Rubai

bar ruu-e-zamii.n agar ba-maanii do seh dam
miinaa-e-falak gar dehadat saaGar-e-jam

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai zada naavikam ba-jaa.n yak do seh chaar-o-panj-o-shish
kushta chuu banda har zamaa.n yak do seh chaar-o-panj-o-shish

Amir Khusrau

Raga Based Poetry

rag bhairaw titala - mahammad nawi hawib allah ke sah mardan

mahammad navii haviib allaah ke saah mardaan
alii valii marad kufar daaridr-haran hajrat hasan bujrak imaam

Tansen

Doha

winay malika - aur nazar aawai nahin rank raw ka sah

aur nazar aavai nahii.n ra.nk rav kaa saah
chirhaTaa ke pa.nkh jayo.n thotho kaam dekhaah

Daya Bai

Doha

yon rahim sukh dukh sahat baDe log sah santi

yo.n 'rahiim' sukh dukh sahat ba.De log sah saa.nti
uvat chand jehi bhaa.nti so athvat taahii bhaa.nti

Rahim

sher

un ke sitam bhī sah ke na un se kiyā gila
kyuuñ jabr iḳhtiyār kiyā haa.e kyā kiyā

Behzad Lakhnavi

Sufi Proverb

seh chiiz ast ki agar haqiir baashad aa.nraa istihqaar nashaayad kard. biimaarii o waam o dushman

Three things should not be underestimated, however trifling they may seem: illness, debt and enemy.

Oral Tradition

sher

haazir hai bazm-e-yaar me.n saamaan-e-aish sab
ab kis kaa intizaar hai 'akbar' kahaa.n ho tum

Shah Akbar Danapuri

sher

anjuman-saaz-e-aish tuu hai yahaa.n
aur phir kis kii aarzuu hai yahaa.n

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Ghazal

anjuman-saaz-e-aish tuu hai yahaa.n
aur phir kis kii aarzuu hai yahaa.n

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Ghazal

aur zikr-e-’aish se hotaa hai duunaa ranj-o-Gam
ab ki aglii sohbate.n KHvaab-e-pareshaa.n ho ga.ii.n

Abdul Rab Taalib

Persian Sufi Poetry

har naqsh raa ki diidii jins-ash ze-laa-makaanast
gar naqsh raft Gam niist aslash chuu jaavedaanast

Rumi

Rubai

diidii ki Gam-o-’aish-e-jahaa.n zuud guzasht
chiize ki dar andesha-e-tuu buud guzasht

Sarmad Kashani

Nazm

hua phir shia-o-sunni mein jhagDa

hu.aa phir shii.a-o-sunnii me.n jhag.Daa
zamii.n se charKH tak pahu.nchaa qaziya

Shah Akbar Danapuri

sher

kyuu.n mast-e-sharaab-e-aish-o-tarab takliif-e-tavajjoh farmaa.e.n
aavaaz-e-shikast-e-dil hii to hai aavaaz-e-shikast-e-jaam nahii.n

Jigar Moradabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

seh nau.a aamad hayaatash dar seh manzil
jahaa.n raa niist marg-e-iKHtiyaarii

Mahmood Shabistari

Doha

guru mahima ka ang - bando shri sukdev ji sab bidhi karo sahay

bando shrii sukdev jii sab bidhi kaaro sahaay
haro sakal jag aapdaa prem-sudhaa ras pyaay

Daya Bai

Masnavi

taa ba-yaabad nutq-e-murG-e-KHvesh raa
baa'd-e-seh roz-o-seh shab hairaan-o-zaar

Rumi

Doha

sasi ki sital chandni sundar sabhin suhay

sasi kii siital chaa.ndnii sundar sabhi.n suhaay
lage chor chit me.n laTii ghaTi 'rahiim' man aay

Rahim