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ऐ री सखी मोरे पिया घर आए भाग लगे इस आँगन को बल-बल जाऊँ मैं अपने पिया के, चरन लगायो निर्धन को। मैं तो खड़ी थी आस लगाए, मेंहदी कजरा माँग सजाए। देख सूरतिया अपने पिया की, हार गई मैं तन मन को। जिसका पिया संग बीते सावन, उस दुल्हन की रैन सुहागन। जिस सावन में पिया घर नाहि, आग लगे उस सावन को। अपने पिया को मैं किस विध पाऊँ, लाज की मारी मैं तो डूबी डूबी जाऊँ तुम ही जतन करो ऐ री सखी री, मै मन भाऊँ साजन को।
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
Vilaval Ragini from a Ragamala Set
In the quiet intimacy of the royal courtyard, a beloved heroine prepares for the joyful return of her lord, embodying the profound devotion of Vilaval Ragini. Created in the artistic ateliers of Bundi around 1680, this exquisite leaf from a Ragamala series translates the tender emotions of classical Indian music into a visual symphony of color, architecture, and mood. As twilight descends and a solitary peacock gazes from the parapet, a maidservant gently holds a mirror so the lady can adorn herself, while another musician plays a stringed instrument to soothe the longing heart. Every intricate detail, from the luminous gold borders to the delicate pink pavilions, invites the viewer into a timeless world of romance, spiritual longing, and refined Rajput aesthetics.
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