Classical · 1253–1325 · Patiyali – Delhi
Abu’l Hasan Yamin ud-Din, known as Amir Khusro Dehlavi, was a poet, musician and scholar of the Delhi Sultanate. Writing in Persian and the early Hindavi of Delhi, he is remembered as a founder of the qawwali tradition and one of the earliest voices of what would become Urdu. His riddles, songs and couplets are still sung across the subcontinent.
khusro darya prem ka, ulti waa ki dhaar
jo utra so doob gaya, jo dooba so paar
khusro rain suhaag ki jaagi pi ke sang
tan mora man pi ka dono bhaye ek rang
gori sove sej par mukh par daare kes
chal khusro ghar aapne rain bhayi chahun des
zihaal-e-miskeen makun taghaful, duraaye naina banaaye batiyan
ki taab-e-hijran nadaram ai jaan, na leho kaahe lagaaye chhatiyan
apni chhab banaay ke jo main pi ke paas gai
jab chhab dekhi pi ki to apni bhool gai
bahut kathin hai dagar panghat ki
kaise main bhar laaun madhva se matki
kaahe ko byaahi bides re, lakhi baabul more
hum to baabul tore baag ki chidiya, chuge ka aayi pardes re
aaj rang hai e maan rang hai ri
more mehboob ke ghar rang hai ri