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

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

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

sher

chaltaa huu.n raah-e-ishq me.n aa.nkho.n se misl-e-ashk
phuuTe.n kahii.n ye aable sarsabz hove.n KHaar

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

Ghazal

nahii.n pur-ashk ye aa.nkhe.n kHayaal-e-zulf-e-qaatil me.n
ba.Dii mushkil se do dariyaa ko jak.Daa hai salaasil me.n

Arsh Gayavi

sher

dekho kuu-e-yaar me.n mat hazrat-e-dil raah-e-ashk
intizaar-e-qaafila manzil pe kyuu.n khii.nche hai.n aap

Shah Naseer

sher

ishq adaa-navaaz-e-husn husn karishma-saaz-e-ishq
aaj se kyaa azal se hai husn se saaz-baaz-e-ishq

Bedam Shah Warsi

sher

ishq adaa-navaaz-e-husn husn karishma-saaz-e-ishq
aaj se kyaa azal se hai husn se saaz-baaz-e-ishq

Bedam Shah Warsi