Rubai

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

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

hech kas raa dar pas-e-ii.n parda niist
taa kase uu raa bazaarii murda niist

Fariduddin Attar

Persian Sufi Poetry

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

Rumi

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

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

Ghazal

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

Khwaja Azizul Hasan Majzoob

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

Hakim Sanai

sher

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

Kamil Shattari

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

Sufi Proverb

taa tiryaaq az Iraaq aavurdah shavad maar gaziida murdah baa-shad

(a)By the time the antidote arrives from Chaldea (Iraq ), he whom the snake has bit will have died. (b)While the grass grows the cow (or the steed) starves.

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

gar kasii KHaak murdah baaz kunad. nashunaasad tavangar az darvez

gar kasii KHaak murdah baaz kunad. nashunaasad tavangar az darvez

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

nakunad baaz mosh murdah shikaar

nakunad baaz mosh murdah shikaar

Oral Tradition

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

Sufi Proverb

KHudat raa KHasta babii.n rafiiqat raa murdah

KHudat raa KHasta babii.n rafiiqat raa murdah

Oral Tradition

Masnavi

jumla KHalqaa.n murda-e-murda kHudand
jumla shaahaa.n past past-e-KHvesh raa

Rumi

Ghazal

murda ko zinda zinda ko murda banaa diyaa
kis me.n ye baat hai terii guftaar ke sivaa

Ghafoor Shah Warsi

Ghazal

kis tarah mai.n tujhe murda kahuu.n murda samjhuu.n
tujh se zinda huu.n tire saath hii mai.n zinda huu.n

Zaheen Shah Taji

Naat-o-Manqabat

vo hai nisbat jo kare murda dilo.n ko zinda
murda-dil zinda na ho gar to vo nisbat kaisii

Azizuddin Rizwan Qadri

Persian Sufi Poetry

har ki jaa.n dar rah-e-jaanaa.n na-dehad murda buvad
murda ham ba-dehad agar dar tan-e-uu jaanii hast

Amir Khusrau