Kalaam

zaahar vekhaa.n jaanii taa.ii.n naale andar siine huu
biraho.n maarii nit phiraa.n mai.n hassan lok naabiine huu

Sultan Bahu

Persian Sufi Poetry

but tarsaa bachcha nuurii-ast zaahir
ki az ruu-e-butaa.n daarad mazaahir

Mahmood Shabistari

Ghazal

azal se hu.aa zaahir aasaar-e-ishq
abad tak rahe gaa ye aazaar-e-ishq

Fazihat Shah Warsi

Persian Kalam

ai ki dar zaahir mazaahir aashkaaraa karda-ii
sirr-e-pinhaan-e-huviiyat raa huvaidaa karda-ii

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Persian Sufi Poetry

ze-tuu har fe.al ki avval gasht zaahir
bara.n gardii ba-baare chand qaadir

Mahmood Shabistari

Rubai

sarmast hai.n zaahir me.n ba-baatin hushiyaar
suufii hai.n magar 'amal hai in kaa tahdaar

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Persian Kalam

ze-har suurat ruKH-e-be-chuu.n baraamad
ba-har ra.nge ruKH-e-gulguu.n baraamad

Arif

sher

Gair-e-zaahir na mazaahir kii haqiiqat samjhuu.n
itnii tam.iiz miyaan-e-haq-o-baatil denaa

Aasi Ghazipuri

Ghazal

kahii.n zaahir ye terii chaah na kii
marte marte bhii ham ne aah na kii

Khwaja Meer Asar

Pad

aankh agar hai dekh to tu zahir hai haq ki qudrat

aa.nkh agar hai dekh to tuu zaahir hai haq kii qudrat
falak ke niiche zamii.n ke uupar kyaa kyaa kiyaa hai san.at

Kavi Dildar

Rubai

de zaahir-o-baatin me.n mujhe 'izz-o-sharaf
atraaf se chhuT jaa.uu.n rahuu.n terii taraf

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

Masnavi

zaahir shudan-e-’ijz-e-hakiimaan az mu'aalija-e-kaniizak bar baadshaah-o-ruu-e-aavardan-e-baadshaah ba-dargaah-e-kHudaa-o-KHvaab diidan-e-shaah valii raa
shah chu 'ijz-e-aa.n hakiimaa.n raa ba-diid

Rumi

Kalaam

ba-zaahir kahii.n Guncha-e-dil se milaa thaa
kal us kaa garebaa.n-o-dast-e-qazaa thaa

Khwaja Meer Dard

sher

har naaz tiraa ye kahtaa hai har ek adaa se zaahir hai
kahne ko tiraa aashiq huu.n magar tuu aur nahii.n mai.n aur nahii.n

Pad

gar aankh teri hai dekh tu har chiz ke andar zahir hai

gar aa.nkh terii hai dekh tuu har chiiz ke andar zaahir hai
mahbuub teraa Tuk soch to tuu har haal se tere maahir hai

Kavi Dildar

Sufi Proverb

miikashad zehar agar andar ko gar bisyaar ast

miikashad zehar agar andar ko gar bisyaar ast

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

zaahir me.n kahii.n rahte hai.n baatin me.n kahii.n hai.n
ye vasf unhii.n me.n hai ki hai.n aur nahii.n hai.n

Unknown

sher

jo.ii avval so.ii aaKHir jo.ii zaahir so.ii baatin
KHudii ke tark me.n jaldii se maKHfii sab ayaa.n hogaa

Qadir Bakhsh Bedil

Kalaam

ism-e-zaahir se tire jo ki KHabar-daar hu.aa
taa-abad diid se phir apnii vo bezaar hu.aa

Tasadduq Ali Asad

Persian Sufi Poetry

zaahid-e-zaahir-parast az haal-e-maa aagaah niist
dar haq-e-maa har-che goyad jaa-e-hech ikraah niist

Hafiz