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Mehfil: Mehfil saj rahi hai. Urdu and Hindi first, English beside.

Translating a ग़ज़ल is notoriously difficult work, since so much of its power rests specifically on qafia and radif, particular sounds that rarely survive fully...

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About Mehfil: Mehfil saj rahi hai. Urdu and Hindi first, English beside.

Translating a ग़ज़ल is notoriously difficult work, since so much of its power rests specifically on qafia and radif, particular sounds that rarely survive fully...

इश्क़ (ishq) is love, but the ग़ज़ल tradition speaks warmly of two distinct kinds....

मतला (matla) is the opening couplet of a ग़ज़ल, and it carries a special responsibility that no...

The beloved, often called महबूब (mehboob) in ग़ज़ल verse, rarely appears as a fully drawn...

मक़्ता (maqta) is the final couplet of a ग़ज़ल, and it holds a small signature within its...

शेर (sher) means couplet, and it is the smallest complete unit inside a ग़ज़ल. Two lines,...

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