Sufi Proverb

jaahila.n chu.n badaliil az KHasam Faromanad. silsila-e- KHusumat bajun.baanad

jaahila.n chu.n badaliil az KHasam Faromanad. silsila-e- KHusumat bajun.baanad

Oral Tradition

Rubai

aa.n raa ki buvad bahra ai az ’aql-o-kamal
bairuu.n ravad az daa.ira-e-fikr-e-muhaal

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

KHalq devaanand-o-shahvat silsila
mii-kashad shaa.n suu-e-dukkaan-o-Gala

Rumi

Naat-o-Manqabat

sakHii-o-ibn-e-sakHii-o-valii-e-ibn-e-valii
zuhuu-e-silsila-e-chisht yaa-Gariib-navaaz

Nisar Akbarabadi

Ghazal

lab sii liye hai.n ahl-e-KHirad ne ba-ehtiyaat
kyaa dekhiye dikhaa.iye abhii aql-e-KHaam aur

Jaleel Fatehgarhi

Persian Kalam

ba-har ruu-e-jamaal-e-yaar hastam
saraapaa maz.har-e-dildaar hastam

Aarif

Persian Kalam

ai maz.har-e-husn-e-laa-yazaalii
mir.at-e-jamaal-e-zul-jalaalii

Jami

Persian Kalam

baa abruu-e-KHamiida teG-e-jafaa kashiida
pa.e kushtan-e-Gariibe pa.e qatl-e-jaanbaaze

Jami

Persian Kalam

ai jamaal-e-paak-e-tuu iimaan-e-man
jalva-e-husn-e-tuu nuur-e-jaan-e-man

Aziz Safipuri

Naat-o-Manqabat

niyaaz-o-naaz kaa silsila madiine se
salaam-e-shauq idhar se du'aa madiine se

Ameen Aazmi

Persian Kalam

dast-e-dehad chu.n baKHtam bosam za fart-e-shauqat
paa-e-sagaan-e-kuuyat baa-sad hazaar naazee

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Persian Kalam

turk-e-man ai man Gulaam-e-ruu-e-tuu
jumla turkaan-e-jahaa.n hinduu-e-tuu

Fakhruddin Iraqi

Persian Kalam

ai balaa-e-jaanam az baalaa-e-tuu
dar suvaidaa-e-dilam saudaa-e-tuu

Faizi

Persian Kalam

asraar-e-vajuud raa kamaahii
diida-e-nazare KHuda-e-biinat

Jami

Persian Kalam

namaaz-e-zaahidaa.n mehraab-o-mimbar
namaaz-e-'aashiqaa.n ba-daar diidam

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

shaad baash ai 'ishq-e-KHush saudaa-e-maa
ai tabiib-e-jumla 'llat-haa-e-maa

Rumi

Persian Kalam

ai chehra-e-zebaa-e-tuu rashk-e-butaan-e-aazarii
har-chand vasfat mii-kunam dar husn zaa.n baalaa-tarii

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

ai surma-kash-e-hairat dar chashm-e-tamaashaa.ii
naira.ng-e-jamaal-e-tuu qufl-e-lab-e-goyaa.ii

Nikhat Sahsawani

Nazm

shaida ke har kalam ki wo be-misaliyan

miiThii hai.n jin kii qand-e-mukarrar se gaaliyaa.n
aur is 'faroG'-e-KHasta kii ye be-kamaaliyaa.n

Farogh Warsi