Ghazal

dekhiye to bas ek paara-e-gosht
sochiye to bharaa jahaan hai dil

Naseer Seraji

sher

vo ai 'sīmāb' kyuuñ sar-gashta-e-tasnīm-o-jannat ho
mayassar jis ko sair-e-tāj aur jamunā kā sāhil hai

Seemab Akbarabadi