Sufi Proverb

dushmanaa.n dar zindaa.n dost shavand

Enemies turn friends while in prison.

Oral Tradition

Naat-o-Manqabat

zahe nasiib madiina maqaam ho jaa.e
dar-e-habiib pe apnaa salaam ho jaa.e

Ameer Minai

Naat-o-Manqabat

rabb-e-qaadir muqtadir kii qudtare.n un ko nasiib
jaa-nishiinii nabii kii shaukate.n un ko nasiib

Syed Faizan Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

soyaa nasiib kab miraa aaqaa jagaa.e.nge
qadmo.n me.n mujh Gariib ko kis din bulaa.e.nge

Saghar Sillodi

Sufi Proverb

dostaa.n dar zindaa.n bakaar aayand ki bar sufra dushmanaa.n ham dost numaayand

Friends prove to be useful (or helpful) in prison) for at table even enemies seem friends.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

chain se rahne na de gaa iztiraab-e-dil mujhe
varna furqat me.n bhii jii lenaa na thaa mushkil mujhe

Akhtar Naseh Naseeb

Kalaam

'ajab kyaa gar mujhe 'aalam baa-ii.n vus'at bhii zindaa.n thaa
mai.n vahshii bhii to vo huu.n laa-makaa.n jis kaa bayaabaa.n thaa

Khwaja Aziz-ul-Hassan Majzoob

sher

'saadiq' nasiib hogii mujhe sub.h-e-aarzuu
vo shaam hii se merii nigaaho.n me.n aa ga.e

Sadiq Dehlvi

Ghazal

zahe nasiib haraam-o-halaal se vaaqif
meraa shu.uur hai duniyaa kii chaal se vaaqif

Khwaja Shayan Hassan

Kalaam

jise diid terii nasiib ho vo nasiib qaabil-e-diid hai
ki shab-e-baraat hai raat use din us ke vaaste 'iid hai

Ashk Rampuri

sher

'hairat' ki tujh ko hairat-e-diidaar ho nasiib
aa dekh le tuu shaan-e-KHudaa husn-e-yaar me.n

Hairat Shah Warsi

Kalaam

banaa.ii mujh be-navaa kii big.Dii nasiib meraa jagaa diyaa
tere karam ke nisaar tuu ne mujhe bhii jiinaa sikhaa diyaa

Unknown

Kalaam

mujhe kyaa qaraar nasiib ho merii aaj tak talabii nahii.n
mai.n hanuuz tishna-e-diid huu.n jo lagii hu.ii hai bujhii nahii.n

Unknown

Ghazal

kuchh ho mujhe nasiib zamaane me.n yaa na ho
meraa sar-e-niyaaz tiraa aastaana ho

Abdul Qadir Sharaf

Kalaam

banaa.ii mujh be-navaa kii big.Dii nasiib meraa jagaa diyaa
tire karam ke nisaar tuu ne mujhe bhii jiinaa sikhaa diyaa

Fana Bulandshahri

Naat-o-Manqabat

duKHtar-e-islaam paakiiza nasab zainab me.n hai
is liye lamhaat-e-Gam me.n bhii tarab zainab me.n hai

Dr. Mansoor Faridi

Naat-o-Manqabat

nuur-e-ahmad kii ziyaa aalii nasab zainab me.n hai
jazba-e-sher-e-kHudaa faKHr-e-’arab zainab me.n hai

Mahmood Ahmad Rabbani

sher

buto.n kaa ishq hu.aa jab nasiib vaa.iz
ki muddato.n kiyaa pahle KHudaa KHudaa ham ne

Aughat Shah Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

nisaab-e-haq hai yaqiinan tiraa nisaab mu.iin
pa.Dhaa hai jis ne tujhe vo hai kaamyaab mu.iin

Habibullah Saghar Warsi