Sufi Proverb

zisht buvad dadan-o-va KHvaastan

It is not decent to give and try to take back.

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

ma'shuuq man ast aankah banazdiik tuu zasht

ma'shuuq man ast aankah banazdiik tuu zasht

Oral Tradition

Rubai

ahvaal shud az zishtii-e-aa’maal tabaah
juz fazl-e-KHudaa niist digar jaa-e-panaah

Sarmad Kashani

Masnavi

aadmii-e-baa-hazar 'aaqil kasiist
kHalq-e-pinhaa.n zisht-shaa.n-o-kHuub-shaa.n

Rumi

Rubai

dar baadiya-e-tajriba yaa-rab hama jaa
uftaad sarokaar ba-zisht-o-zebaa

Sarmad Kashani

Masnavi

chuu.n qazaa aayad shavad zisht-o-'afin
aab-e-KHush kuu ruuh raa hamshiira shud

Rumi

Rubai

dar maslakH-e-’ishq juz niko raa na-kushand
laaGar-e-siftaan-e-zisht KHuu raa na-kushand

Sarmad Kashani

Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

taa.uus mor baashad o durraaj tetaraa
KHuub-o-niiko bhalaa-o-bad-o-zisht hai buraa

Amir Khusrau

Masnavi

jaan-e-duKHtar dar vabaal-e-uu na-maa.nd
chuu.nki zisht-o-naa-kHush-o-rukH zard shud

Rumi

Rubai

ii.n shahr-o-dayaar-o-koh-o-sahra hama hech
diidam tamaam zisht-o-zebaa hama hech

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

gar shavad aa.n KHalt-o-aa.n-KHuu.n kam az-uu
zisht tar na-buuvad darii aalam az-uu

Fariduddin Attar

Rubai

chuu.n kaafir-e-darvesham-o-chuu.n qahba-e-zisht
na diin-o-na duniyaa-o-na ummiid-e-bahisht

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

var che KHuubii ba-suu-e-zisht ba-KHvaarii ma-nagar
ki-andarii.n mulk chuu.n taa.uus ba-kaarast magas

Hakim Sanai

Persian Sufi Poetry

murda-am yaa zinda-am yaa zinda-e-be-jism-o-jaa.n
nuur zulmat zahr-o-nosh zisht-o-zebaa chiistam

Rumi

Persian Kalam

chiist ba-mumkin-o-vujuub dar do-jahaa.n ze-zisht-e-KHuub
kiist makiin-e-laa-makaa.n piir-e-man-o-KHudaa-e-man

Mujeeb

Sufi Proverb

ba-tamanna.e gosht murdan beh keh taqaaza-e -zisht-e-qasaabaa.n

Better die for want of meat than hear the exactions of the butcher.

Oral Tradition

Naat-o-Manqabat

ho zisht tumhii.n aur kHuub tumhii.n taalib-o-matluub tumhii.n
tum baad-e-sabaa aur bahr-e-ravaa.n yaa shaah-e-asad yaa jaan-e-jahaa.n

Akhtar Hussain Gayavi