Ghazal

aa.e na harf zabt pe piir-e-muGaa.n kahii.n
ban jaa.e.n KHud savaal na a.ng.Daa.iyaa.n kahii.n

Afqar Mohani

Ghazal

dil me.n utarte harf se mujh kaa milaa pataa tiraa
mo’jaza-e-husn-e-saut kaa zamzama-e-sadaa tiraa

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Pad

harf kare hai kya bad-KHu iman mein durweshon ke

harf kare hai kyaa bad-KHuu iimaan me.n durvesho.n ke
alfaqr-o-faqiirii aayaa hai shaan me.n durvesho.n ke

Kavi Dildar

Sufi Proverb

dar KHana agar kas ast yak harf bas ast

(E)A word to the wise. (T) If there is someone in the house, a single word is enough.

Oral Tradition

sher

har tamannaa ishq me.n harf-e-Galat
aashiqii me.n maanii-e-haasil fareb

Zaheen Shah Taji

sher

ġhair-e-harf-e-niyāz so bhī kabhū
kah sakūñ huuñ majāl hai kuchh aur

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Kalaam

aashiq pa.Dhan namaaz piram dii jai.n vich haraf na ko.ii huu
jehaa kehaa niit na sakke udh dardmand dil Dho.ii huu

Sultan Bahu

Ghazal

gul-e-hariif tirii zulf kii panaah me.n hai
'ajab charaaG-e-raqaabat shab-e-siyaah me.n hai

Haseeb Jamal

Ghazal

har adaa un kii hariif shab-e-tanhaa.ii hai
vaqt haalaat kaa KHaamosh tamaashaa.ii hai

Aslam Lakhnavi

Naat-o-Manqabat

rahmato.n par hai nazar harf-e-du’aa kaif me.n hai
bikhre anvaar tavakkul hai.n razaa kaif me.n hai

Ramzan Haidar Firdausi

Naat-o-Manqabat

rasaa.ii ’aql-o-daanaa.ii kii harf-e-kun-fakaa.n tak hai
shu’uur-o-aagahii ’ishq-e-vajh-e-ii.n-o-aa.n tak hai

Talha Rizvi Barq

Naat-o-Manqabat

mire harf-o-saut kii aabruu hai unhii.n ke vasf-e-jamaal me.n
hai usii charaaG se raushnii mirii bazm-e-fikr-o-kHayaal me.n

Rais Ahmad Numani

Masnavi

zabt-e-chuu.n raft az sadaa GauGaaste
harf-e-uu raa raib ne tabdiil ne

Allama Iqbal

Masnavi

harf che buvad kHaar-e-diivaar-e-razaa.n
harf-o-saut-o-guft raa barham zanam

Rumi

Naat-o-Manqabat

tum ne kis siyaahii se likh diyaa qur.aan aisaa
harf-harf raushan hai baat-baat raushan hai

Anjum Warsi

Ghazal

vo tanz lauT ke aa.e.n ye Gair mumkin hai
jo harf harf nikal kar terii zabaa.n se ga.e

Khwaja Shayan Hasan

Persian Sufi Poetry

kanuu.n naatiq KHamush gardad kanuu.n 'aashiq b-nutq aayad
rihaa kun harf-e-ba-shamurda ki harf-e-be-shumaar aamad

Rumi

Persian Kalam

dar diida-e-ma’nii-ashnaayaa.n
har harf kitaab mii-numaayad

Khwaja Meer Dard

Persian Sufi Poetry

dar diida-e-ma'nii aashnaayaan
har-harf kitaab mii-numaayad

Khwaja Meer Dard

Persian Sufi Poetry

gaah 'aalam aafriinii az do harf
gah muzakkar aafriinii az inaas

Rumi