Aagahi

apne man mein dub kar pa ja suragh-e-zindagi tu agar mera nahin banta na ban apna to ban the couplet urges deep self-exploration: the “clue of life” is not outside, but within one’s own consciousness. the speaker refuses shallow dependence and asks for inner sovereignty—if you can’t be mine, don’t be anyone’s tool. the emotional core is a call to awaken selfhood and live with purpose. freedom here means becoming truly oneself.

shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab se to kahin behtar tha apne hisse ki koi shama jalate jate

aagahi karb wafa sabr tamanna ehsas mere hi sine mein utre hain ye khanjar sare

apni hasti hi se ho jo kuchh ho aagahi gar nahin ghaflat hi sahi should be with one's own being whatever that you see if not with enlightenment then with ignorance let be ghalib emphasizes the authenticity of the self over the quality of one's state. he argues that whether one is enlightened or ignorant matters less than the fact that the state is genuinely one's own. it is a declaration of individual identity, suggesting that even one's own negligence is superior to borrowed wisdom.

aagahi dam-e-shunidan jis qadar chahe bichhae muddaa anqa hai apne aalam-e-taqrir ka ghalib asserts that the meaning of his poetry is so subtle and lofty that it transcends ordinary understanding. even if a listener applies their full intellectual focus to catch the intent, the core meaning remains elusive like the mythical anqa (phoenix), which is known by name but never seen or captured.

'sauda' jo be-khabar hai wahi yan kare hai aish mushkil bahut hai un ko jo rakhte hain aagahi

tera wasl hai mujhe be-khudi tera hijr hai mujhe aagahi tera wasl mujh ko firaq hai tera hijr mujh ko visal hai

agar shuur na ho to bahisht hai duniya bade azab mein guzri hai aagahi ke sath

umr jo be-khudi mein guzri hai bas wahi aagahi mein guzri hai

aagahi se mili hai tanhai aa meri jaan mujh ko dhoka de

ek zamane tak badan be-khwab be-adab the phir achanak apni uryani ka andaza hua

khuda ka matlab hai khud mein aa tu khud-agahi hai khuda-shanasi khuda ko khud se juda samajh kar bhatak raha hai idhar udhar kyun

jin se zinda ho yaqin o aagahi ki aabru ishq ki rahon mein kuchh aise guman karte chalo

pahad jaisi azmaton ka dakhila tha shahr mein ki log aagahi ka ishtihaar le ke chal diye

charagh samne wale makan mein bhi na tha ye saneha mere wahm-o-guman mein bhi na tha

ujala 'ilm ka phaila to hai chaaron taraf yaro basirat aadmi ki kuchh magar kam hoti jati hai

na puchhiye ki wo kis karb se guzarte hain jo aagahi ke sabab aish-e-bandagi se gae

yahi aaina hai wo aaina jo liye hai jalwa-e-agahi ye jo shaeri ka shuur hai ye payambari ki talash hai

junun ke kaif-o-kam se aagahi tujh ko nahin naseh guzarti hai jo diwanon pe diwane samajhte hain

aagahi bhulne deti nahin hasti ka maal tut ke khwab bikharta hai to hans dete hain

duboe deta hai khud-agahi ka bar mujhe main dhalta nashsha hun mauj-e-tarab ubhaar mujhe

jaise jaise aagahi badhti gai waise 'zahir' zehn o dil ek dusre se munfasil hote gae

is kar-e-agahi ko junun kah rahe hain log mahfuz kar rahe hain faza mein sadaen hum

uruj-e-mah ko insan samajh gaya lekin hanuz azmat-e-insan se aagahi kam hai

kya ho sake hisab ki jab aagahi kahe ab tak to raegani mein sara safar kiya

aagahi ne diye ibham ke dhoke kya kya sharh-e-alfaz jo likkhi to ishaare likkhe

junun ki khair ho tujh ko 'asar' mila sab kuchh ye kaifiyat bhi zaruri thi aagahi ke liye

hum aagahi ko rote hain aur aagahi hamein waraftagi-e-shauq kahan le chali hamein