ai ahl-e-mohabbat kya kahiye kya chiz mohabbat hoti hai
kuchh gham ki haqiqat hoti hai kuchh dil ki tabiat hoti hai

kul zist alam ta-zist alam yak waqfa-e-dam taskin-e-alam
sunte hain qayamat aati hai jab us se bhi fursat hoti hai

uf aayat-e-sajda husn-e-ada jalwe ke liye parda bhi utha
betab jabin jhuk jati hai kuchh aisi bhi surat hoti hai

kuchh mast nigah-e-saqi hai kul mai mein hai jo kuchh baqi hai
mai-khane ke bahar kuchh bhi nahin mai-khane mein jannat hoti hai

duniya se alag ho kar 'kaifi' duniya se khafa duniya ka gila
ummid agar baqi na rahe tab yas mein rahat hoti hai