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इन दुखियन को न चैन सपनेहुं मिल्यौ

In Dukhiyan Ko Na Chain Sapnehun Milyau

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इन दुखियन को न चैन सपनेहुं मिल्यौ, तासों सदा व्याकुल बिकट अकुलायँगी। प्यारे 'हरिचंद जूं' की बीती जानि औध, प्रान चाहते चले पै ये तो संग ना समायँगी। देख्यो एक बारहू न नैन भरि तोहिं यातैं, तौन जौन लोक जैहैं तहाँ पछतायँगी। बिना प्रान प्यारे भए दरस तुम्हारे, हाय! मरेहू पै आंखे ये खुली ही रहि जायँगी।

इति

Rasa: Shringara
Stanzas: 1
Lines: 8
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Savaiya
Metre: savaiya
Rhyme: AABACADA

The mood is one of profound, terminal longing, suffused with the tragic shringara of a lover whose separation has become indistinguishable from impending death. The scene depicts a woman lying on a lonely bed at night, her eyes wide and glassy, fixed on an empty doorway in a state of perpetual, restless agitation that persists even into her dreams. Her gaze serves as a poignant symbol of an unsatisfied hunger, implying a narrative where the soul is prepared to depart for the afterlife, yet the eyes remain stubbornly tethered to the physical world, hauntingly open in the hope of catching a final glimpse of her beloved. The overall tone is heavy with inconsolable regret and devotion, capturing a haunting stillness where the physical body fades away while the desperate, searching vision remains tragically unclosed.

इन दुखियन को न चैन सपनेहुं मिल्यौ (In Dukhiyan Ko Na Chain Sapnehun Milyau), by Bharatendu Harishchandra runs to 8 lines, set as Single eight-line stanza (Savaiya). Its governing rasa is Shringara, shaded by Karuna. The metre is savaiya. Rhyme falls as AABACADA.

It belongs to the 1850 · 1885 span of Bharatendu Harishchandra's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for मृत्यु के बाद भी अतृप्त दर्शन की चाह and प्रिय के बिना आँखों की व्याकुलता. 4 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Disappointing News: An atmosphere of profound vulnerability and heavy melancholy permeates the scene, capturing the quiet dignity of a woman processing sorrow in the stillness of her chamber. She reclines upon a bed within the soft,…

Words worth pausing on

औध: अवधि या आयु सीमा
यातैं: इस कारण से
तौन: वह या उस
मरेहू: मरने पर भी

Threads

Separation Eyes Death Regret

The Poet

भारतेंदु हरिश्चंद्र

Bharatendu Harishchandra

1850 · 1885

Bharatendu Harishchandra stands at the exact crossroads where classical Indian tradition met the fierce urgency of modern national consciousness. Born in Varanasi in 1850 and living a brief but meteorically impactful life until 1885, he is universally acknowledged as the father of modern Hindi literature. Before Harishchandra, Hindi poetry was largely confined to the courtly and devotional aesthetics of Braj Bhasha. He bravely shifted the literary medium to Khari Boli, standardizing the language and making it a powerful vehicle for public discourse, social reform, and anticolonial resistance. Through literary journals like Kavi Vachan Sudha and groundbreaking plays like Andher Nagari, he documented the economic exploitation of India under British rule while simultaneously critiquing orthodoxies within his own society. He wrote with sharp satirical wit, deep patriotism, and an unwavering commitment to cultural awakening. To read his work is to witness the exact moment when the Hindi language found its modern voice.