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You are a volume in the divine book

"You are a volume in the divine book
A mirror to the power that created the universe

Maulana Rumi

Persian Kalam

shore ba-sar uftaada rusvaa-e-mohabbat raa
saakin naa-tavaa.n kardan GauGaa-e-mohabbat raa

Hazeen

Ghazal

miraa har maqaam pe tazkira miraa har zabaan par tabsira
ye tumhaarii zaat kaa faiz hai ye tumhaare naam kii baat hai

Aziz Warsi Dehlavi

Bait

kamal-e-jahl hai irfan-e-rozgar hunuz

kamaal-e-jahl hai irfaan-e-rozgaar hunuuz
KHizaa.n ke dard se vaaqif nahii.n bahaar hunuuz

Fitrat Warsi

Persian Kalam

bar-sar-e-kuuyat chuu.n sagaa.n har sahre fuGaa.n kunaa.n
hech ma-go.ii ai fulaa.n tuu ze-sagaan-e-kiistii

Fakhruddin Iraqi

Rubai

aamad sahre nidaa ze-mai-KHaana-e-maa
ki-ai rind-e-KHaraabaatii-o-diivaana-e-maa

Omar Khayyam

Pad

parkiran ke pad - shiw ke man mahin basi kasi

kaun sikhar par gorii biraajain kaun sikhar par avinaashii
uttar sikhar par gorii biraajain dakshin sikhar par avinaashii

Meera

Persian Kalam

ai 'maGribii' aafaaq pur-az-valvala gardad
sultaan-e-jamaalam chuu zanad KHema ba-sahraa

Maghribi

Persian Sufi Poetry

nist juz aahang-e-ishq aawaz-e-mausiqar-e-man

ai nasiim-e-gulshanii haa.n suu-e-dukkaanam bayaa
taa rasaanad dar mashaamat buu-e-jaa.n attaar-e-man

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Hikaayat

Story 16 - The Manners of Kings - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Or the waves throw him one day dead upon the shore.
Not thinking it suitable to scratch the wound of the dervish more than I had already done and so sprinkle salt thereon, I contented myself with reciting the following two distichs:

Shaikh Sadi

Hikaayat

Story 24 - The Manners of Kings - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Finds fault behind thy back praise him to his face.
A vicious fellow's mouth must utter words.

Shaikh Sadi

Ghazal

yaad phir us bevafaa kii har gha.Dii rahne lagii
phir usii kaa tazkira sub.h-o-masaa hone lagaa

Hasrat Mohani

Persian Kalam

ruuhii fidaaka ai sanam bat.haa laqab
aashob-e-turk shor-e-azam fitna-e-arab

Mulla Jami

Rubai

ai vaaqif-e-asraar-e-zamiir-e-hama-kas
dar haalat-e-ijz dastgiir-e-hama-kas

Omar Khayyam

Pad

kabir kab se bhaye bairagi

tumharii suurati kahaa.n ko laagii
uttar:

Kabeer

Sufi Literature

The HADÎQATU' L-HAQÎQAT (The enclosed garden of the truth)

Have done with this service, thou fool! Never again call thyself a slave! If thou wert

Hakeem Sanayee

Kaafi

ai husn-e-haqiqi nur-e-azal

tasliim kahuu.n talviin kahuu.n
tamkiin kahuu.n irfaan kahuu.n

Khwaja Ghulam Farid

Persian Kalam

ai sarv-e-naaz raunaq-e-bustaan-e-maa tu.ii
ai nuur-e-diida sham-e-shabistaan-e-maa tu.ii

Mansoor Hallaj

Persian Kalam

ai aaKHir-e-har-avval vai avval-e-har-aaKHir
ve zaahir-e-har-baatin vai baatin-e-har-zaahir

Maghribi

Ghazal

husn vaalo.n me.n bhii ab to ho rahe hai.n tazkire
sun rahe hai.n aaj-kal 'hairat' kafan-bardosh hai

Hairat Shah Warsi