QaafiyoN 2 ko jo le kar chali hai Ghazal 1.refrain 2.rhyming sound/word preceding the refrain Kuchh qaus-e quzh se raNgat li kuchh noor churaaya taaroN se maKhdoom mohiuddin also writes … … this is what he does when composing a Ghazal …

On the rain washed sky it is the beauty of a rainbow with the magic of seven colours. Saat raNgoN ki jaadugari hai Ghazal 1.rainbow Sometimes it reflects the beauty and pleasure of pearl-like dew drops and sometimes it reflects tears of sorrow. To kahiN aaNsuoN ki nami 2 hai Ghazal 1.dew drops 2.dampness, wetness The Ghazal is granted to the shaa’er as a boon. Jab se baaGh-e suKhan 4 meN khili hai Ghazal 1.fragrance 2.breeze 3.directions 4.verse, poetryĮver since the Ghazal bloomed in the garden of poetry, a fragrant breeze blows in all directions.Įk ata 3 ban ke us ko mili hai Ghazal 1.god 2.benevolence, grace 3.boonīehold god’s grace. Mahki mahki 1 fazaaeN 2 haiN chaaroN taraf 3 Ever since I discovered its beauty, it has stayed with me. Saath jab se mere chal paRi hai Ghazal I like to interpret it this way … The Ghazal has become a major focus/pleasure of my life. The poet herself has done an English recomposition also in Ghazal format, which is an extremely difficult thing to do. She took early retirement from a management position in Reserve Bank of India and now pursues her passion in poetry. She has written four urdu books of Ghazal/nazms.

She learnt urdu through a correspondence course offered by jaami’a-e millia islamia, dehli. A true blue hyderabadi, she is a late comer to urdu, but apparently good at it as well as in love with it. Elizabeth Kurian ‘Mona’ (1949-living) is a poet in many languages – urdu, English, hindi, and her mother tongue malayalam, with published books in each. Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion.

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