Sufi Proverb

har kah az ustaad gurezad dar jahaa.n. uu ze dolat mii gurezad ii.n bedaa.n

har kah az ustaad gurezad dar jahaa.n. uu ze dolat mii gurezad ii.n bedaa.n

Oral Tradition

sher

bhuulegaa na ai 'akbar' ustaad kaa ye misra.a
saaqii diye jaa saaGar jab tak na ho be-hoshii

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Sufi Proverb

jaur-e-ustaad be az mehar-e-pedar

jaur-e-ustaad be az mehar-e-pedar

Oral Tradition

Kaafi

bari bezar hin zaton sifaton

Dittiyaa.n ustaad ustaadiyaa.n
hamesha raat De.nh shaadiyaa.n

Khwaja Ghulam Farid

Krishn Bhakti Sufi Kalaam

ustaad kaa Gam kyaa
lo ho ga.ii tadbiir

Hafeez Jalandhari

Masnavi

az baraa.e zargar-e-sha.ng-e-fuzuul
kai latiif ustaad-e-kaamil ma.arifat

Rumi

Dakni Sufi Kavya

masnawi turab dakani

dekhe ustaad kate kar qadam-bos
lage malne ko saare daste afsos

Shah Miyan Turab Dakni

Kalaam

'turaab' ustaad se ma.aluum kar lo
tariiq-e-ma.arifat gar qadr-daa.n ho

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Masnavi

taabe'-e-ustaad-o-muhtaaj-e-misaal
zii.n suKHan gar niistii be-gaana-i

Rumi

Ghazal

nahii.n se kyaa qais aage ba.Dh ke chale
kahaa.n shaagird aur kahaa.n ustaad

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Persian Sufi Poetry

aql dar saudaa-e-ishq ustaad niist
ishq kaar-e-aql-e-maadar-zaad niist

Fariduddin Attar

Masnavi

aa.n do dam-saaz-e-kHudaa-e-raa judaa
guft ustaad ahvale raa kan.daraa

Rumi

Masnavi

jufta mii andaaKHt sad jaa zaKHm kard
aa.n hakiim-e-kHaar-chii.n ustaad buud

Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ze-shaagirdii ba ta.ng aamad dil-e-man
ze-bahr-e-haq miraa ustaad saazed

Dara Shikoh

Rubai

yak chand ba-kuudkii ba-ustaad shudem
yak chand ba-ustaadii-e-KHud shaad shudem

Omar Khayyam

sher

shaa.eraan-e-dahr ko ab hai pareshaanii nasiib
karte hai.n ustaad 'akmal' jam.a diivaa.n in dino.n

Ibrahim Aajiz

Ghazal

shaa.eraan-e-dahr ko ab hai pareshaanii nasiib
karte hai.n ustaad 'akmal' jam.a diivaa.n in dino.n

Ibrahim Aajiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

ii.n hama sehr-e-halaal aaKHirat kat aamozad hamii
gar 'sanaa.ii' niist andar saahirii ustaad tuu

Hakeem Sanai

Ghazal

jo tumhaarii baat hai hai vo zamaana se judaa
shoKHiyaa.n iijaad karte ho ba.De ustaad ho

Akbar Warsi Meerthi

Persian Sufi Poetry

dar pas-e-aa.iina tuutii sifatam daashta-and
aa.n-che ustaad-e-azal guft bago mii-goyam

Hafiz