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दिल ने हमारे बैठे बैठे कैसे कैसे रोग लगाये

Dil Ne Hamare Baithe Baithe Kaise Kaise Roga Lagaye

Ibn-e-Insha

1 min read 5 versesTears Sadness Love

5 verses · ~1 min

दिल ने हमारे बैठे बैठे कैसे कैसे रोग लगाये तुम ने किसी का नाम लिया और आँखों में अपनी आंसू आये

जितनी जुबानें उतने किस्से अपनी उदासी के कारण के लेकिन लोग अभी तक यह सादा सी पहेली बूझ न पाए

इश्क किया है? किस से किया है? कब से किया है? कैसे किया है? लोगों को इक बात मिली, अपने को तो लेकिन रोना आये

राह में यूँही चलते चलते उनका दामन थाम लिया था हम उन से कुछ मांगें चाहें, हमसे तो यह सोचा भी न जाये

नज्म-ए-सहर के चेहरे से इंशा इतनी भी उम्मीदें न लगाओ ऐसा भी हम ने देखा है अक्सर रात कटे और सुबह न आये

इति

Rasa: Karuna
Stanzas: 5
Lines: 10
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Ghazal
Metre: ghazal
Rhyme: AA BA CA DA EA

The poem evokes a profound sense of karuna (pathos), painting a scene of a solitary figure standing at the threshold of dawn, eyes brimming with unshed tears while the world around them remains trapped in a state of uncomprehending speculation. Visually, it suggests a somber, muted landscape where the subject clings desperately to the hem of a disappearing phantom, their posture mirroring the heavy, unresolved weight of a silent, lifelong longing. The imagery is steeped in the ache of unvoiced devotion, symbolized by the star of the morning that teases the horizon yet fails to banish the lingering darkness, implying a narrative of cyclical disappointment and the quiet tragedy of being misunderstood. Ultimately, the artistic tone is one of haunting, melancholic resignation, where the emotional atmosphere remains thick with the riddle of love that neither the speaker nor the onlookers can truly decipher.

दिल ने हमारे बैठे बैठे कैसे कैसे रोग लगाये (Dil Ne Hamare Baithe Baithe Kaise Kaise Roga Lagaye), by Ibn-e-Insha runs to 10 lines across 5 stanzas, set as Five couplets (Sher). Its governing rasa is Karuna, shaded by Shringara. The metre is ghazal. Rhyme falls as AA BA CA DA EA.

It belongs to the 1927 · 1978 span of Ibn-e-Insha's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for अकारण उदासी और प्रेम का दर्द and संसार की नासमझी. 2 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Untitled (Disappointed): Steeped in a poignant and heavy atmosphere of melancholy, the portrait depicts a young woman in a traditional sari standing in a deeply pensive pose against the trunk of a great tree. She is accompanied by a silent…

Words worth pausing on

नज्म-ए-सहर: सुबह का तारा
बूझ: समझना

Threads

Tears Sadness Love

The Poet

इब्ने इंशा

Ibn-e-Insha

1927 · 1978

Sher Muhammad Khan, immortalized under the pen name Ibn-e-Insha, was a literary wanderer who observed the world with a brilliant mix of deep melancholy and razor sharp wit. Born in 1927 in the Jalandhar district of Punjab, he migrated to Pakistan and became one of the most beloved Urdu poets and travelogue writers of his generation. His most famous ghazal Insha Ji Utho Ab Kooch Karo carries an overwhelming sense of world weariness and final departure, sung beautifully by generations of classical vocalists. Yet, alongside this intense sorrow, he authored travelogues filled with hilarious, biting satire that dissected human follies across the globe. He served in the United Nations, traveling extensively before his premature death in London in 1978. He remains the poet of the restless soul, wrapping profound existential grief inside breathtaking lyrical beauty.