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Friday 21 March 2014

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Ghazal Urdu Love Definition

After my article on Madanmohan and Khaiyyam, some nettors asked me

to clearly say, which poem can be called Ghazal. And also because of

some statements I made in that article, I think it's my duty to give

the 'definition' of Ghazal. Although, many would be knowing this, for

some this information can be new, for some this will mean precise

description of some general terms.

This article has become "technical", but I hope it's not boring.

And I also hope, this is helpful for the Ghazal fans.

Instead of giving my personal views, I thought of quoting somebody

who is an authority. There is book/dictionary/colection of Sher's

titled "Aaina-e-ghazal", which IMHO is a treasure for every Ghazal

fan. In this there is a long essay - "Ghazal kya hai ?" by Dr.Arshad

Jamaal.

The essay is written in Hindi, and is about History of Ghazal, its

development, its milestones, important Shayar's etc. One part of it

describes the definition of Ghazal. The following is loosely based

on that. The essay talks only about what IS a Ghazal. To that I have

added in the following, what is NOT a Ghazal. So any mistakes in these

parts, are mine. [ These are enclosed in square brackets like this. ]

Also one thing should be kept in mind that, this is not mathematics.

So "preciseness" of the "definition" should not be questioned.

Classical Definition of Ghazal

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Ghazal in short, is a collection of Sher's which follow the rules of

'Matla', 'Maqta', 'Beher', 'Kaafiyaa' and 'Radif'. So to know what

Ghazal is, it's necessary to know what these terms mean.

To understand these terms easily , we will take an example.

1. koi ummid bar nahin aati

koi surat nazar nahin aati

2. aage aati thi haale dil par hasi

ab kisi baat par nahin aati

3. hum wahan hain, jahan se humko bhi

kucch hamaari khabar nahin aati

4. kaabaa kis muh se jaaoge 'Ghalib'

sharm tumko magar nahin aati.