Persian Kalam

gah shaiKHam andar KHaanqa gah rindam andar mai-kada
gah sub.h-o-sajjaada-am gaahe mai-o-miinaastam

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Bait

sham-e-gham guzri numayan ho chale aasar-e-subh

shaam-e-Gam guzrii numaayaa.n ho chale aasaar-e-sub.h
o.Dh lii lailaa-e-shab ne chaadar-e-zar-taar-e-sub.h

Muztar Khairabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

subh-dam murgh-e-chaman ba-gul-e-nau-KHasta guft

sub.h-dam murG-e-chaman baa-gul-e-nau-KHaasta guft
naaz kam kun ki dar ii.n baaG base chuu.n tuu shaguft

Hafiz

Did You Know

A grandson of Hazrat Amir khusrau called khusrau-i-Sani (The second Khusrau) in found in assemblies of

Ghazal

zamiin-e-mai-kada arsh-e-barii.n ma.aluum hotii hai
ye KHisht-e-KHum farishte kii jabii.n ma.aluum hotii hai

Riyaz Khairabadi

Ghazal

chaman meñ sub.h ye kahtī thī ho kar chashm-e-tar shabnam
bahār-e-bāġh go yuuñ hī rahī lekin kidhar shabnam

Khwaja Meer Dard

Persian Kalam

dar mai-kada KHud saaqii-o-KHammaar tuu buudii
KHud baada-o-KHud majlis-o-KHud yaar tuu buudii

Auhadi

Ghazal

nasīm-e-sub.h gulshan meñ guloñ se kheltī hogī
kisī kī āḳhirī hichkī kisī kī dil-lagī hogī

Seemab Akbarabadi

Bait

e subh-e-saadat ze-jabin tu huwaida

e sub.h-e-sa.aadat ze-jabii.n tuu huvaidaa
ii.n husn che husn ast tabaarak ta.aalaa

Riyaz Farogh Warsi

Ghazal

Maulana Syed Shah Sabihul-Haqque ’Sabih’

Persian Sufi Poetry

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

na zulm-ast ii.n ki ain-o-ilm-o-adlast
na जौर-अस्त ii.n ki mahaz-e-lutf-o-fazal-ast

Mahmud Shabistari

Persian Sufi Poetry

dosh raftam ba-dar-e-mai-kada KHwab aaluda

dosh raftam ba-dar-e-mai-kada KHvaab-aaluuda
KHirqa tar-daaman-o-sajjaada sharaab aaluuda

Hafiz

Bait

hamare mai-kade mein KHair se har chiz rahti hai

hamaare mai-kade me.n KHair se har chiiz rahtii hai
magar ik tiis din ke vaaste roze nahii.n rahte

Muztar Khairabadi

Ghazal

mai-kade me.n pii ke mai avval to chup rahnaa pa.Daa
baat jab niklii to saaqii ko KHudaa kahnaa pa.Daa

Muztar Khairabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-ku-e-mai-kada har salike ke rah danist

ba-kuu-e-mai-kada har saalike ke rah daanist
dare digar zadan andesha-e-taba daanist

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

ai maah-e-KHuubaa.n yak shabe baa-KHvesh mehmaa.n kun maraa
vaz aaftaab-e-ruu-e-KHud chuu.n sub.h KHandaa.n kun maraa

Amir Hasan Ala Sijzi

Sufi-Terminology

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

Ghazal

sub.h ke pahle hii mai.n sham.a-sifat aaKHir huu.n
saath ab chhuTtaa hai ai shab-e-hijraa.n teraa

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Ghazal

ham mai-kade se mar ke bhii baahar na jaa.e.nge
mai-kash hamaarii KHaak ke saaGar banaa.e.nge

Bedam Shah Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

har kas ke na-darad ba jahan mehr-e-tu dar dil

ai zaahid-e-KHud-bii.n ba-dar-e-mai-kada ba-guzar
aa.n dilbar-e-man bii.n ke buvad miir-e-qabaayal

Hafiz