Sufi Proverb

aamdan ba -iraadat raftan ba-ijaazat

aamdan ba -iraadat raftan ba-ijaazat

Oral Tradition

Masnavi

qissa-e-baazargaa.n ki tuutii-e-uu raa paiGaam daad ba-tuutiyaan-e-hindustaan ha.ngaam-e-raftan ba-tijaarat
buud baazargaan-e-uu raa tuutiye

Rumi

Masnavi

inkaar kardan-e-nakHchiiraa.n bar KHargosh dar taaKHiir-e-raftan bar sher
qaum guftandash ki chandii.n gaah maa

Rumi

Sufi Proverb

chuu.n aahang-e-raftan kunad jaan-e-paak. cheh bar taKHt murdan cheh bar ruu-e-paak

chuu.n aahang-e-raftan kunad jaan-e-paak. cheh bar taKHt murdan cheh bar ruu-e-paak

Oral Tradition

Masnavi

mail-e-KHidmat 'azm-e-raftan aa.n jahaa.n

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

tariiq-e-raftan-e-aa.n juzv-e-chuu.n ast
javaab

Mahmood Shabistari

Persian Sufi Poetry

abr aab zanad ze-diida bar KHaak
farraash-e-sabaa ba-raftan aayad

Amir Khusrau

Persian Sufi Poetry

mii-ravam giryaa.n chuu meG az aamdan
aah az raftan dareG az aamdan

Fariduddin Attar

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-koh-e-hiraa.n raftan va qandhaar
ba-diidam daraa.n zer-o-baalaa na-buud

Rumi

Rubai

raftem ba-ikraah-o-na-daanem che buud
zii.n aamdan-o-buudan-o-raftan maqsuud

Omar Khayyam

Mukhammas

raftan az yaadam tuu na-tavaanii hanuuz
jaa.n ze tan burdii-o-dar jaanii hanuuz

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Rubai

chuu.n aamadanam ba-man na bud roz-e-naKHust
vii.n raftan-e-be-muraad ’azmest durust

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

'KHusrav' zamaan-e-raftan va bardosh baar-e-ishq
raah-e-daraaz mii-ravii aaKHir jariida-tar

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

az himmat-e-sar-mastaa.n bar daar-e-hazii.n KHizre
tanhaa na-tavaa.n raftan sahraa-e-mohabbat raa

Hazeen Zaidpuri

Persian Kalam

raftan basar tariiq-e-adab niist dar rahat
maa aashiqem-o-mast na-yaayad ze maa adab

Jami

Persian Sufi Poetry

ayyaam-e-gul chuu umr ba-raftan shitaab kard
saaqii ba-daur-e-baada-e-gulguu.n shabaab kun

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

az sar-e-kuu-e-tuu raftan na-tavaanam jaai
varna andar dil-e-be-dil safare niist ki niist

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

che Gam daarii 'niyaaz' az raftan-e-tanhaa azii.n aalam
ki sultaan-ul-mashaa.eKH yaar-e-jaa.n baa-tust hamraahe

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Kalam

raah-e-haq sar kardan aasaa.n niist juz raftan ze sar
andarii.n rah baayad ai dil himmat-e-mushkil-pasand

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

man badaa.n buudam ki paayash giiram-o-miiram ba-dast
chuu.n kunam ku gaah-e-raftan darmiyaan-e-man na-raft

Amir Khusrau