rahne de zikr-e-kham-e-zulf-e-musalsal ko nadim — Dattatriya Kaifi

jo chashm-e-dil-rubaa ke vasf mein ashaar likhtaa huun
to har har lafz par ahl-e-nazar ik saad karte hain

tum se ab kyaa kahein vo chiiz hai daagh-e-gham-e-ishq
ki chhupaae na chhupe aur dikhaae na bane

dam ghanimat hai saaliko meraa
jaras-e-daur ki sadaa huun main

ye chalan hain to tumhein hashr se deinge tashbih
log saffaak kaheinge baDi rusvaai hai

baadbaanon mein bhari hai is ke kyaa baad-e-nafas
kashti-e-umr-e-ravaan ko taab langar ki nahin

vafaa par daghaa sulh mein dushmani hai
bhalaai kaa hargiz zamaana nahin hai

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

dil ke taalib nazar aate hain hasin har jaanib
us ke laakhon hain kharidaar ki maal achchhaa hai

tumhaari yaad baDi khush-gavaar thi lekin
dil-e-hazin ke liye talkhiyaan baDhaa bhi gai

meri koshish to yahi hai ki ye maasum rahe
aur dil hai ki samajhdaar huaa jaataa hai

kashmakash dil mein hai ye barson se
aas kis ki hai yaas kis ki hai