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दुसुख़ने

Dusukhane

Amir Khusrow

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8 verses · ~1 min

१. गोश्त क्यों न खाया? डोम क्यों न गाया? उत्तर—गला न था

२. जूता पहना नहीं समोसा खाया नहीं उत्तर— तला न था

३. अनार क्यों न चखा? वज़ीर क्यों न रखा? उत्तर— दाना न था( अनार का दाना और दाना=बुद्धिमान)

४. सौदागर चे मे बायद? (सौदागर को क्या चाहिए ) बूचे(बहरे) को क्या चाहिए? उत्तर (दो कान भी, दुकान भी)

५. तिश्नारा चे मे बायद? (प्यासे को क्या चाहिए) मिलाप को क्या चाहिए उत्तर—चाह (कुआँ भी और प्यार भी)

६. शिकार ब चे मे बायद करद? ( शिकार किस चीज़ से करना चाहिए) क़ुव्वते मग़्ज़ को क्या चाहिए? (दिमाग़ी ताक़त को बढ़ाने के लिए क्या चाहिए) उत्तर— बा —दाम (जाल के साथ) और बादाम

७. रोटी जली क्यों? घोडा अडा क्यों? पान सडा क्यों? उत्तर— फेरा न था

८. पंडित प्यासा क्यों? गधा उदास क्यों? उत्तर— लोटा न था

इति

Rasa: Hasya
Stanzas: 8
Lines: 30
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Free verse
Metre: irregular
Rhyme: none

The mood is one of clever amusement and intellectual playfulness, steeped in the vibrant, bilingual court culture of the Delhi Sultanate. A painting capturing this text would likely show a lively gathering of turbaned courtiers, scholars, and wits huddled together in a sunlit courtyard, chuckling over bilingual puns and wordplay involving roasted meats, unstrung shoes, and unbaked samosas. The scene evokes domestic and everyday objects—pomegranates, saddles, water wells, and almonds—transformed through double meanings into witty conceptual puzzles. The underlying tone is lighthearted, ironic, and intellectually teasing, showcasing a humorous folk-court synthesis where the absurdities of daily life meet sophisticated linguistic gymnastics.

दुसुख़ने (Dusukhane), by Amir Khusrow runs to 30 lines across 8 stanzas, set as Two distinct questions followed by a single punning answer.. Its governing rasa is Hasya, shaded by Adbhuta. The metre is irregular. Rhyme falls as none.

Reflects the bilingual court culture of the Delhi Sultanate where Persian and Hindavi were blended creatively.

Read it for एक ही उत्तर से दो अलग-अलग प्रश्नों का समाधान and फारसी और हिंदी भाषा का अनूठा समन्वय. 2 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Game of Pachisi: Bathed in a warm, inviting atmosphere of quiet camaraderie and intense mental absorption, four men in traditional attire and turbans sit together on the floor, deeply engrossed in a strategic match of the ancient board…

Words worth pausing on

डोम: गायक या संगीतकार जाति
दाना: बुद्धिमान (फारसी में) / अनाज का दाना

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The Poet

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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.