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जब यार देखा नैन भर दिल की गई चिंता उतर ऐसा नहीं कोई अजब राखे उसे समझाए कर ।
जब आँख से ओझल भया, तड़पन लगा मेरा जिया हक्का इलाही क्या किया, आँसू चले भर लाय कर ।
तू तो हमारा यार है, तुझ पर हमारा प्यार है तुझ दोस्ती बिसियार है एक शब मिली तुम आय कर ।
जाना तलब तेरी करूँ दीगर तलब किसकी करूँ तेरी जो चिंता दिल धरूँ, एक दिन मिलो तुम आय कर ।
मेरी जो मन तुम ने लिया, तुम उठा गम को दिया तुमने मुझे ऐसा किया, जैसा पतंगा आग पर ।
खुसरो कहै बातों ग़ज़ब, दिल में न लावे कुछ अजब कुदरत खुदा की है अजब, जब जिव दिया गुल लाय कर ।
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
Mohini and Rugmangada
This profound canvas brings to life a poignant tale from Hindu mythology, capturing King Rugmangada under the divine and enchanting spell of Mohini, the celestial enchantress avatar of Lord Vishnu. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully portrays the intense emotional gravity of the scene, where human devotion, divine intervention, and tragic trials intertwine within a sacred temple courtyard. The artist breathes life into the Puranic narrative, translating classical literature into breathtaking visual drama that resonates deeply with the spiritual ethos of India.
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