khaksari se yahan tak martaba uncha hua
dida-e-gardun ki putli khak aag ka putla hua

hun tilism-e-rang-o-bu ke pher mein bhula hua
aadmi banda bashar hai kya karun dhoka hua

ek piyala tha kharabaat-e-azal ka aasman
wo bhi apni gardish-e-qismat se hai ulta hua

ye khamoshi hai guzargah-e-jahan mein al-aman
koi kuchh kahta nahin aata hua jata hua

'alam-e-nairang ki ranginiyan hain dil-fareb
aur bhi wo rang laya rang jo phika hua

mauj-e-rahmat hauz-e-kausar ke kinare le gai
mai-kashon ka gulshan-e-firdaus mein mela hua

aatish-e-khamosh ke manind tha pahlu mein dil
un ke daman ki hawa lagte hi angara hua

mast aankhen dekh kar 'kaifi' ki mat jati rahi
kaun maikhane mein us se badh ke matwala hua