Jami

"Were Women all like those whom here I name, Woman to man I surely would prefer; The Sun is feminine, nor deems it shame; The Moon, though masculine, depends on her."

"My birthplace is Jam, and my pen Has drunk from (knowledge of) Sheikh-ul-Islam Ahmad Jam, Hence in the books of poetry My pen nam is Jami for these two reasons."

"Good intentions are useless in the absence of common-sense."

"The wise man refuses to be led beyond his own depth."

"Those who live by bread alone will submit, for the sake of it, to the vilest abuse, like a hungry dog."

"Happy is the man who knows the true from the false, and refuses to accept less."

"It is best to avoid low company, whether they come in peace or in war."

"Heart is not free from love pain Painless body is only soil and water Everybody vecomes lover O, there is no leveless heart in the worls."

"The pain night will be ended And separation pain will be remedied Unaware of this fact that this night is so long And from that night to morning there are hundred years."

"How a pleasant word of an old lover that said When there is lovem there is no comfort."

"I was trapped in love And this trap is enough for me."

"My Love stood by me at the dawn of day, And said, 'To grief you make my heart a prey, What I am casting looks of love at you, Have you no shame to turn your eyes away? All my life long I tread love's path of pain, It peradventure 'union' I may gain Better to catch one moment's glimpse of Thee Than earthly beauties' love through lite retain."

"Thou, for whose love I've sacrifice existence, Art, yet art not, the sum of earth's existence, Earth lacks true Being, yet depends thereon— Thou art true Being, Thou art pure existence The Loved One is quite colourless, O heart, Be not engrossed with colours, then, O heart All colours come from what is colourless, And 'who can dye so well as God,' O heart?"

"God has not made with two hearts within him. The incomparable Majesty who has conferred the boon of existence upon thee has placed within thee but one heart, to the end that with single heart thou mayest love Him alone, and mayest turn thy back on all besides and devote thyself to Him alone, and refrain from dividing thy heart into a hundred portions, each portion devoted to a different object."

"Those who fancy that collectedness results from the collecting of wordly goods remain in perpetual distraction, whilst those who are convinced that amassing wealth is the cause of distraction renounce all wordly goods."

"The essence of the 'Truth' most glorious and mose exalted is nothing but Being His Being is not subject to defect or diminution. He is untouched by change or variation, and is exempt from plurality and multiplicity, He transcends all manifestations, and is unknowable and invisible, Every 'how' and 'why' have made their appearance through Him, but in Himself He transcends every 'how' and 'why'. Everything is perceived by Him, while he is beyond perception. They outwaid eye is too dull to behold His beauty, and the eye of the heart is dimmed by the contemplation of His perfection."