Kalaam

indar kalma kal-kal kardaa ishq sikhaayaa kalma huu
chaudaa.n tabqe kalme andar chhaD kitaabaa.n almaa.n huu

Sultan Bahu

sher

indar kalma kal-kal kardaa ishq sikhaayaa kalma huu
chaudaa.n tabqe kalme andar chhaD kitaabaa.n almaa.n huu

Sultan Bahu

Persian Sufi Poetry

turaa ishq ham-chuu.n KHude zaab-o-gil
rubaayad hamii.n sabr-o-aaraam-e-dil

Saadi Shirazi

Persian Sufi Poetry

raaze ze-azal andar dil-e-ushshaaq nihaan-ast
zaa.n raaz KHabar yaaft kase raa ki ayaan-ast

Hakeem Sanai

Rubai

dii kuuza-garii ba-diidam andar baazaar
bar paara gil-e-hamii lakad zad bisyaar

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai ba-ain-e-haqiiqat andar ain
baaz karda ze-bahr-e-diidan ain

Hakeem Sanai

sher

andar bhaa.ii andar baalan andar de vich dhuuhaa.n huu
shaah-rag thii.n rabb ne.De laddhaa ishq kiitaam jad suuhaa.n huu

Sultan Bahu

Ghazal

'ishq ba-ruu-e-kaar hu.aa hai andar-andar pinhaa.n-pinhaa.n
paikar-e-KHaakii raushan-raushan ruuh ke jalve taabaa.n-taabaa.n

Fatima Hussaini Makhfi

Rubai

andar rah-e-'ishq jumla saafaa.n durdand
va-andar talabash jumla buzurgaa.n KHurdand

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

maa taalib-e-jaanem na andar pa-e-naanem
maa som'a-o-masjid-o-sajjaada- na-daanem

Rumi

Persian Kalam

sirr-e-haq pinhaa.nst andar maa'nii-e-israar-e-man
zaahirash paidaast andar suurat-e-iz.haar-e-man

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

dar aa.n havaa ki juz barq andar talab na-baashad
gar KHirmane ba-sozad chandaa.n ajab na-baashad

Hafiz

Sufi Proverb

taa keh aHmaQ baaqii ast andar jahaa.n mard muflis ke shavad mohtaaj -e-naan

taa keh aHmaQ baaqii ast andar jahaa.n mard muflis ke shavad mohtaaj -e-naan

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

raftam andar tah-e-KHaak uns-e-butaanam baaqiist
’ishq jaanam ba-rabuud aafat-e-jaanam baaqiist

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Kalam

baa-kaaram-o-be-kaaram chuu.n mud ba-hisaab andar
goyaanam-o-kHaamosham chuu.n KHat ba-kitaab andar

Naseeruddin Charagh-e-Dehli

Bait

wahdat andar wahdat andar wahdat

vahdat andar vahdat andar vahdat
har che biinii Gair-e-vahdat aa.n but ast

Sultan Bahu

Sufi Proverb

mard baayad ki giirad andar gosh. var navishta ast pand bar diivaar

A man should hear an advice, though it may be written on the wall.

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

do chiiz andar shumaa man mii guzaaram
ki baashad taa-qiyaamat yaadgaaram

Abdul Basit Amethvi

Dohra

uh hadi mere andar bolya ruDah puDah gae gunahan

uh haadii mere andar bolyaa ru.Dah pu.Dah ga.e gunaahaa.n
pahaa.Dii.n laggaa baajraa shahtuut lagge pharvaahaa.n

Bulleh Shah

Sufi Proverb

kiimyaagar ze Gussa murdah-o-ranj. ablah andar KHaraaba yaaftfa ganj

kiimyaagar ze Gussa murdah-o-ranj. ablah andar KHaraaba yaaftfa ganj

Oral Tradition