ShringaraIntermediate

अगर मुझे न मिली तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगा

Agar Mujhe Na Mili Tum To Main Ye Samajhunga

6 verses · ~1 min

अगर मुझे न मिली तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगा कि दिल की राह से होकर ख़ुशी नहीं गुज़री

अगर मुझे न मिले तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगी कि सिर्फ़ उम्र कटी ज़िंदगी नहीं गुज़री

फ़िज़ा में रंग नज़ारों में जान है तुमसे मेरे लिए ये ज़मीं आसमान है तुमसे ख़याल-ओ-ख़्वाब की दुनिया जवान है तुमसे, अगर मुझे न मिले तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगी कि ख़्वाब ख़्वाब रहे बेकसी नहीं गुज़री अगर मुझे न मिली तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगा कि दिल की राह से होकर ख़ुशी नहीं गुज़री

बड़े यक़ीन से मैंने ये हाथ माँगा है मेरी वफ़ा ने हमेशा का साथ माँगा है दिलों की प्यास ने आब-ए-हयात माँगा है दिलों की प्यास ने आब-ए-हयात माँगा है

अगर मुझे न मिले तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगी कि इंतज़ार की मुद्दत अभी नहीं गुज़री

अगर मुझे न मिले तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगी कि सिर्फ़ उम्र कटी ज़िंदगी नहीं गुज़री

इति

Rasa: Shringara
Stanzas: 6
Lines: 19
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Geet (lyric song)
Metre: geet
Rhyme: irregular

This shringara-infused romantic verse evokes a tender, melancholic atmosphere of devoted waiting and quiet surrender, oscillating between the ache of unfulfilled longing and the eternal grace of fidelity. A visual painting of this scene would depict a solitary figure gazing out from a shadowed, earth-toned balcony toward a twilight horizon where the landscape vibrates with a sudden, vivid flush of color—blooming flowers and luminous skies—testifying to a beloved's unseen presence. Imbued with deep devotion, the narrative contrasts the mere biological passage of time with the soul's profound thirst for the beloved, symbolizing love as the sole threshold through which mere existence transforms into true life. The artistic tone is one of bittersweet yearning and steadfast romance, blending the quiet tragedy of an endless wait with the transcendent beauty of a lifelong promise.

अगर मुझे न मिली तुम तो मैं ये समझूँगा (Agar Mujhe Na Mili Tum To Main Ye Samajhunga), by Sahir Ludhianvi runs to 19 lines across 6 stanzas, set as Alternating male and female verses with a shared thematic resolution. Its governing rasa is Shringara, shaded by Karuna. The metre is geet. Rhyme falls as irregular.

It belongs to the 1921 · 1980 span of Sahir Ludhianvi's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for प्रेम के बिना जीवन की निरर्थकता and सच्ची वफ़ा और समर्पण की भावना. 3 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Radha Waiting for Krishna: Enveloped in a mood of poignant solitude and soulful yearning, the painting radiates an atmosphere of tender, patient devotion within a tranquil forest setting. Radha sits gracefully amidst the lush, shadowed embrace of…

Words worth pausing on

बेकसी: लाचारी या बेबसी
आब-ए-हयात: अमृत या जीवन-जल
मुद्दत: लंबा समय या अवधि

Threads

Love Life Waiting Dreams

The Poet

साहिर लुधियानवी

Sahir Ludhianvi

1921 · 1980

Sahir Ludhianvi possessed a voice that refused to separate the agony of romance from the brutal inequalities of the world. Born Abdul Hayee in 1921 in Punjab, he adopted the pen name Sahir, meaning magician, and proved it entirely accurate through a lifelong mastery of Urdu poetry. As a prominent figure in the Progressive Writers Movement, he rejected the traditional obsession with the idealized beloved. Instead, he forced his readers to look at the poverty, the exploitation, and the hypocrisies of society that destroy love before it can even bloom. When he entered the Hindi film industry, he fundamentally changed the stature of the lyricist. Directors and composers adapted their music to his words, rather than the other way around. Through films like Pyaasa and Kabhi Kabhie, he brought profound literary dignity and fierce anti establishment critique to mainstream cinema. He passed away in 1980, but his poetry remains a burning torch. Sahir remains the ultimate poet of the disenchanted, a man who wrote beautiful verses to express an absolute refusal to accept an ugly world.