ajr kya hai azab kya shai hai
ye gunah-o-sawab kya shai hai

tere hijran mein ye khula mujh par
ruh ka iztirab kya shai hai

in bahaaron ke kya maani hain
titli khushbu gulab kya shai hai

tera chehra hi jaanta hun main
kya khabar mahtab kya shai hai

dasht mein kaun mujh ko samjhae
pani kya hai sarab kya shai hai

zindagi be-takallufi hai miyan
khud batao hijab kya shai hai

barq shoala na raushni hai koi
phir teri aab-o-tab kya shai hai

teri aankhon se jo nasha paya
jam kya hai sharab kya shai hai

kya muamma hai lafz-e-uryani
parda kya hai naqab kya shai hai

ek 'waqif' samajh nahin aata
jaane aali-janab kya shai hai