tujh se badh kar koi pyara bhi nahin ho sakta
par tera sath gawara bhi nahin ho sakta

panw rakhte hain phisal sakta hai mitti ho ki ret
har kinara to kinara bhi nahin ho sakta

us tak aawaz pahunchni bhi badi mushkil hai
aur na dekhe to ishaara bhi nahin ho sakta

tere bandon ki maishat ka ajab haal hua
aish kaisa ki guzara bhi nahin ho sakta

apna dushman bhi dikhai nahin deta ho jise
aisa lashkar to saf-ara bhi nahin ho sakta

husn aisa ki chaka-chaund hui hain aankhen
hairat aisi ki nazara bhi nahin hain aankhen

waise wo shakhs hamara to kabhi tha hi nahin
dukh to ye hai ki tumhaara bhi nahin ho sakta

duniya achchhi bhi nahin lagti hum aison ko 'salim'
aur duniya se kinara bhi nahin ho sakta