Word Meaning
जाओगे
jaoge
Meaning
you will go (second-person masculine/common plural or polite future tense)
Detailed Meaning
In grammar, it is the future tense second-person plural or respectful form of the verb 'jaana' (to go). In this famous couplet by Ghalib, it expresses a rhetorical question challenging the speaker's own audacity or moral standing to visit the holy Kaaba after a life of sin. It carries a sense of ironic self-admonition and inner reproach.
Etymology
Sanskrit 'याति' (yāti, goes) / Prakrit 'जाइ' (jāi) evolving into Hindustani 'जाना' (jānā).
Usage
In ghazal poetry, it frequently appears in radifs or rhetorical questions addressing either the beloved departing or the poet's own wandering heart.
Examples
Where will you go leaving this doorstep?
How will you go without meeting the beloved?