achchha hai isi surat-e-haalat mein rahna
din shahr mein aur raat mazafat mein rahna

har raat sitaron ko zamin par liye phirna
har subh kahin hamd-o-munajat mein rahna

is bhid mein gard-e-dar-o-diwar hai itni
mumkin hi nahin hath kisi hat mein rahna

us shakhs ki chahat bhi ajab hai ki hamesha
khatir mein na lana to mudaraat mein rahna

ye shahr samundar ke kinare pa hai aabaad
is shahr mein rahna bhi to auqat mein rahna

hum ahl-e-tariqat ki yahi rasm rahi hai
zindan mein ya halqa-e-sadat mein rahna

dikhna to 'salim' apne rawayye hi pe dikhna
khush rahna to apni hi kisi baat mein rahna