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जो मैं जानती बिसरत हैं सैय्या जो मैं जानती बिसरत हैं सैय्या, घुँघटा में आग लगा देती, मैं लाज के बंधन तोड़ सखी पिया प्यार को अपने मान लेती। इन चूरियों की लाज पिया रखाना, ये तो पहन लई अब उतरत न। मोरा भाग सुहाग तुमई से है मैं तो तुम ही पर जुबना लुटा बैठी। मोरे हार सिंगार की रात गई, पियू संग उमंग की बात गई पियू संत उमंग मेरी आस नई।
अब आए न मोरे साँवरिया, मैं तो तन मन उन पर लुटा देती। घर आए न तोरे साँवरिया, मैं तो तन मन उन पर लुटा देती। मोहे प्रीत की रीत न भाई सखी, मैं तो बन के दुल्हन पछताई सखी। होती न अगर दुनिया की शरम मैं तो भेज के पतियाँ बुला लेती। उन्हें भेज के सखियाँ बुला लेती। जो मैं जानती बिसरत हैं सैय्या।
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
Lady at her Toilet
In this evocative masterpiece, Hemen Mazumdar captures a moment of intimate, quiet beauty. The woman is lost in the delicate ritual of preparing herself, her back turned to the viewer as she observes her reflection. Mazumdar, often called the last romantic, possessed an extraordinary gift for depicting the soft texture of skin and the ethereal drape of fabric under light. This painting breathes with a gentle, hushed atmosphere, inviting us to witness a deeply private gesture that feels both timeless and fragile.
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