Ghazal

hai ishq kii nazro.n me.n be-shak vahii farzaana
duniyaa-e-mohabbat me.n kahlaa.e jo diivaana

Nadeem Lakhnavi

sher

vahm hai shak hai gumaa.n hai baal se baariik hai
is se behtar aur mazmuun-e-kamar miltaa nahii.n

Mirza Fida Ali Shah Manan

Allusion

Shaq al-Qamar

It is famous that Prophet Muhammad, through a gesture with his finger, split the moon into two pieces. This miracle is known as "Shaq al-Qamar."

Unknown

sher

jise kahte hai.n maut ik be-KHudii kii nii.nd hai 'shaa.eq'
pareshaanii hai jis kaa naam vo hai zindagii apnii

Pandit Shaeq Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

lahza.ii na kaafirii daanad na dii.n
zarra.ii na shak shanaasad na yaqii.n

Fariduddin Attar

Naat-o-Manqabat

amiir-e-ishq-o-vafaa hai.n be-shak imaam-e-hazrat-e-amiir KHusrav
nisaab-e-azmat-e-kitaab ulfat hai naam hazrat-e-amiir KHusrav

Shahbaz Asdaque

Kalaam

shaidaa pahle bhii thaa shaidaa huu.n aaj bhii jab sikandar thaa mai.n aaj bhii huu.n vahii
tum ko shak ho agar mere jazbaat par phir mujhe aazmaane kii koshish karo

Shafi Shaida

Persian Sufi Poetry

uu be-shak-o-be-gumaa.n yaqiinast
man be-shak-o-be-gumaa.n gumaanam

Rumi

Persian Kalam

uu be-shak-o-be-gumaa.n yaqii.n ast
man be-shak-o-be-gumaa.n gumaanam

Rumi

Mukhammas

saaraa 'aalam hai jasad aur tu jaa.n hai be-shak
baa'd allaah ke teraa hii bayaa.n hai be-shak

Talib

Persian Kalam

qatra-haa-e-ashk baashad gauhar-e-ammaan-e-ishq
paara-haa-e-dil buuvad yaaquut-e-laal-e-kaan-e-ishq

Ghulam Hasan Bithvi

Ghazal

ahdan samadan jaan-e-jahaa.n hai ham ne jaanaa laa-shak be-shak
jaan hai ab merii jaan-e-jahaanii laa-saanii sub.haan-allaah

Mardan Safi

Kalaam

hairat-e-'ishq nahii.n shauq-e-junuu.n gosh nahii.n
be-hijaabaana chale aa.o mujhe hosh nahii.n

Jigar Moradabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

agar 'aashiq-e-'ishqii-o-'ishq raa juuyaa
ba-giir KHanjar-e-tez-o-ba-bur guluu-e-hayaa

Rumi

Kalaam

daaG degaa tujhe ye shauq KHud-aaraa.ii kaa
dekh aa.iina hai dushman tirii yaktaa.ii kaa

Ameer Minai

sher

hasrat-o-yaas-o-aarzuu shauq kaa iqtidaa kare.n
kushta-e-Gam kii laash par dhuum se ho namaaz-e-ishq

Bedam Shah Warsi

Kalaam

shauq har rañg raqīb-e-sar-o-sāmāñ niklā
qais tasvīr ke parde meñ bhī uryāñ niklā

Mirza Ghalib

Persian Sufi Poetry

zahe 'ishq-o-zahe shauq-o-zahe jaa.n
zahe dariyaa zahe gauhar zahe kaa.n

Rumi

Rubai

taa-buud dilam za ’ishq mahruum na-shud
kam buud za asraar ki mafhuum na-shud

Omar Khayyam