Rubai

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

Sarmad Kashani

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

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

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

Naat-o-Manqabat

ko.ii shahar nahii.n shahar madiine ke baraabar
har zarra vahaa.n kaa hai nagiine ke baraabar

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Persian Kalam

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

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Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

Galla afshaa.n chhaaj hai afshaa.n pachhor
shavii shauhar hindavii hai manas tor

Amir Khusrau

Naat-o-Manqabat

kyuu.n na ho har-samt shahar kHvaaja-e-ajmer kaa
hind ke dil par hai qabza kHvaaja-e-ajmer kaa

Zafar Ansari Zafar

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

Kalaam

shor shahar te rahmat vasse jithe baahuu jaale huu
baaGbaa.n de buuTe vaa.nguu taalib nitt sambhaale huu

Sultan Bahu

Kalaam

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

Nasir Kazmi

Rubai

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

Sarmad Kashani

Ghazal

a.ndhere shahar me.n miTTii kaa ik diyaa bhii nahii.n
aur aasmaa.n se ko.ii taaraa TuuTtaa bhii nahii.n

Adeeb Hasan Gayavi

sher

is bhare shahar me.n kartaa huu.n havaa se baate.n
paa.nv pa.Dtaa hai zamii.n par miraa aahuu kii tarah

Muzaffar Warsi

Ghazal

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

Shamim Gauhar

sher

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

Hamid Warsi Gujrati

Kalaam

tan mai.n yaar daa shahar banaayaa dil vich KHaas mohalla huu
aan alif dil vasso.n kiitii ho.ii KHuub tasallaa huu

Sultan Bahu