Masnavi

na-girestan-e-'izraa.iil bar marde-o-garekHtan-e-aa.n mard dar saraa-e-sulaimaan-o-taqriir-e-tarjiih-e-tavakkul bar jehd-o-qillat-e-faa.ida jehd
raad-e-marde chaasht-gaahe dar rasiid

Rumi

Sufi Proverb

garat az dast bar aayad dahnii shiirii.n kun. mardi aa.n niist ki mushtii ba-znii bar dahanii

If you find it possible, make some one’s mouth sweet; it is no manliness to strike a blow at one’s mouth.

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

dafn mii-kardand marde raa ba-KHaak
shaiKH-e-basrii shud ba-pesh-e-aa.n maGaak

Fariduddin Attar

Sufi Proverb

cheh suud aangah keh maahii maurda baashad. keh baaz ayad bajuuye rafta aabi

cheh suud aangah keh maahii maurda baashad. keh baaz ayad bajuuye rafta aabi

Oral Tradition

Rubai

KHvaaham dil-e-pazh-murda shavad taaza chu gul
jaa.n naGma-saraa buud ba-ra.ng-e-bulbul

Sarmad Kashani

Ghazal

tan man jin KHaak syaah kiinah muriidii
jaise tan beach ghaav maar chhurii lii

Tulsi Sahib Hathras Wale

Persian Sufi Poetry

ayaa maa.nda be-mojib har muraade
hama saala dar mehnat ijtihaade

Hakeem Sanai

sher

gir pa.De Gash khaa ke aashiq aur murde jii uThe
do-qadam jab vo chale ye hashr barpaa ho gayaa

Aughat Shah Warsi

Masnavi

hikaayat-e-mard-e-baqqaal-o-tuutii-o-roGan rekHtan-e-tuutii dar dukkaan
buud baqqaale-o-vai raa tuutiye

Rumi

sher

ba-sad naa-muraadii muraad apnī 'kaamil'
kisii kaa Gam-e-mo'tabar allaah allaah

Kamil Shattari

sher

fareb-e-rañg-o-bū-e-dahr mat khā mard-e-āqil ho
samajh ātish-kada is gulshan-e-shādāb-e-duniyā ko

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Persian Sufi Poetry

murda budam zinda shudam girya budam KHanda shudam
daulat-e-'ishq aamdam-o-man daulat-e-paayanda shudam

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

mard-e-KHudaa mast buvad be-sharaab
mard-e-KHudaa sair buvad be-kabaab

Rumi

sher

jii uThe murde tirii aavaaz se
phir zaraa mutrib usii andaaz se

Khwaja Aziz-ul-Hasan Majzuub

Ghazal

jii uThe murde tirii aavaaz se
phir zaraa mutrib usii andaaz se

Khwaja Azizul Hasan Majzoob

Masnavi

bayaan-e-aa.nkii kushtan-o-zahr daadan-e-mard-e-zargar ba-ishaarat-e-ilaahii buud na ba-havaa-e-nafs-o-ta.ammul-e-faasid
kushtan-e-ii.n mard bar dast-e-hakiim

Rumi

Sufi Proverb

gird-e-naam-e-pidar mii-gardii. pidar-e-KHesh baash agar mardii

gird-e-naam-e-pidar mii-gardii. pidar-e-KHesh baash agar mardii

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

vasvase aate nahii.n ye mard-e-kaamil ke qariib
duur hai manzil se vo yaa hai vo manzil ke qariib

Abdul Rab Taalib

Kaafi

mullan mainun marda i

mullaa.n mainuu.n maardaa ii
mullaa.n mainuu.n maardaa ii

Bulleh Shah

Kalaam

is mamlikat kaa mard-e-musalmaa.n chalaa gayaa
rotaa huu.n mai.n ki paikar-e-iimaa.n chalaa gayaa

Agha Shorish Kashmiri