na koi nam o nasab hai na goshwara mera
bas apni aab-o-hawa hi pe hai guzara mera

meri zamin pe tere aaftab raushan hain
tere falak pe chamakta hai ek sitara mera

jo chahta hai wo taskhir kar le duniya ko
kisi bhi shai pe nahin hai yahan ijara mera

main ham-kanar hua ek lahar se aur phir
kinare hi mein kahin gum hua kinara mera

bas ek lamha-e-benam ki giraft mein hain
na jaane kaisa talluq hai ye tumhaara mera

to phir jo nafa hai main us mein kyun nahin shamil
agar yahan ka khasara hai sab khasara mera

jo dhyan tak nahin deta hai meri baaton par
samajh raha hai wahi shakhs to ishaara mera

kahin khushi ki numaish mein rakh diya ja kar
kal us ne basta-e-gham taq se utara mera

wahi hai til wahi rukhsar hain wahi tu hai
magar nahin hai samarqand aur bukhara mera

main baad o baran se aatish kashid karta hun
ki aab o khak ki tamsil hai idara mera

ab aa gaya hun to socha sada lagata chalun
kise khabar yahan aana na ho dobara mera

darun-e-khana koi bhi nahin kisi ka 'salim'
pe dekhne mein to lagta hai shahr sara mera