Sufi Proverb

Khuubruuyaa.n kushaadah ruu baashand. tuu keh ruu bastaii magar zitshi?

Khuubruuyaa.n kushaadah ruu baashand. tuu keh ruu bastaii magar zitshi?

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

jalva-gar yaar magar qatl-gah-e-aam me.n hai
jab bulaataa huu.n mai.n suntaa huu.n qazaa kaam me.n hai

Ameer Minai

Bait

miTe hain qasr-e-sultani magar ye roza-e-anwar

miTe hai.n qasr-e-sultaanii magar ye roza-e-anvar
abad aasaar baaqii hai nizaamuddiin chishtii kaa

Zamin Nizami

sher

KHat-e-qismat miTaate ho magar itnaa samajh lenaa
ye harf-e-aarzuu haatho.n kii ra.ngat le ke uTThe.nge

Muztar Khairabadi

sher

KHat-e-qismat miTaate ho magar itnaa samajh lenaa
ye harf-e-aarzuu haatho.n kii ra.ngat le ke uTThe.nge

Muztar Khairabadi

Sufi Proverb

zamiina-e-shura sunbul bar-niyarad. daru taKHm-e-amal zaa.e magar daa.n

zamiina-e-shura sunbul bar-niyarad. daru taKHm-e-amal zaa.e magar daa.n

Oral Tradition

sher

na dikhāte mujhe jalva magar itnā karte
aap kā ġham mirī taskīn kā sāmāñ hotā

Fana Bulandshahri

Ghazal

mai.n kuchh nahii.n magar ye haqiiqat zaruur hai
aap ke dar-e-karam se mohabbat zaruur hai

Fana Bulandshahri

Kalaam

sho.araa uTh ga.e duniyaa se magar dekh 'amiir'
achchhe shero.n kaa zamaana hai sanaa-KHvaa.n ab tak

Ameer Minai

sher

rind huu.n ba-KHudaa magar be-KHud huu.n be-KHudaa nahii.n
tum hii mere ho peshvaa yaanii ki naa-KHudaa bhii tum

Bekhud Suhrawardi

sher

mai.n rahiin-e-dard sahii magar mujhe aur chaahiye kyaa 'jigar'
Gam-e-yaar hai miraa shefta mai.n farefta Gam-e-yaar par

Jigar Moradabadi

Kalaam

haqiiqat aur hii kuchh hai magar ham kyaa samajhte hai.n
jo apnaa ho nahii.n saktaa use apnaa samajhte hai.n

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

sher

nahii.n aa.nkh jalva-kash-e-sahar ye hai zulmato.n kaa asar magar
ka.ii aaftaab Guruub hai.n mire Gam kii shaam-e-daraaz me.n

Seemab Akbarabadi

sher

ta.alluq to us gul se chho.Daa magar
kaleje me.n kaa.nTaa chubhaa rah gayaa

Muztar Khairabadi

sher

ta.alluq to us gul se chho.Daa magar
kaleje me.n kaa.nTaa chubhaa rah gayaa

Muztar Khairabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

che buuyast ii.n che buuyast ii.n magar aa.n yaar mii-aayad
magar aa.n yaar-e-gul-ruKHsaar az gulzaar mii-aayad

Rumi

sher

aatish se gul kii daaG magar 'ishq' khaa.e the
aa.ii jo peshvaa tujhe lene ko nau-bahaar

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

Ghazal

mujh ko tirii talaash thii apnaa magar nishaa.n milaa
dasht ko jaa rahaa thaa me.n raah me.n gulistaa.n milaa

Behzad Lakhnavi

Ghazal

raushan hai zamaana magar ujyaaraa nahii.n hai
taabish terii suurat kaa kahii.n saayaa nahii.n hai

Syed Amjad Hussain

Ghazal

hu.aa hai tez magar baadbaa.n to hai hii nahii.n
sitaaraa ek bhii manzil-nishaa.n to hai hii nahii.n

Sufia Deepika Kausar