Ghazal

ze-nahnu-aqrab dostaa.n nazdiik-e-shah-rag paa.oge
aa.n-ki yaabii nafs-e-KHud irfaa.n me.n aur kyaa baar hai

Kishan Singh 'Arif'

Kalaam

diin aur duniyaa ke jhag.De se jo dii mujh ko najaat
ye ba.Daa ai hazrat-e-ishq aap ne ehsaa.n kiyaa

Aughat Shah Warsi

Did You Know

Shah Hussain has been the source of all the Punjabi Vedantic Sufi Poets, prominent or ordinary, who wrote often him notable Shah Sharaf, Sultan Bahu. Bulleh Shah, Shah Murad. His poetry proved a storehouse of poetic Symbols and literary expressions of mystical experiences which others borrowed from it so much so his style has also been followed.

Pad

hamein tawaqqoa shah mujibullah tere ek karam ka

talKH-gaah chaukhaT hai teraa is qadar aur jam kaa
banda hai 'dildaar' teraa ai shah bedaamo diram kaa

Sant Kavi Dildar

Kalaam

niklaa mai-KHaana se jab 'aughaT' to puuchhaa 'shaah-jii'
ye baGal me.n kyaa dabaa.e aap hazrat le chale

Aughat Shah Warsi

Gujari Sufi Kavya

nau-khanD aur je asman aahe

nau-khanD aur je asmaa.n aahe
sab piiv chhat thii.n chhattaa hu.aa hai

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Sufi-Terminology

Some auliya have epiphanies (tajalli) of Divine Acts; others of Divine Names; and some of Divine

Ghazal

hazrat-e-dil sipar-e-dāġh-e-junūñ ko le kar
yuuñ bar-e-ishq jigar-ḳhvār uThe aur baiThe

Abdurrahman Ehsan Dehlavii

Sufi-Terminology

Hazrat Qutbuddin said, “What is your opinion about poetry?”
Shah Abdul Rahim replied, “It is speech wherein good is good and bad is bad.”

Ghazal

be-kaif dil hai aur jiye jaa rahaa huu.n mai.n
KHaalii hai shiisha aur piye jaa rahaa huu.n mai.n

Jigar Moradabadi

Gujari Sufi Kavya

phul aur mali

tuu.n ghar ghar 'shah' ho aave havaa lail kaliyo.n raave
jag tere suhaag khundaave

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Kalaam

taa mai.n hazrat-rasuul saahab-jamaal
hazrat-KHvaaja sa.ng

Amir Khusrau

Ghazal

ai 'niyaaz' apne to jo kuchh ho tumhii.n ho bas faqat
hazrat-e-ishq aap ho aur aap daamallaah ho

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Persian Kalam

dil-e-man chuu.n qalam andar kaf-e-tuust
ze-tuust ar shaadmaa.n va gar haziinam

Maulana Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

salam-e-mohabbat

qissa-e-'ma.aruuf' Gamgii.n ai sabaa
daar saa.n dar hazrat-e-sultaan-e-maa

Maruf Shah Warsi

Ghazal

hotii hai.n Gusse me.n chaar aa.nkhe.n to un se 'benaziir'
varna vo aa.nkhe.n dikhaate aur hazrat dekhte

Benazir Shah Warsi

Pad

hazrat maula maula

hazrat maulaa maulaa
sab duniyaa paalan vaalaa

Eknath

Ghazal

duur kar dil se daGaa aur mujh se mil jaa be-hijaab
hai terii hijrat se har-dam intizaarii saaf saaf

Kishan Singh 'Arif'

Persian Kalam

dosh chashm-e-jaanam az diidaar-e-shah pur-nuur buud
mutrib-e-maa zohra-o-saaqii-e-majlis huur buud

Mansoor Hallaj

Persian Kalam

man az tuu shaad gardam tuu ze-man Gamgii.n KHushaa haale
ki tu baashii ayaa.n dar diida-e-man man nihaa.n baasham

Mulla Jami