4 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
shaikh: holy man, scholar
1 / 4: shaikh
janaab-e-shaikh ka naqsh-e-qadam
yuun bhi hai aur yuun bhi
here the mosque, there the tavern
how odd indeed
the footprints of the holy man
are seen here and there too
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2 / 4: shaikh
muraaqabe mein
bata subh-o-shaam kya dekha
someone ask the holy man
as to what he saw
when he closed his eyes
in meditation from dawn to dusk
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3 / 4: shaikh
kuchh khuda ke qahr kuchh inaam
ki baaten karein
the cleric and the priest
talk of their faiths
talking of god's wrath
and sometimes of divine favor
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4 / 4: shaikh
sab kuchh bashar ki dil mein hai
aye shaikh, kya naheen?
no memory of idols
nor any thought of god
all is within the human heart
what is not there, o preacher?
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