शृंगार· Shringara
01दोहे
Dohe
Amir Khusrow
5 verses · ~9 lines · 1 min
5 verses · ~1 min
आ साजन मोरे नयनन में, सो पलक ढाप तोहे दूँ। न मैं देखूँ औरन को, न तोहे देखन दूँ।
अपनी छवि बनाई के जो मैं पी के पास गई। जब छवि देखी पीहू की तो अपनी भूल गई।।
खुसरो पाती प्रेम की बिरला बाँचे कोय। वेद, कुरान, पोथी पढ़े, प्रेम बिना का होय।।
संतों की निंदा करे, रखे पर नारी से हेत। वे नर ऐसे जाऐंगे, जैसे रणरेही का खेत।।
खुसरो सरीर सराय है क्यों सोवे सुख चैन। कूच नगारा सांस का, बाजत है दिन रैन।।
इति
The Poet
अमीर खुसरो
Amir Khusrow
1253 · 1325
Amir Khusrow lived and breathed a syncretic culture centuries before the modern world even possessed the vocabulary for it. Born in 1253 in Patiyali, Uttar Pradesh, he served as a scholar, a musician, and a poet under the Delhi Sultanate. Despite his royal appointments, his true allegiance remained with his spiritual master, Nizamuddin Auliya. He is widely recognized as the father of Qawwali and is traditionally credited with the invention of the sitar and tabla. His most profound contribution, however, lay in language. He took the formal Persian of the royal courts and merged it with the everyday Hindavi spoken on the streets. His riddles, verses, and ghazals are entirely alive today, still sung at shrines and in courtyards across the Indian subcontinent. Khusrow did not merely write poetry. He shaped the cultural identity of North India, proving that authentic devotion bypasses all borders of language and religion.
Paired Painting
Reading a Letter
In this evocative scene, the artist invites us to witness a quiet, intimate moment of human connection. The soft light bathes the figures in a gentle glow, highlighting the focused expressions of two individuals engrossed in the contents of a letter. There is a profound sense of stillness here, a pause in the bustling rhythm of life where words written on paper become the bridge between hearts. The artist, M.V. Dhurandhar, masterfully balances the interplay of shadow and light, creating an atmosphere that feels both personal and timeless. It is a testament to the quiet dignity found in the everyday, reflecting a period when such exchanges were the primary vessel for emotion and news across vast distances.
Open the viewer →
If this held you
Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Aa Sajan More Nainan Mein carries.
