ye sochta hun ki khud aarif-e-hayat bhi hai bashar jo mahram-e-asrar-e-kaenat bhi hai nafas nafas mein rahe kyon na ek jahan-e-sifat meri nigah mein tanwir-e-husn-e-zat bhi hai dilon ko mil nahin sakti thi ishrat-e-abadi hazar shukr mohabbat mein gham ki raat bhi hai wo ek khayal ki jis ne gham-e-hayat diya wahi khayal ilaj-e-gham-e-hayat bhi hai jo sirr-e-ishq bhi hai raaz-e-husn-e-jaanan bhi yaqin karo mere dil mein ek aisi baat bhi hai ye har gunah pe jo ehsas hai nadamat ka mujhe to 'kaif' yahi hila-e-najat bhi hai