Sufi Proverb

naayad ze dil shikasta paemaan durust

naayad ze dil shikasta paemaan durust

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

paimaa.n-shikan buto.n kii allaah re adaa.e.n
lafzo.n ko yaad rakhe.n mafhuum bhuul jaa.e.n

Mahir Numani

Persian Kalam

qismate niist ba-aGyaar za-paiman-e-maa
laa-ilaahast kaliid-e-dar-e-mai-kHana-e-maa

Maikash Akbarabadi

Rubai

paimaana-e-zindagii me.n Gam hii de de
aab-e-haivaa.n nahii.n to sam hii de de

Bedar Shah Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

man na-daanam baada-am yaa baada raa paimaana-am
aashiq-e-shoriida-am yaa ishq-e-baa-jaanaana-am

Shah Waliullah Dehlvi

Persian Kalam

mast gashtam az do-chashm-e-saaqii-e-paimaana-nosh
al-firaaq ai na.ng-o-naamuus alvidaa.a ai aql-o-hosh

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

suufii pyaala paimaa.n 'haafiz' fraa ba-parvaaz
ai kotah aastiinaa.n taa kai daraaz dastii

Hafiz

Ghazal

va.ado.n pe tere ai but ummiid maGfirat hai
paimaa.n-shikan na honaa allaah darmiyaa.n hai

Bholanath Maail

Persian Sufi Poetry

chuu.n aruusaan-e-tabii.at mahram-e-maa nestand
bar aziizaan-e-tariiqat shaayad ar paimaa.n kunem

Hakeem Sanai

Naat-o-Manqabat

ummiid ma.e kausar firdaus me.n hai mujh ko
minnat-kash-e-paimaa.n mahbuub-e-ilaahii huu.n

Unknown

Ghazal

ik na.ii hastii na.ii ta.amiir-e-dauraa.n chaahiye
me.n tire qurbaan phir tajdiid-e-paimaa.n chaahiye

Akhtar Aligarhi

Naat-o-Manqabat

baa.is-e-ziinat-o-zebaa.ish-e-baaG-e-aalam
mushk afshaa.n vo siyah-gesuu-e-paimaa.n teraa

Afzal Warsi

Kalaam

tumre kaaran raam dahaa.ii kalpat huu.n din rain
ta.Daptaa huu.n mere paimaa.n-shikan terii judaa.ii me.n

Aughat Shah Warsi

Masnavi

mii-kunii niiyat ki baaz aayam ba-rah
'ahd-o-paimaa.n mii-kunii ki baa'd azii.n

Rumi

Ghazal

mare aage Gairo.n se paimaa.n hu.e hai.n
ye kam aap ke mujh par ehsaa.n hu.e hai.n

Riyaz Khairabadi

Ghazal

saaqii bas ek chashm-e-’inaayat kii baat hai
saaqii azal se baiThe hai.n paimaa.n liye hu.e

Aamna Amal Idrisi

Ghazal

ko.ii dastak de havaa zinda ko.ii paimaa.n rahe
ko.ii dar khultaa rahe kuchh vasl kaa imkaa.n rahe

Suhail Aazad

Kalaam

ab ke tajdiid-e-vafaa kaa nahii.n imkaa.n jaanaa.n
yaad kyaa tujh ko dilaa.e.n tiraa paimaa.n jaanaa.n

Ahmad Faraz

Persian Sufi Poetry

piir-e-paima-e-kash-e-maa ki ravaanash KHush-baad
guft parhez kun az sohbat-e-paimaa.n-shikanaa.n

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

zaahid-e-KHalvat-nashii.n dosh ba-mai-KHaana shud
az sar-e-paimaa.n guzasht bar-sar-e-paimaana shud

Hafiz