Persian Sufi Poetry

hijab-e-chehara-e-jaan mi-shawad ghubar-e-tanam

taraaz-e-pairahan-e-zar kasham mubii.n chuu.n sham.a
ki soz-haa-ast nihaanii daruun-e-pairahanam

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

amir-ul-momenin siddiq-e-akbar

mubii.n andar kamaalaat-e-nubuvvat
ze-ummat behtarii.n siddiiq-e-akbar

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Rubai

aan nuur-e-mubiin ke dar jabiin-e-maa hast
va in zau-e-yaqiin ke dar dil-e-aagaah-ast

Maulana Rumi

Nazm

milad-un-nabi

mubaarak ahl-e-iimaa.n ko ki KHatm-ul-mursaliin aa.e
mubaarak sad-mubaarak baanii-e-diin-e-mubii.n aa.e

Wasif Ali Wasif

Did You Know

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

Persian Sufi Poetry

dil sara-parda-e-mohabbat-e-ust

faqr-e-zaahir ma-bii.n ke 'haafiz' raa
siina-e-ganjiina-e-mohabbat-e-uust

Hafiz

Sufi-Terminology

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

Persian Sufi Poetry

na mara KHwab ba-chashm wa na mara dil dar dast

chashm-e-'KHusrau' na-tavaa.n bast ki dar KHvaab ma-bii.n
man.a-e-hindu naa-tavaa.n kard ki suurat ma-parast

Amir Khusrau

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai ba-ain-e-haqiqat andar ain

pesh-e-tuu zaa.n miyaa.n ba-baatil-o-haq
chand go.ii tafaavut maabain

Hakeem Sanayee

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-ghair azan ke be-shud din-o-danish az dastam

che zarra garche haqiiram ma-bii.n ba-daulat-e-ishq
ke dar havaa-e-ruKHat chuu.n ba-mehar paivastam

Hafiz

Ghazal

Maulana Syed Shah Sabihul-Haqque ’Sabih’

Ghazal

Syed Mazahir Ali Khan ‘mazhar’

Ghazal

Syed Shah Ataurrahman ‘Kakovi’

Persian Sufi Poetry

silsila-e-shahwat

hast ii.n zanjiir az KHauf-o-vala
tuu ma-bii.n ii.n KHalq raa be-silsila

Maulana Rumi

Quote

I was dead, then alive

"I was dead, then alive.
Weeping, then laughing.

Maulana Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai dil ma-bash Khaali yak-dam ze-ishq-o-masti

taa-aql-o-fazl-biinii be-ma.arifat-nashiinii-ma.arifat
yak nukta-at bagoyam KHud raa ma-bii.n ke rastii

Hafiz

Did You Know

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

Manqabat-Na.at

sun ai baad-e-sabaa tu jaanib-e-taiba agar guzre
tuu jaa kar thaamnaa baab-e-hariim-e-KHaas ke parde

Muztar Khairabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

nami-ayad ze-kas hargiz sana aaali janabash ra

dilaa dar jaa-e-KHud ba-nashii.n ba-kunam kaare ki mii-KHvaahii
marau dar KHaana-e-naadaa.n ma-bii.n ruu-e-KHaraabash raa

Kishan Singh 'Arif'

Persian Kalam

ai ze dard-e-ishq-e-tuu biimaar-e-jaa.n daaram hanuuz
daashtam mehr-e-tuu dar dil ham-chunaa.n daaram hanuuz

Ahmad Shahjahanpuri