makr-e-hayat rukh ki qaba bhi utar di
hum ne tadap tadap ke ye shab bhi guzar di

ab hum pe khak dekhiye kis dasht ki pade
yan to azan-e-subh sar-e-auj-e-dar di

ab tum karo suragh-e-jamal-e-butan talash
hum ne tumhein amanat-e-chashm-o-azar di

dekhi hain yun bhi chaaragaron ki karamaten
zakhm-e-lahu-lahu ko dawa khar khar di

yun bhi kiya hai hum ne haq-e-dilbari ada
apni hi jit apne hi hathon se haar di

'salim' khusha hai us ko bahut tujh pe e'timad
jis ne tujhe aziyyat-e-dil be-shumar di