Persian Sufi Poetry

sawal - visal-e-mumkin-o-wajib baham chist

ba-kulliyat rihaa.ii yaabii az KHvesh
Ganii gardii ba-haq ai mard-e-darvesh

Mahmud Shabistari

Pad

charan chalau shriwrindawan mag jahn muni ali pik kir

charan chalau shrivrindaavan mag jah.n muni ali pik kiir
kar tum kaarau karam krshnaarpan aha.nkaar taji dhiir

Jugal Priya

Did You Know

Ali Haider raised his voice against injustice and oppression. We find the word of great revolution against injustice, in the poetry of Ali Haider. Indians have accepted the yoke of slavery under Persia and Khurasan. Haider does not hesitate to satire who was ruling in India. Poet writes, "Don't they get poison? Why don't they die? There Turks have become shameless. Some of the traitors are offering plenty of wealth to the foreign invaders from Persia and Khurasan.

Persian Sufi Poetry

sawal - che juzw ast aan-ki o az kul fazun-ast

hama jufte shavad az juft-e-KHud taaq
chuu ruuh az tan ba-kulliyat judaa shud

Mahmud Shabistari

Did You Know

Syed Karam Ali Shah lived during the reign of Ranjit Singh. He belonged to Qadri order

Ghazal

aate hii mahak uTThe gaa sab hashr kaa maidaa.n
lakho.n me.n jo chhuptii nahii.n vo buu-e-ali hai

Riyaz Khairabadi

Sufi-Terminology

A spiritual guide, a leader; a teacher, is he who is able to train the seeker

Did You Know

Each year Shaikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi would leave Baghdad to perform Hajj. But when he grew old and infirm, food prepared for him on the journey did not please him. He no longer eat cold food. His disciple Sheikh Jalaluddin Tabrezi then devised a way to carry a hearth and a pot on his head and to keep the hearth lit without burning himself. Whenever the Sheikh wished to eat, his disciple would then serve him hot food.

Persian Kalam

piir-e-maa hast asadullaah alii shaah-e-najaf
ain-e-tasviir-e-jamaal-e-azalii shaah-e-najaf

Azeez Safipuri

Kalaam

shaiKH-jii tashriif yuu.n bahr-e-ziyaarat le chale
lab pe tauba un buto.n kii dil me.n ulfat le chale

Aughat Shah Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ala ya ayyohas-saqi ba-deh jam-e-mai-e-nabam

alaa yaa ayyohas-saaqii ba-deh jaam-e-mai-e-naabam
ki afganad-ast hushiyaare muraa dar pech-o-dar-taabam

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai ze-kasrat bar ruKH-e-wahdat naqab andaKHti

kiist dar a.alam ki dar dil taalib-e-diidaar niist
tuKHm-e-ishq andar dil-e-har-shaiKH-o-shaab andaaKHtii

Fazihat Shah Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

mohammad gul ast wa ali bu-e-gul

mohammad gul ast va alii buu-e-gul
buvad faatima andar aa.n barg-e-gul

Amin Sajid

Sufi-Terminology

Nuqaba
This hierarchy of saints are three hundred in number, and are all known as Ali.

Persian Kalam

ai saraapaa-e-tuu dilkash ai adaahaa-e-tuu shoKH
zulf-e-hinduu-e-tuu sarkash chashm-e-shla-e-tuu shoKH

Azeez Safipuri

Pad

tan mein KHirqa pahan riya ka ghar par shaiKH kahae

tan me.n KHirqa pahan riyaa kaa ghar par shaiKH kahaa.e
va.az nasiihat kar sabho.n ko jaal me.n apne laa.e

Sant Kavi Dildar

Sufi-Terminology

An important principle: A murid has to love his Shaikh more than his life, property and

Ghazal

ai shaiKH qadam rakhiyo na is raah me.n zinhaar
hai sajda shikan rishta-e-zunnaar-e-mohabbat

Bedar Meer Mohammad

Ghazal

ai shaiKH qadam rakhiyo na is raah me.n zinhaar
hai sub.ha-shikan rishta-e-zunnaar-e-mohabbat

Bedar Meer Mohammad

Maktub

Count Galaraza (A spanish Student of Waris Pak) and his letter

Dear Sir
I take great pleasure in answering your question about Warith Aly Shah (WARIS ALI SHAH) and telling you all that i know about him. My meeting with this ascetic was an important event in my life, and it can only be valued by reading the outline of my biography . I love to record it, and when i do so, i feel the fond grasp of gratitude of the sweetest divine attributes.

Galaraza, Viscount of Santa Clara