Persian Sufi Poetry

laa-makaa.n baashad makaan-e-chishtiyaa.n
kas na-daanad sirr-e-jaan-e-chishtiyaa.n

Aziz Safipuri

sher

KHvaaja-e-laa-makaan-o-quds-muqaam
aasmaa.n aastaa.n mu.inuddiin

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

tum jo kahte ho laa-makaan hai ye
mere mahbuub kaa makaan hai ye

Hafiz Habib Ali Shah

Kalaam

makaan-e-yaar tak qaasid na pahu.nchaa
ga.e kaise payambar laa-makaa.n tak

Ameer Minai

Ghazal

pastii me.n hai.n zamii.n ke uu.nche makaan vaale
kyaa be-nishaa.n hu.e hai.n naam-o-nishaan vaale

Qabil Bandvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

baalaa-e-aasmaa.n ki sar-e-laa-makaan thaa
ahmad ke husn-e-paak kaa jalva kahaa.n na thaa

Ameer Minai

Sufi Proverb

zara'a e-nakardah paarah ma-kun

Do not cut the cloth before you have measured it.

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

ze-haal-e-miskii.n makun taGaaful duraa.e nainaa.n banaa.e batiyaa.n
ki taab-e-hijraa.n na-daaram ai jaa.n na lehuu kaahe lagaa.e chhatiyaa.n

Amir Khusrau

Ghazal

tujhe aaKHir kahaa.n Dhuu.nDhe makiin-e-laa-makaa.n ko.ii
na chaltaa hai pataa ko.ii na miltaa hai nishaa.n ko.ii

Afqar Mohani

Ghazal

chunii.n hairat-zada hastam jahaa.n kaisaa makaa.n kaisaa
ki misl-e-aatish-e-sozaa.n miraa soz-e-nihaa.n kaisaa

Akif Hussain Shahwali

Sufi Proverb

mashvarat baa hazaar nafar makun. raz KHud raa juz baikii mago

mashvarat baa hazaar nafar makun. raz KHud raa juz baikii mago

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

makiin-e-laa-makaa.n baashad mohammad
nishaan-e-be-nishaa.n baashad mohammad

Nasr Phulwarwi

Kalaam

haram-e-dil me.n makii.n thaa mujhe ma.aluum na thaa
vo rag-e-jaa.n se qarii.n thaa mujhe ma.aluum na thaa

Swami Nirmal

Sufi Proverb

makun bad baks garnaKHvaahii baKHavesh

makun bad baks garnaKHvaahii baKHavesh

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

mere qabaa me.n arsh makii.n hai maa daamii sub.haan-allaah
qurb-e-huzuurii aisii hu.ii hai laa-Gairii sub.haan-allaah

Mardan Safi

Ghazal

maalik-e-kaun-o-makaa.n aasaa.ish-e-taqdiir de
iltijaa-e-ijz ko sarmaaya-e-tauqiir de

Syeda Khairabadi

Persian Kalam

zikr-e-kase ma-kun ba-kun vasf-e-ruKH-e-nigaar-e-man
ruu-e-gule ma-bii.n ba-bii.n tal'at-e-gul-'ezaar-e-man

Muhi Phulwarwi

Ghazal

tanviir-e-laa-makaa.n se takmiil-e-ins-o-jaa.n hai
ye kaa.inaat 'aalam ik raaz-e-kun-fakaa.n hai

Qatil Ajmeri

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai burda-dil tuu qasd-e-jaa.n ma-kun
vaa.n che man kardam tu jaanaa.n aa.n ma-kun

Rumi

Rubai

ai dil mai-o-maa’shuuq ma-kun dar baaGii
saaluus rihaa kun-o-ma-kun zrraaqii

Omar Khayyam