Persian Sufi Poetry

naubat-e-vasl-e-liqaast naubat-e-husn-e-baqaast
naubat-e-lutf-o-ataast bahr-e-safaa dar safaast

Rumi

Rubai

imroz ki naubat-e-javaanii man ast
mii nosham az aa.n-ki kaamraanii man ast

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

sabr-o-zafar har do dostaan-e-qadiimand. bar asar-e-naubat zafar aayad

sabr-o-zafar har do dostaan-e-qadiimand. bar asar-e-naubat zafar aayad

Oral Tradition

Masnavi

bartar az haft anjumash naubat zanand
bartar az naubat muluuk-e-baaqii and

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

daur-e-majanuu.n guzasth-o-naubat-e-maast
har kase panj-roza naubat-e-uust

Hafiz

Naat-o-Manqabat

bajaa kartii hai naubat-e-shahryaarii
barastii hai.n din-raat afzaal-e-baarii

Kausar Khairabadi

Ghazal

nahii.n taaqat ki dam nikaal sakuu.n
ab ye naubat hai naa-tavaanii kii

Khwaja Meer Asar

Pad

chaurasi mein phirte-phirte uttam nardeh paya

khavi.nd hamaaraa 'naath' govindaa puurṇabrahma mai.n jaanaa
haribhajan kii naubat baaje devnaath mastaana

Devnath Maharaj

Persian Sufi Poetry

chuu.n ba-suKHan naubat-e-iisaa rasiid
aib rahaa kard va ba-ma.anaa rasiid

Nizami Ganjavi

Masnavi

dushman-e-'iisaa-o-nasraanii gudaaz
'ahd-e-'iisaa buud-o-naubat aan-e-uu

Rumi

Rubai

dar tab'-e-jahaa.n agar vafaa.e buude
naubat ba-tuu KHud na-yaamde az diigaraa.n

Omar Khayyam

Ghazal

sahe 'aazaad' kab tak sadma-e-Gam
judaa.ii me.n hai naubat ab to jaa.n kii

Abdul Aziz Aazad

Kundaliya

gurudev - hathi ghoDa KHak hai kahai sunai so KHak

naubat-KHaana KHaak KHaak hai sasuuraa saala
'palTuu' naam khdaay kaa yahii sadaa hai paak

Paltu Saheb

Persian Sufi Poetry

taa-zayam dar Gam-e-tuu jaama daram
vaz pas-e-marg naubat-e-kafan ast

Amir Khusrau

Masnavi

KHud kunad biimaar-o-shall-o-karr-o-la.ng
naubat-e-hudhud rasiid-o-pesha-ash

Rumi

Ghazal

kal daura majnuu.n thaa 'niyaaz' aaj hai apnaa
naubat ke baje bar-sar-e-dauraan naqqaare

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

aamad-e-mauj-e-alast kashtii-e-qaalib-shikast
baaz chuu kashtii shikast naubat-e-vasl-e-liqaast

Rumi

Kalaam

aal-e-nabii pe zulm kiyaa kyuu.n yaziid ne
zaalim kii panj-roza vo naubat kahaa.n ga.ii

Tahir Moradabadi

Ghazal

Gamza ke lashkaro.n ko apnaa hii tantana hai
saj-dhaj jo dekho apnii naubat bajaa rahii hai.n

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

dil darii.n duniyaa ma-band duniyaa-e-faanii ba-guzrad
naubat-e-piirii dar aayad naujavaanii ba-guzrad

Rumi