apna gunahgaar

Sau jaan se ho Jaunga raazi main saza par,

Pahle wo mujhe apna gunahgaar to kar lein !

~ Akbar Ilahabadi

Ishq hai dillagi nahin

अब कोई बात भी मेरी माना के होश की नहीं
आपको भूल जाऊँ मैं, ऐसी तो बेख़ुदी नहीं

तीर पे तीर खाए जा, और यार से लौ लगाए जा
आह ना कर, लबों को सी, इश्क़ है दिल्लगी नहीं

आह! मेरी शब-ए-फ़िराक़, हाय ! मेरी शब-ए-फ़िराक़
यानि कि आज शाम से, तारों में रौशनी नहीं

तेरे करम से बेनियाज़, मुझे कौन सी शै मिली नहीं
झोली मेरी तंग है तेरे यहाँ कमी नही

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Ab koi baat bhi meri maana ke hosh ki nahin
Aapko bhool jaaun main aisi to bekhudin nahin

Teer pe teer khaaye ja aur yaar se lau lagaaye ja
Aah na kar labon ki sii ishq hai dillagi nahin

Aah meri shab-e-firqa, haaye meri shab-e-firaq
Yaani ke aaj sham se taaron mein roshni nahin

Tere karam se beniyaz mujhe kaun si shai mili nahin
Jholi meri tang hai Tere yahan kami nahin

Tawaaf-e-kaaba-e-dil

Suna hai arsh-e-Elaahi isi ko kahte hain,

Tawaaf-e-kaaba-e-dil hum ne subh-o-shaam kiya !

~ Peer Shah Muhammad Aziz

Maslak-e-Ishq

Ye maslak apna-apna hai, ye fitrat apni-apni hai,

Jalao aashiyan tum, hum karenge aashiyan paida ! 

~ Syed Muhammad Ali Shah 'Maikash' Akbarabadi

Nigah-e-Yaar

Ye maantaa hoon adab shart-e-ishq hai lekin,

Ye hosh kis ko rahega nigaah-e-yaar ke baad !

~ Raees Niyazi

Dair-o-haram mein na ja - Khwaja Haider Ali 'Atish'

Parda-e-ghaflat utha pesh-e-nazar yaar hai,
Dair-o-haram mein na ja dhoondhne maujood ko !

~ Hazrat Khwaja Haider Ali 'Atish'

(Remove the veil of heedlessness, The beloved is in view.
Do not seek Him in a temple or Kaaba, Who is present everywhere)

Wallah wahi sab mein hai ba-Allah wahi hai - Bahadur Shah Zafar

Shola hai wahi, shamma wahi, maah wahi hai !
Khursheed wahi, noor-e-sahar-gaah wahi hai !

Hoor-o-malak-o-deo-pari ins-o-nabi jaan,
Sab sooraton mein maahi dil-khwaah wahi hai !

Yusuf hai wahi, wo hi Zulekha, wahi Yaqoob,
Kinaan hai wahi, Misr wahi, chaah wahi hai !

Raah-rau hai wahi , raahbar wahi, wo hi raah-e-maqsood,
Gumraah wahi raah se aagaah wahi hai !

Kya husn mein kya ishq mein, sab mein hai wahi noor,
Ye maujib ghamza-sabab aah wahi hai !

Majnoon-o-kharabaati-o-deewana-o-hoshiyaar,
Darwesh-o-gada shah-o-shahanshah wahi hai !

Khaara mein sharar hai wo 'zafar' laal mein rang,
Wallah wahi sab mein hai ba-Allah wahi hai !

~ Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'


Maah = The Moon
Khursheed = The Sun
Noor-e-sahar-gaah = The light of dawn
dil-khwaah = beloved
Yusuf = Prophet Yusuf (Jospeh) in Quran
Yaqoob = Prophet Yaqoob (Jacob) in Quran
Zulekha = Wife of Al-Azeez in Quran (Potiphar's wife) in Bible, who was deeply in love with Prophet Yusuf
Kinaan = Semetic City on Canaan, within the region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East
Misr = Egypt
Raah-rau = Traveller, Wayfarer
Raahbar = guide
Raah-e-maqsood = The desired path
Aagaaah = one who is aware
Maujib = cause
Ghamza = flirtatious Gesture
Kharabaati = resident of a bad surrounding (such as tavern,bar,casino)
Khaara = Hard stone
Sharar = Spark,flash
Laal = Ruby stone

This ghazal by Bahadur Shah 'Zafar' is full of symbolism on the concept of 'wahdat-ul-wajood' ie. 'The unity of essence' or 'the unity of existance' or the 'unity of being'.

As per the concept of 'Wahdat-ul-Wajood' everything that exists can only exist because it is an aspect of the Divine Reality, hence it is an aspect of the Divine Unity itself. 

The Sufis who believe in the concept of Wahdat-ul-Wajood see the face of God everywhere but they don't reduced God to everything. God remains supremely transcendent. Even though everything which arises and exists does resembles Him, He resembles nothing but Himself .