Rubai

jurm-e-man-o-fazl-e-yaar afzuu.n za shumaar
ii.n ham chuu hisaabiist ki man daanam-o-yaar

Sarmad Kashani

Sufi Proverb

har ki raa KHalqash nako nekash shumar. KHvaah az nasl-e-Ali KHvaaah az Umar

Consider him good whose nature is good; be he a descendant of Ali or of Omar.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

ganj-e-qaaruu.n ko kare.n KHaak-baraabar na shumaar
aashiqo.n ke liye iksiir hai KHaak-e-dayaar

Ibrahim Aajiz

Rubai

yaa rab che kunam guzisht jurmam za shumaar
kashtii-e-dil-e-kHasta za girdaab bar aar

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

’isyaan-e-man ehsaan-e-tuuu na aayad ba-shumaar
be-hadd-o-hisaab kai ba-yaayad ba-shumaar

Sarmad Kashani

Ghazal

hayaat merii tumhaare hii Gam shumaar kare
dil shikasta bhii har vaqt zaar-zaar kare

Aamna Amal Idrisi

sher

nigaah vaalo.n me.n us kaa ko.ii shumaar nahii.n
Gam-e-husain me.n jo aa.nkh ashk-baar nahii.n

Ayaz Warsi

sher

u.D sake.n barsaat me.n kis tarah jugnuu be-shumaar
josh-e-giriyaa me.n sharar-afshaa.n jo dil aksar na ho

Raza Firangi Mahali

Kalaam

tere sago.n me.n jo meraa shumaar ho jaa.e
ye KHaaksaar bhii phir taajdaar ho jaaye

Shabbir Sajid Mehrvi

Ghazal

be-shumaar insaan hai.n sab kaa saraapaa ek hai
sab ke KHaal-o-KHad judaa hai.n aur chehra ek hai

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Naat-o-Manqabat

shimr ke sar ko kuchalne ke liye
aap kii kaafii hai Thokar yaa husain

Habibullah Saghar Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

kaisaa ye ehtiraam hai KHuunf-e-shahiid kaa
jo kaam kar rahe hai.n vo shimr-o-yaziid kaa

Aarif Naqshbandi

Naat-o-Manqabat

bosa-gaah-e-mustafaa par shimr kaa KHanjar chale
tuf hai tujh par ai zamii.n la.anat hai tujh par aasmaa.n

Akhtar Mahmood Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

baa chunii.n taaj-o-sariir az bahr-e-daarul-mulk sar
band-paa.e-sar-shimr taaj-o-sariir urdshiir

Hakeem Sanai