teri rah dekhta main but-e-bewafa kahan tak
tera intizar main ne kiya subh ki azan tak

wahi rahzan jinhon ne mere karwan ko luta
ba-khuda unhi mein shamil hai amir-e-karwan tak

na use agar bujhaya to chaman ko phunk degi
yahi aag jo abhi hai meri shakh-e-ashiyan tak

kisi koh par guzarti to wo reza reza hota
jo mere chaman pe guzri hai bahaar se khizan tak

tera dil bhi jaanta hai koi rabt hai yaqinan
tere qahqahon se le kar mere nala-o-fughan tak

mujhe sanp ban ke dasne wahan shakh shakh lapki
main gaya jo fasl-e-gul mein kabhi sehn-e-gulistan tak

mere ishq ka fasana mere pyar ki kahani
wo hai ab zaban zaban par jo kabhi thi raaz-dan tak

ye mera wajud ‘salman’ hai nishan kisi ke gham ka
main kisi ka ho gaya jab na raha mera nishan tak