Ghazal

rafta-rafta milaa aagahii kaa jahaa.n
puKHta hotaa gayaa be-KHudii kaa jahaa.n

Saleem Sarmad

Kalaam

rafta-rafta ye jahaa.n bilkul fanaa ho jaa.egaa
ek din aabaad sab mulk-e-baqaa ho jaa.egaa

Muhammad Wali

Bait

koi to hai jo wajud-e-hasti ko rafta-rafta miTa raha hai

ko.ii to hai jo vajuud-e-hastii ko rafta-rafta miTaa rahaa hai
mujhe miTaa kar vo mere andar hii rafta-rafta samaa rahaa hai

Syed Faizan Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai ham-nafasaa.n yak nafasam baaz guzaared
dast az man-e-diivaana-e-sar-gashta ba-daared

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Proverb

cheh suud aangah keh maahii maurda baashad. keh baaz ayad bajuuye rafta aabi

cheh suud aangah keh maahii maurda baashad. keh baaz ayad bajuuye rafta aabi

Oral Tradition

sher

ai jaan-e-man jaanaan-e-man ham dard-o-ham darmaan-e-man
deen-e-man-o-ii.maan-e-man amn-o-amaan-e-ummataa.n

Ahmad Raza Khan

Ghazal

kaarvaan-e-umr-e-rafta kii nishaanii rah ga.ii
ruuh ban kar iztiraab-e-jaavedaanii rah ga.ii

Zaheen Shah Taji

Bait

ahd-e-rafta ki khudai kis qadar mahngi paDi

ahd-e-rafta kii khudaa.ii kis qadar mah.ngii pa.Dii
jis jagah uu.nchii imaarat thii ga.Dhaa saa rah gayaa

Muzaffar Warsi

Persian Kalam

chand sirr-e-KHvesh raa zaahir kunii
baa-zabaan-e-'ahmad' ii.n guft-o-shuniid

Ahmad Jam

Persian Kalam

raftii-o-ham-chunaa.n ba-KHayaal-e-man andarii
go.ii ki dar baraabar-e-chashmam musavvirii

Saadi Shirazi

Rubai

vafaa jab na paa.ii shanaasaa.iyo.n me.n
palaT aa.e ham bhii tanhaa.iyo.n me.n

Rasheed Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

hai ham par kHuub ehsaan-e-mohammad
ki haatho.n me.n hai daamaan-e-mohammad

Nisar Ahmad Ansari

Naat-o-Manqabat

ham KHaak hai.n aur KHaak hii maavaa hai hamaaraa
KHaakii to vo aadam jadd-e-a.alaa hai hamaaraa

Ahmad Raza Khan

Rubai

aa.n-haa ki za pesh rafta and ai saaqii
dar KHaak-e-Guruur KHufta and ai saaqii

Omar Khayyam

sher

chain hii chain milaa tum se mohabbat kar ke
daulat-e-ishq milii ghar kaa kyaa kuchh bhii nahii.n

Rasheed Warsi

Rubai

aa.n-haa ki za pesh-rafta and ai saaqii
dar KHaak-e-Guruur-e-KHufta and ai saaqii

Omar Khayyam

Ghazal

laakh chhupaayaa raaz-e-dil lekin 'rashiid' kyaa kare.n
ahl-e-nazar samajh ga.e baat ye aam ho ga.ii

Rasheed Warsi

Persian Kalam

kamaal-e-baatin-o-zaahir jamaal-e-avval-o-aaKHir
hamesha ham-chunii.n maujuud ahmad buud ahmad buud

Aziz Safipuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

hech-gaahe ba-suu-e-banda nayaa.ii aarii
hech-kaare ba-muraad-e-dil-e-darvesh na-raft

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

dil-e-zaar-e-maraa dar KHaak-o-KHuu.n andaaKHtii raftii
maraa diivaana-o-rusvaa-e-aalam saaKHtii raftii

Ghulam Imam Shaheed