Ghazal

agar bayaan-e-dil naa-sabuur niklegaa
tumhaar ishq kaa saaraa qusuur niklegaa

Sufia Deepika Kausar

Kundaliya

dui pasahi phakar ki ek duniyan ek din

be-da.avaa tahsiil sabur kai talab lagaa.ii
'palTuu' aisii saahibii saahib rahai tabiin

Paltu Saheb

Naat-o-Manqabat

sar halqa-e-darveshaa.n makHduum-e-jahaa.n saabir
hai.n ga.nj-e-shakar kii jaa.n maKHduum-e-jahaa.n saabir

Naza'n

sher

ko.ii ummiid rihaa.ii kii na thii ‘sabr’ mujhe
un kii zulfo.n se muqaddar me.n jo thaa dil niklaa

Sabr Lakhnavi

Ghazal

jalva-e-husn-e-kHudaa mujh ko dikhaa de saabir
apne diidaar se diivaana banaa de saabir

Mira'n Shah Jalandhari

Kalaam

jo dil ko mohabbat ke maze aa.e hu.e hai.n
vo apnii tabii'at pe abhii chhaa.e hu.e hai.n

Mirza Qadir Bakhsh Sabir

Persian Sufi Poetry

diigar ze-shaaKH-e-sarv sahii bulbul-e-subuur
gulbaa.ng zad ki chashm-e-bad az ruu-e-gul ba-duur

Hafiz

Kalaam

pahle na u.Daayaa kisii bekas ke jigar ko
par ham ne lagaa.e hai.n tire tiir-e-nazar ko

Mirza Qadir Bakhsh Sabir

Kalaam

hijr me.n chhuuT gayaa KHuun-e-jigar khaane se
zindagii ho ga.ii goyaa mirii mar jaane se

Mirza Qadir Bakhsh Sabir

Kalaam

tire jalve kii ba.Dhtii hai lataafat chashm-e-giryaa.n me.n
ki ghul kar ashk me.n chhuptaa hai vo daamaan-e-mizhgaa.n me.n

Mirza Qadir Bakhsh Sabir

Kalaam

saabir 'alii mujhe ab terii adaa ne maaraa
tishna-dahan ko saabir aab-e-baqaa ne maaraa

Aazad

Naat-o-Manqabat

azal se huu.n mai.n diivaana 'aalaauddiin saabir kaa
mujhe kahte hai.n mastaana 'aalaauddiin saabir kaa

Muztar Khairabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

allaah ke pyaare valii maKHduum saabir kaliyarii
nuur-e-KHudaa nuur-e-nabii maKHduum saabir kaliyarii

Zaheer Ahmad Taj

Naat-o-Manqabat

ga.nj-e-shakar to ghar-ghar me.n luTaate hai.n sadqa saabir kaa
apnaa to 'aqiida hai ko.ii maane yaa na maane

Unknown

Ghazal

miTaa.e.n sabr dil se sabr kii talqiin farmaa.e.n
sukuun-e-dil vahii chhiine.n vahii taskiin farmaa.e.n

Zaheen Shah Taji

Sufi Proverb

yak sabr kun-o-hazaar afsoos maKHor

yak sabr kun-o-hazaar afsoos maKHor

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

taalib-e-jaan mire pahluu me.n miraa dil niklaa
jis ko mai.n dost samajhtaa thaa vo qaatil niklaa

Sabr Lakhnavi