sher

meraa ghar ghar nahii.n tum bin ye siyah-KHaana hai
ab siyah-KHaane me.n aa jaa.o ujaalaa ho kar

Hairat Shah Warsi

Ghazal

daliil-e-sub.h raushan hai siyah shaam-e-alam saaqii
KHudaa kaa baa'd har mushkil ke hotaa hai karam saaqii

Wasif Alam Moazzami

Persian Sufi Poetry

turk-e-safed-ruu.e va siyah-chashm-o-laala-ra.ng
mislat nazhaad maadar-e-ayyaam shoKH-o-sha.ng

Amir Khusrau

Bait

surma jo zeb-e-chashm-e-siyah fam ho gaya

surma jo zeb-e-chashm-e-siyah faam ho gayaa
fitna-savaar-e-ablaq-e-ayyaam ho gayaa

Nisar Akbarabadi

Ghazal

dekh kar zulf-e-siyah maftuun-o-shaida ho gayaa
ai dil-e-diivaana kyaa tujh ko ye saudaa ho gayaa

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Kalaam

dil miraa zulf-e-siyah Das ga.ii naagin ban kar
be-gunaah dost ne maaraa mujhe dushman ban kar

Monis Lakhnavi

sher

us siyah-baKHt kii raate.n bhii ko.ii raate.n hai.n
KHvaab-e-raahat bhii jise KHvaab-e-pareshaa.n ho jaa.e

Bedam Shah Warsi

Kalaam

kiijiye na ta.ng gosha-e-zulf-e-siyaah ko
rasta to diijiye dil-e-gum-karda raah ko

Fida Gulavthi

Doha

rahiman thore dinan ko kaun kare munh siyah

rahiman thore dinan ko kaun kare mu.nh siyaah
nahii.n chhalan ko partiyaa nahii.n karan ko byaah

Rahim

Kalaam

vo daam-e-zulf-e-siyaah kaa bichhaa.e jaate hai.n
hamaare dil ko pha.nsaa.e jaate hai.n

Zameer Mohammadabadi

Persian Kalam

baa do gesuu-e-siyaah-e-ambarii
aamdii dar suurat-e-paiGambarii

Kohi Baba

Sufi Proverb

dar nomiidii basii umiid ast. paayaan-e-shab-e-siyah safed ast

dar nomiidii basii umiid ast. paayaan-e-shab-e-siyah safed ast

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai dastat az nigaar safed-o-syaah-o-surKH
ve chashmat az KHumaar safed-o-syaah-o-surKH

Amir Khusrau

Ghazal

tan man jin KHaak syaah kiinah muriidii
jaise tan beach ghaav maar chhurii lii

Tulsi Sahib Hathras Wale

Ghazal

meraa ghar ghar nahii.n tum bin ye siyah-KHaana hai
ab siyah-KHaane me.n aa jaa.o ujaalaa ho kar

Hairat Shah Warsi

Ghazal

siyah ra.ng par siyah kaakul khule jagdiish maadhav ke
pareshaa.n kyuu.n na ho shaana ki ra.ng-e-taartaarii hai

Sahjo Bai

Persian Sufi Poetry

az kaf-e-dariyaa ba.ngaarad zamii.n
duud-e-siyah raa ba.ngaarad samaa

Rumi

Persian Kalam

gunah-gaaram siyah-kaaram va-lekin
ba-dastam hast daamaan-e-mohammad

Aazam Chishti

Kalaam

mastii-navaaz shoKHii andaaz-e-kaafiraana
zulfe.n siyah-ghaTaa.e.n aa.nKHe.n sharaab-KHaana

Mahirul Qadri

Masnavi

mah siyah gardad ba-giirad aaftaab
az qazaa ii.n taa'biya ke naadirast

Rumi