Arabic and Central Asian poetics: Ghazal, Ahmed Faraz, Kharja, Arabic prosody, Masnavi, Saj', Friedrich Rückert, Shayari, Maqama, Hazaj meter

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Ghazal, Ahmed Faraz, Kharja, Arabic prosody, Masnavi, Saj', Friedrich Rückert, Shayari, Maqama, Hazaj meter, Agha Shahid Ali, Qasida, Muwashshah, Kulliyat, Lahore Ke Rang Hari Ke Sang, Mushaira, Kaash, Aabshar-e-Ghazal, Waqt Par Bolna, Aathwan Sur - The Other Side of Naushad, Kuch Door Hamare Saath, My Favourite Hits, Hazir, Halka Nasha, Gulfam, Beit, Maqta, Qaraar, Dil Nasheen, The Great Ghazals, Jashn, Dil Ki Baat, Intoxicating Hariharan, Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda, Visaal - Ghazals for Connoisseurs, Beher, Lafzz, Radif, Gazel, Qaafiyaa, Swar Utsav, Basit, Sukoon, Saptarishi, Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, Matla, Hariharan - Down the Years, Reflections, The Very Best of Hariharan Ghazals, Ghazal Ka Mausam, Ranjish Hi Sahi, Dasht e Tanhai, Afreen Afreen. Excerpt: The gazal (Arabic/Bengali/Gujarati/Pashto/Persian/Urdu: ; Turkish: ) is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century Arabic verse. It is derived from the Arabian panegyric qasida. The structural requirements of the ghazal are similar in stringency to those of the Petrarchan sonnet. In its style and content it is a genre which has proved capable of an extraordinary variety of expression around its central themes of love and separation. It is one of the principal poetic forms which the Indo-Perso-Arabic civilization offered to the eastern Islamic world. The ghazal spread into South Asia in the 12th century under the influence of the new Islamic Sultanate courts and Sufi mystics. Although the ghazal is most prominently a form of Dari poetry and Urdu poetry, today it is found in the poetry of many languages of Indian sub-continent. Gh...