Sufi Proverb

aaKHvand shudan cheh aasaan mardum shudan cheh muushkiil

aaKHvand shudan cheh aasaan mardum shudan cheh muushkiil

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

vujuud mardum daana zar talaa ast. bahar kujaa kah ruud qadr-o-qiimatash daanad

vujuud mardum daana zar talaa ast. bahar kujaa kah ruud qadr-o-qiimatash daanad

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

sag az mardum mardum-e-aazaar beh

A dog is better than a man-tormenting human.

Oral Tradition

sher

nahii.n laKHt-e-jigar ye chashm me.n phirte ki mardum ne
charaaG ab karke raushan chho.De hai.n do-chaar paanii me.n

Shah Naseer

Sufi Proverb

har kujaa chamsha ae buud shiirii.n. mardum w murG w mor gard aainda

har kujaa chamsha ae buud shiirii.n. mardum w murG w mor gard aainda

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

taa nabaashad chiiZakii mardum na-goyand chiiZhaa

(a) There is no smoke without fire. (b) Where there are bees there is honey. (c)Unless there were something ever so small in it, people would not say things.

Oral Tradition

Rubai

az mardum-e-duniyaa duniyaa vahshat
har chand ba-giirii na-kaf aarii raahat

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

az mardum-e-duniyaa ba-KHudaa giir kanaar
taa dil ba-kushad ’aruus-e-raahat ba-kanaar

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

ii.n mardum-e-duniyaa ki giraftaar-e-Gam and
diivaana base diidam-o-hushiyaar kam and

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

ii.n mardum-e-duniyaa za KHudaa be-KHabarand
har shaam-o-sahar dar talab-e-siim-o-zarand

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

az mardum-e-duniyaa buvad andesha base
ii.n gurg-o-pala.ng and darii.n besha base

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

ii.n mardum-e-duniyaa hama ba-kHvaaham and
yaarn-e-niko kaar che bisyaar kam and

Sarmad Kashani

Sufi Proverb

raaz-e-mardum faash kardan bad tariin aebuhaa ast

raaz-e-mardum faash kardan bad tariin aebuhaa ast

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

gaauuvaan-o-KHaraan-e-baarbar-daar. beh ze admiyaan-e-mardum-aazaar

gaauuvaan-o-KHaraan-e-baarbar-daar. beh ze admiyaan-e-mardum-aazaar

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

tuu keh bar-baam-e-KHud aa.iina daarii charaa bar-baam-e-mardum mii-zanii sa.ng

tuu keh bar-baam-e-KHud aa.iina daarii charaa bar-baam-e-mardum mii-zanii sa.ng

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

bar ii.n ummiid murdam ki-uu ba-yaa.ed bar mazaar-e-man
magar rahame na kard aa.n be-vafaa bar haal-e-zaar-e-man

Ibrahim Aajiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

man banda ki mar toraa muriidam
hargiz chuu tuu.e digar na-diidam

Sheikh Jamaluddin Hansvi

Nazm

jawab-e-shikwa

mardum-e-chashm-e-zamii.n yaanii vo kaalii duniyaa
vo tumhaare shohdaa paalne vaalii duniyaa

Allama Iqbal

Persian Sufi Poetry

azaa.n gashtand mardum jumla bad-haal
nigar dajjaal-e-a.avar taa che-guuna

Mahmood Shabistari

Persian Sufi Poetry

mard-e-kaar uftaad baayad ishq raa
mardum-e-aazaad baayad ishq raa

Fariduddin Attar