Naat-o-Manqabat

pa.De mujh par na kuchh uftaad yaa Gaus
madad par ho terii imdaad yaa Gaus

Hassan Raza Barelvi

Persian Kalam

'aks-e-aa.n ruu.e ki dar aa.ina-e-jaa.n uftaad
dil-e-saudaa-zada raa kaar ba-jaa.n uftaad

Jami

Persian Sufi Poetry

aks-e-ruu-e-tuu chuu dar aa.iina-e-jaam uftaad
aarif az partav-e-mai dar tama.a-e-KHaam uftaad

Hafiz

Masnavi

muzdah burdan-e-KHargosh suu-e-nakHchiiraa.n ki sher dar chaah uftaad
chuu.n-kii KHargosh az rihaa.ii shaad gasht

Rumi

Persian Kalam

taa nazar uftaad bar ruKHsaar-e-nekuu.e kase
vaa namii gardad do-chashm-e-baaz bar ruu-e-kase

Ghulam Hassan Bithvi

Ghazal

tum par hii tabii'at hai uftaad tabii'at kii
tum se hii mohabbat hai taqdiir mohabbat kii

Maikash Akbarabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-daam-e-zulf-e-uu yak-dam agar zaahid chu maa uftad
ba-ra.ng-e-sub.ha dar har kaar-e-uu sad ’uqdah-haa uftad

Khwaja Meer Dard

Persian Sufi Poetry

gar zulf-e-pariishaanat dar dast-e-sabaa uftad
har jaa ki dile baashad barbaad-e-havaa uftad

Hafiz

Sufi Proverb

har aa.n kahtar kah bamahtar satiizad. chunaa.n uftad kah har giz bar naKHizad

har aa.n kahtar kah bamahtar satiizad. chunaa.n uftad kah har giz bar naKHizad

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

gohar agar dar KHalaab uftad hamchunaa.n nafiis ast-o-Gubaar agar bar falak ruud hamchunaa.n KHasiis

gohar agar dar KHalaab uftad hamchunaa.n nafiis ast-o-Gubaar agar bar falak ruud hamchunaa.n KHasiis

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

al-haqat duniyaa chuu pur barg uftaad
ki-avvalii.n aashaa.is-e-marg uftaad

Fariduddin Attar

Persian Sufi Poetry

ze-ruuyash partave chuu bar mai uftaad
base shakl-e-hbaabii bar vai uftaad

Mahmood Shabistari

Sufi Proverb

mugus tuui maast mii uftad kaari namii kunad dil raa char kii.n mii kunad

mugus tuui maast mii uftad kaari namii kunad dil raa char kii.n mii kunad

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

cheraaGe keh uu Kanaa raushan kunad-ba-ruKhat uuftad kaar-e- dushman kunad

The lamp which gives light to the houses, should it fall on one’s garments, will act as an enemy.

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

dozaKHe uftaad bajaane bahisht
qaisar-e-qasr shuda dar kunisht

Nizami Ganjavi

Persian Kalam

diivaana shudem dar havaayash
uftaad maraa ba-aa.n parii kaar

Ahmad Shahjahanpuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

nikaah-e-ma.anavii uftaad dar dii.n
jahaa.n raa nafas-e-kullii daad kaabii.n

Mahmood Shabistari

Persian Sufi Poetry

hamaa.n aatish ki dar hallaaj uftaad
tu pindaarii ki raqsaanam man imshab

Rumi

Naat-o-Manqabat

ba-gardaab-e-balaa uftaad kushtii
Gariib-o-naa-tavaa.n raa tuu pushtii

Shah Sultan Ahmad Chishti

Persian Sufi Poetry

mard-e-kaar uftaad baayad ishq raa
mardum-e-aazaad baayad ishq raa

Fariduddin Attar