Persian Sufi Poetry

savaal
che bahar-ast aa.n ki ilmash saahil aamad

Mahmood Shabistari

Ghazal

ruuyaa kahuu.n mai.n us ko yaa muzda-e-bedaarii
Gul hai ki naqaab us ne chehre se uThaa Daalii

Bedam Shah Warsi

sher

gulshan-e-aalam kii mai.n ne Daalii-Daalii dekh lii
phuul to achchhe hai.n sab lekin vafaa kii buu nahii.n

Muztar Khairabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

i'taab-e-yaar-e-parii-chehra aashiqaana ba-kush
ki yak karishma talaafii-e-sad-jafaa ba-kunad

Hafiz

Kalaam

kare kyaa faa.eda naachiiz ko taqliid achchho.n kii
ki jam jaane se kuchh olaa to gauhar ho nahii.n saktaa

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

dekhe hai vo sehn-e-chaman me.n jaa ke tamaashaa phuulo.n kaa
daaGo.n se ban jaaye ye siina kaash ki taKHta phuulo.n kaa

Shah Naseer

Ghazal

khii.nchne me.n bhii tanane me.n bhii tasviir hai us kii
ye teG do paikar hai ki abruu-e-alii hai

Riyaz Khairabadi

Dohra

jaiso lahar samudr ki bahar nikari may

jaiso lahar samudr kii baahar nikarii maay
sadaa aa.nh samund vo samu.ndhi paiThii jaay

Abdul Quddoos Gangohi

Kalaam

takallum hai ki maujo.n kii ravaanii
tabassum hai ki sub.h-e-gulsitaa.n hai

Mahirul Qadri

sher

yuu.n gulshan-e-hastii kii maalii ne banaa Daalii
phuulo.n se judaa kaliyaa.n kaliyo.n se judaa Daalii

Bedam Shah Warsi

Kalaam

ab Thaan lii hai dil me.n ki sar jaa.e yaa rahe
jaise uThegaa baar-e-mohabbat uThaa.e.nge

Bedam Shah Warsi

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

Kalaam

dilaa ab un ko miraa kuchh KHayaal hai ki nahii.n
jo puuchhte hai.n tabii.at bahaal hai ki nahii.n

Josh Lakhnavi

Ghazal

mujhe kyuu.n jidd-o-jahd ho KHaatir-e-KHud-rafta se apnī
ki hai aapii mire dil kaa miraa jab dil-rubaa haafiz

Mardan Safi

Ghazal

ham ne phuulo.n ko jo dekhaa lab-o-ruKHsaar ke ba.ad
phuul dekhe na ga.e husn-e-ruKH-e-yaar ke ba.ad

Ghazal

diida-e-pur-aab kii dariyaa-dilii kuchh kam nahii.
hijr ke maare hu.o.n kii zindagii kuchh kam nahii.

Afsar Narvi

Masnavi

saahiraa.n uu raa mukarram daashtand
zaa.n-ki guftandash ki farmaa.n aan-e-tust

Rumi

Sufi Articles

bihar mein qavvalon ka itihas

Raiyan Abulolai

Saakhi

chetawani ka ang - lae ka laha lijiye lae ki bhar le bhaar

lae kaa laahaa liijiye lae ki bhar le bhaar
lae ki banijii kiijiye lae kaa saahuukaar

Gharib Das

Masnavi

ki panaaham diin-e-muusaa raa-o-pusht

Rumi