ख़्वाब मेरा है ऐन बेदारी
मैं तो उस में भी देखता कुछ हूँ
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning
My dream is wakefulness itself, and even in that state, I am seeing something.
Explanation
In this evocative couplet, the poet beautifully blurs the boundary between slumber and consciousness. He insists that his dreams are not a state of mindless sleep, but a heightened form of awareness where the inner eye is wide open. For him, dreaming becomes a sacred vision—a space where he perceives a deeper truth or the beloved's presence far more vividly than in waking life.
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