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

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

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

Persian Sufi Poetry

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

Rumi

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

Kalaam

murde par murde mazaaro.n me.n ga.De.nge taa-hashr
laakh mehmaan ho.n ye ghar nahii.n bharne vaale

Ameer Minai

Sufi Proverb

KHudat raa KHasta babii.n rafiiqat raa murdah

KHudat raa KHasta babii.n rafiiqat raa murdah

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

kyaa Dhuu.nDegaa tuu murde me.n
allaah band hu.aa bande me.n

Azizuddin Rizwan Qadri

Ghazal

murde uThne lage mazaaro.n se
un kaa aanaa bhii ik qiyaamat hai

Gobardhan Prashad Ameer

Naat-o-Manqabat

huu.n 'iisaa se kab 'ishq ke murde zinda
tan-e-kushtagaa.n kaa masiihaa 'alii hai

Aashiq Hyderabadi