Ghazal

naqsh-paa-e-nabii se milaa hai zulmato.n ke safar me.n sahaaraa
kHaak-paa-e-nabii kii badaulat murda-dil jii uThe hai.n dobaaraa

Aarzoo Mehek

Naat-o-Manqabat

dayaar-e-mustafavii ke safar kii baat karo
jo kar sako to mohammad ke dar kii baat karo

Abdul Sattar Niazi

sher

KHushii se KHatm kar le saKHtiyaa.n qaid-e-fara.ng apnii
ki ham aazaad hai.n begaana-e-ranj-e-dil-aazaarii

Hasrat Mohani

Sufi Proverb

juz az bad nabaashad mukafaat-e- bad

juz az bad nabaashad mukafaat-e- bad

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

zulf simTii na raat KHatm hu.ii
kash-makash me.n hayaat KHatm hu.ii

Adeeb Kakvi

Kalaam

duniyaa-e-be-sabaat me.n kyaa ho hame.n sabaat
jis ghar me.n ham muqiim vo ghar hii safar me.n hai

Ameer Minai

sher

shauKHii-e-ra.ng-e-gul-e-ruKHsaar us per KHatm hai
aks se lala-e-yaman hiire kaa bu.ndaa ho gayaa

Barq Lakhnavi

Qita

kuduurat KHatm ho jaaye ye hai e’laan-e-aazaadii
rahe.n sab muttahid baaham ye hai farmaan-e-aazaadii

Afsar Narvi

Bait

ji chahta hai umr-e-mohabbat na KHatm ho

jii chaahtaa hai umr-e-mohabbat na KHatm ho
mar jaa.iye kisii kii tamannaa liye hu.e

Fitrat Warsi

Ghazal

samajh rahaa huu.n 'muzaffar' use shariik-e-safar
jo mere saath qadam-do-qadam chalaa bhii nahii.n

Muzaffar Warsi

sher

ba'd marne ke mai-e-ishq kii KHushbuu mahke
Daal do KHaak mire qabr pe mai-e-KHaane kii

Naza'n Sholapuri

Kalaam

maut thii yaa hayaat KHatm hu.ii
chho.Diye KHair baat KHatm hu.ii

Saifuddin Saif

Ghazal

hu.aa KHatm hastii kaa merii fasaana
badaltaa rahe karvaTe.n ab zamaana

Bedam Shah Warsi

Persian Kalam

man aashiq-e-bad-naamam diivaana-o-bad-kaaram
vallaah na-buvad aaram gar yaar buvad yaaram

Ahmad Jam

Persian Kalam

na shanaakHtrii ba-kujaa ravii ze-kujaa ba-ii.n safar aamdii
tuu kHaraab-e-nashsha-e-kiistii kii ze-KHvesh be-KHabar aamdii

Khwaja Meer Dard

sher

jab chaahne vaale KHatm hu.e us vaqt unhe.n ehsaas hu.aa
ab yaad me.n un kii rote hai.n ha.ns ha.ns ke rulaanaa bhuul ga.e

Kamil Shattari

sher

vo mujh se milne ko aa.e hai.n merii maut ke bad
KHushii bhii mere liye Gam hai kiyaa kiyaa jaa.e

Purnam Allahabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

safar kardam bahar shahre daviidam
chuu shahr-e-'ishq-e-man shahre na-diidam

Rumi

Ghazal

neko.n ke biich tere bad-kaar hai.n to ham hai.n
terii inaayato.n ke haqdaar hai.n to ham hai.n

Amjad Rabbani