Persian Sufi Poetry

ai dil-e-be-bahra az ayyaam tars
vaz shahaa.n dar saa'at-e-ikraam tars

Rumi

Rubai

tars-e-ajal-o-biim-e-fanaa hastii-e-tust
varna za fanaa shaaKH-e-baqaa KHvaahad rust

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

tars-e- baraadar marg ast

tars-e- baraadar marg ast

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

'aashiq pe taras khaa.o pahle kii tarah phir se
mahfil me.n chale aa.o pahle kii tarah phir se

Rafeeq Ashrafi

Sufi Quotes

He is blind who tries to recognize the Creator through His creation. Would that he sought and Recognized creation through the Creator.

He is blind who tries to recognize the Creator through His creation. Would that he sought and Recognized creation through the Creator.

Abu Hafs Haddaad

Sufi Quotes

Endure tears in the world that you might laugh in the next world.

Endure tears in the world that you might laugh in the next world.

Abul Hassan Kharqani

Sufi Quotes

Within tears, find hidden laughter

Within tears, find hidden laughter. Seek treasures amid ruins, sincere one.

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

A Faqir never tries to prove Allah's existence. He knows that only the eye of the beholder can provide proof of the sun.

A Faqir never tries to prove Allah's existence. He knows that only the eye of the beholder can provide proof of the sun.

Wasif Ali Wasif

Chhand

nawal nawab KHan-KHana ju tihaari tras bhage daspati dhuni sunat nisan ki

naval navaab KHaan-KHaana juu tihaarii traas bhaage daspati dhuni sunat nisaan kii
'ga.ng' kahae tiinhuu.n kii raanii raajdhaanii chaa.n.Di phirai billaanii sudhi bhuulii khaan-paan kii

Gang

Ghazal

saa.nso.n pe taras khaa.o pahle kii tarah phir se
KHushbuu ho bikhar jaa.o pahle kii tarah phir se

Maqbool Ahmad Ansari

Sufi Quotes

The (true) dervish considers everyone else better than himself, he tries to rectify his own faults instead of finding fault with others.

The (true) dervish considers everyone else better than himself, he tries to rectify his own faults instead of finding fault with others.

Meher Ali Shah

Sufi Quotes

Just as it is impossible to shed tears in Paradise, so to laugh in the world is also a matter of surprise. For just as Paradise is not a place for tears, similarly the world is no place for laughter.

Just as it is impossible to shed tears in Paradise, so to laugh in the world is also a matter of surprise. For just as Paradise is not a place for tears, similarly the world is no place for laughter.

Fuzail bin Ayaz

Pad

ari antradhawni - bol ri meri pyari murliya taras rahi meri jaan murliya

bol rii merii pyaarii murliyaa taras rahii merii jaan murliyaa
sun sun dhun man um.ngat ghaT me.n aur shithil hu.e paraan murliyaa

Shaligram

Sufi Quotes

If the foot of the trees

If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me.. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

Rumi

sher

ab KHvaab me.n bhii diid ko aa.nkhe.n taras ga.ii.n
be-KHvaab kar diya Gam-e-shab-zindaadaar ne

Kamil Shattari

Persian Sufi Poetry

chuu.n KHaliilii hech az aatish ma-tars
man za aatish sad gulistaanat kunam

Rumi

Masnavi

qulqam-e-hirs-o-amal zaa.nnand KHalq
tars-e-darveshii misaal-e-aa.n hiraas

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-dardam ba-dardam ba-dardam ba-dard
ba-murdam ba-murdam ba-tars az KHudaa

Rumi

Masnavi

mar dil-e-tarsanda raa saakin kunand
aa.n-ki kHaufash niist chuu.n go.ii ma-tars

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

az aah be-qaraar dil aazurdagaa.n ba-tars
taasiir-e-iztiraab-e-du.aa raa nigaah-daar

Hasrat Mohani