be-ruKHi had se baDhi aur sirf itna hi nahin

be-rukhi had se badhi aur sirf itna hi nahin
ab to ye 'alam hai goya rabt kuchh tha hi nahin
puchhti hai wo nazar kya hai mohabbat ka maal
be-khudi-e-‘ishq kahti hai ki socha hi nahin


haal-e-dil naguftani hai hum jo kahte bhi to kya
phir bhi gham ye hai ki us ne hum se puchha hi nahin
bazm-e-yaran mein hain kya kya tazkire chup hain to hum
jaise wo husn-e-dil-ara hum ne dekha hi nahin


shikwa-e-begangi jin ko hai un se kya kahen
iltifat-e-dost ka mara panapta hi nahin
husn ki har kaj-adai be-rukhi begangi
sa’y-e-zabt-e-arzu thi koi samjha hi nahin


kya shikayat kijiye us bad-guman-e-shauq se
wo hamein apne wafadaron mein ginta hi nahin
sare shikwe sab gile apni jagah lekin 'salim'
kis tarah kah dun ki us ko meri parwa hi nahin