Rubai

gah shahr-o-dayaar gah ba-sahraa raftii
dar raah-e-havas ba-sad tamannaa raftii

Sarmad Kashani

Ghazal

vo roktaa hai mujhe shahr me.n nikalne se
bha.Dak uThuu.n na kahii.n aa.ndhiyo.n me.n jalne se

Muzaffar Warsi

Kalaam

shahr sunsaan hai kidhar jaa.e.n
KHaak ho kar kahii.n bikhar jaa.e.n

Nasir Kazmi

sher

hamaare shahr se rahte hai.n duur saudaagar
hamaare shahr kaa amn-o-amaa.n boltaa hai

Qasim Fakhri Niazi

Ghazal

amiir-e-shahr ke aage duhaa.ii rahne de
phaTe libaas me.n shaan-e-gadaa.ii rahne de

Shamim Gauhar

Ghazal

mohabbat biktii ho gar shahr me.n aisii dukaa.n Dhuu.nDhe.n
kuduurat dil kii dhultii ho jahaa.n aisii dukaa.n Dhuu.nDhe.n

Mahmood Alam

Rubai

ii.n shahr-o-dayaar-o-koh-o-sahra hama hech
diidam tamaam zisht-o-zebaa hama hech

Sarmad Kashani

Kalaam

shahr ke dukaandaaro kaarobaar ulfat me.n suud kyaa ziyaa.n kyaa hai tum na jaan paa.oge
dil ke daam kitne hai.n KHvaab kitne mah.nge hai.n aur naqd-e-jaa.n kyaa hai tum na jaan paa.oge

Jawed Akhtar

Naat-o-Manqabat

ko.ii bhii shahr nahii.n taiba nagar se aage
dar to ko.ii bhii nahii.n shaah ke dar se aage

Owais Raza Amber

Persian Kalam

suu-e-shahr-e-'ishq raahe diigar ast
muftii-o-qaazii-o-shaahe diigar ast

Unknown

Persian Sufi Poetry

az shahr-e-tuu raftem-o-turaa sair na-diidem
vaz shaaKH-e-daraKHt-e-tuu chunii.n KHaam fatiidem

Rumi

Ghazal

us shahr-e-be-kHataa me.n KHataa-vaar mai.n hii huu.n
yaa'nii gulo.n ke biich me.n ik KHaar mai.n hii huu.n

Mahmood Alam

sher

'hāmid' rahe ābād sadā shahr-e-nabī kā
jannat se bhī marġhūb madīne kī fazā hai

Hamid Warsi Gujrati

Kalaam

shahr-e-fasl-e-gul se chal kar pattharo.n ke darmiyaa.n
zindagii aa jaa kabhii ham be-gharo.n ke darmiyaa.n

Basheer Farooqi

Sufi Proverb

darvaaza-e-shahr mii-tavaa.n bast. natavaa.n dahan-e-muKHaliFa.n bast

darvaaza-e-shahr mii-tavaa.n bast. natavaa.n dahan-e-muKHaliFa.n bast

Oral Tradition

Salam

ai madiine ke shahr-yaar salaam
ai nubuvvat ke taajdaar salaam

Rais Ahmad Numani

Persian Sufi Poetry

manam ki shohra-e-shahram ba-ishq varziidan
manam ki diida nayaaluuda-am ba bad diidan

Hafiz

Ghazal

hijr-e-aasaar thaa ik shahar tah-e-dil na rahaa
aa ga.e tum to ko.ii chaah ke qaabil na rahaa

Saima Zaidi