ye mat samajh ki chand-sitaron ke sath hun
suraj nahin hai ba'd mein jis ke wo raat hun

jo dosti ka farz nibhane mein kat gaya
main khak par pada wo mohabbat ka hat hun

ye tere mere bich nahin jang aakhiri
tu bhi abhi hayat hai main bhi hayat hun

ahbab mujh ko chhod rahe hain to chhod jaen
main aap apni zat mein ek kaenat hun

ye log mujh ko zahr banane pe hain musir
warna mizaj se to main aab-e-hayat hun

qatre se bhi hun kam ye samundar ka inkisar
qatre ko ye guman ki samundar-sifat hun

'kaifi' main jaise apne buzurgon ka hun asa
bachchon ki bhi kitab qalam hun dawat hun