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

Ghazal

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

Nadeem Lakhnavi

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

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

Naat-o-Manqabat

shaq hu.aa chaa.nd ka.nkar ne kalma pa.Dhaa
dekhiye dekhiye un kii kyaa shaan hai

Shariq Rabbani

Persian Sufi Poetry

kai baashad va kai libaas-e-hastii shuda shaq
taabaa.n gashta jamaal-e-vaj.h-e-mutlaq

Jami

Masnavi

pas tu shaq daarii dar inshaqqal-qamar
taaza kun iimaa.n na az guft-e-zabaa.n

Rumi

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 Hassan Bithvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

chaa.nd shaq ho pe.D bolii.n jaanvar sajda kare.n
baarak-allaah marja’-e-’aalam yahii sarkaar hai

Ahmad Raza Khan

Naat-o-Manqabat

shaukat kaa dabdaba hai haibat kaa zalzala hai
shaq hai makaan-e-kisraa sub.h-e-shab-e-vilaayat

Hassan Raza Barelvi

Kalaam

shaq ho gayā hai siina ḳhushā lazzat-e-farāġh
taklīf-e-parda-dāri-e-zaḳhm-e-jigar ga.ī

Mirza Ghalib

Naat-o-Manqabat

zulm-o-istibdaad kaa siina hu.aa lamho.n me.n shaq
tiirgii-e-kufr me.n raushan hu.ii qindiil-e-haq

Mahboob Gauhar Islampuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

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

Rumi

Kalaam

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

Jigar Moradabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

pa.Dhaa sa.ng-reze ne kalma qamar shaq thaa ishaaro.n me.n
nabii kaa mo.ajiza shaan-e-KHudaa ma.aluum hotaa hai

Sanjar Ghazipuri

Naat-o-Manqabat

saahib-e-kHulq-e-’aziim-o-saahib-e-lutf-e-’aziim
saahib-e-haq saahib-e-shaq al-qamar KHairul-bashar

Hafeez Taaib

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 ra.ng raqiib-e-sar-o-saamaa.n niklaa
qais tasviir ke parde me.n bhii 'uryaa.n niklaa

Mirza Ghalib

Kalaam

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

Ameer Minai

Persian Sufi Poetry

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

Rumi