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Gazals

In poetry (and as the lyrics in songs), the ghazal (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: غزل; Turkish gazel) is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. The word means “the mortal cry of a “Kastori” doe”. In the Indian sub-continent, it is believed that very rarely (once in hundreds of years)a doe will develop a “Kastori” in her stomach. The “Kastori” is supposed to be a very seductive and appeasingly fragrant organic (vegetable/animal) matter that is so fragrant that its smell will spread throughout the forest. Unfortunately, to access the Kastori, the doe has to be killed and the Kastori extracted from its stomach. The plaintive, mournful mortal cry that the doe makes upon being mortally wounded is what the Ghazal tries to encapture.[citation needed], and also a wild goat, “gazelle”, cf. “Bahr el Ghazal”.

The form is ancient, originating in 10th century Persian verse. It is derived from the Persian qasida. Formally a short lyric composed in a single metre with a single rhyme throughout, in its style and content it is a genre which has proved capable of an extraordinary variety of expression around its central theme of love. The ghazal is thus itself one of the most striking examples of those successful cultural artefacts, consisting of a seemingly infinitely adaptable combination of essentially simple elements, which are so characteristic of the Persianate civilization of 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. Exotic to the region, as is indicated by the very sounds of the name itself when properly pronounced as Ä¡azal, with its very un-Indian initial rolled g. Although the ghazal is most prominently a form of Urdu poetry, today, it has influenced the poetry of many languages. Some famous ghazals such as Chhaap tilak by Aamir Khusro are in fact written in the Braj Bhasha dialect

A Ghazal, in short, is a collection of couplets (called sher) which follow the rules of Matla, Maqta, Beher, Qafiya, Radif, Khayaal and Wazan. The traditional complete ghazal has a matla, a maqta, and three other shers in between. The first two shers of a ghazal have the form of a qatha (a specific variation of which is a ruba’ee; most familiar to modern readers from Khayyám’s Rubayyat).

Ghazals were written by the Persian mystics and poets Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (13th century) and Hafez (14th century), the Turkish poet Fuzuli (16th century), as well as Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869) and Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), who both wrote Ghazals in Persian and Urdu. Through the influence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), the ghazal became very popular in Germany in the 19th century, and the form was used extensively by Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866) and August von Platen (1796–1835). The Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali was a proponent of the form, both in English and in other languages; he edited a volume of “real ghazals in English.”

The ghazal is a common song form in India and Pakistan today. Strictly speaking, it is not a musical form, but a poetic recitation. Today, however, it is commonly conceived of as an Urdu song, with prime importance given to the lyrics.

In some modernized ghazals the poet’s name is hidden somewhere in the last verse, usually between the front and end of a word.
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50 years of Glorious Gazals

Part 1

• Glorious Years Of Popular Ghazals Vol. 1.m3u- INTRO
• Abida Parveen – Jab Se Tunay Mujhay.mp3
• Abida Parveen – Mahi Yaar De Gharoli.mp3
• Begum Akhtar – Aye Mohabbat Tere Anjam Pe Rona Aaya.mp3
• Begum Akhtar – Diwana Banana Hai To.mp3
• Begum Akhtar – Koi Yeh Kehde Gulshan Gulshan.mp3
• Begum Akhtar – Kuchh To Duniya Ki.mp3
• C.H. Atma – Main Nashe Main Mein Hoon.mp3
• Chhaya Ganguli – Naaz Thha Khud Par.mp3
• Habib Wali Mohammed – Lagta Nahin Hai Jee Mera.mp3
• Jagjit Singh & Gulzar – Introduction.mp3
• Jagjit Singh – Introduction To Mallika Pukhraj, Iqbal Bano, Farida Khanum And Abida Parveen.mp3
• K.L.Saigal – Duniya Mein Hoon.mp3
• K.L.Saigal – Layee Hayaat Qaza Le.mp3
• K.L.Saigal – Phir Mujhe Deeda-E-Tar Yaad Aaya.mp3
• Master Madan – Hairat Se Tak Raha Hai.mp3
• Master Madan – Yun Na Rah Rahkar.mp3
• Mukesh – Hum Tujhse Kis Hawas Ki.mp3

Part2

• Introduction To Ghazals In Films.mp3
• 50 Glorious Years Of Popular Ghazals Vol. 2.m3u- Introduction
• Asha Bonsle – Haan Mere Gham To.mp3
• Asha Bonsle – Khwab Tha Ya Khayal Tha Kya Tha.mp3
• Asha Bonsle – Lata Mangeshkar.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar – Aankh Se Ankh Milata Hai Koi.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar – Haar Ek Baat Pe.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar – Ke Siva Kuch Bhi Nahi.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar – Yeh Hum Jo Hijr Mein.mp3
• Manna Day – Shaam Ho Jaam Ho Suboo Bhi Ho.mp3
• Mohd. Rafi – Baske Dushwar Hai.mp3
• Mohd. Rafi – Ghazab Kiya Tere Wade Pe Aitbar Kiya.mp3
• Mohd. Rafi – Kitni Raahat Hai Dil Toote Jane Ke Baad.mp3
• Mohd. Rafi – Zikr Us Parvarish Ka.mp3
• Mukesh – Asbaar Mere Youn Yo.mp3
• Noor Jehan – Introduction.mp3
• Talat Mehmood – Gham-E-Aashique.mp3
• Talat Mehmood – Kaun Kehta Hai Tujhe.mp3

Part3

• 50 Glorious Years Of Popular Ghazals Vol. 3.m3u- Introduction
• Ahmed Hussain & Mohammed Hussain – Yaar Tha Gulzar Tha.mp3
• Asha Bhosle – Dil Khoya Khoya Gum Sum.mp3
• Asha Bhosle – Hairaton Ke Silsile Soz-E-Nihan Tak Aa Gaye.mp3
• Asha Bhosle – Neeyat-E-Shauq Bhar Na Jaaye Kahin.mp3
• Asha Bhosle – Roodad-E-Mohabbat Kya Kahiye.mp3
• Dilraaj Kaur – Dil Mein Ek Lehar Si Uthi Hai Abhi.mp3
• Ghulam Ali – Baharon Ko Chaman Yaad Aa Gaya Hai.mp3
• Ghulam Ali – Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa.mp3
• Ghulam Ali – Itni Muddat Baad Mile Ho.mp3
• Jagjit Singh & Gulzar – Introduction To Mehdi Hassan.mp3
• Parvez Mehdi – Apne Saaye Se Bhi Ashkon Ko Chhupa Chhupa Kar Rona.mp3
• Talat Aziz – Sata Sata Ke Humen Ashkabaar Karti Hai.mp3
• Talat Aziz – Shabnam Ke Aansoo Phool Par.mp3

Part 4

• 50 Glorious Years Of Popular Ghazals Vol. 4.m3u- Introduction
• Bhupinder Singh – Gham-E-Hayaat Ke Jhagd.mp3
• Bhupinder Singh – Ya Mujhe Afsar-E-Shah.mp3
• Chitra Singh – Hum Ko Dushman Ki Nigahon Se.mp3
• Chitra Singh – Yeh To Nahin Ke Gham Nahin.mp3
• Ghansham Vaswani – Zehn Par Chhai Hui Gham Ki Ghata Ho Jaise.mp3
• Gulzar – Introduction To Ghazals In Films.mp3
• Hariharan – Firaq-E-Deeda Hoon.mp3
• Jagjit Singh – Aah Ko Chahiye.mp3
• Jagjit Singh – Aye Khuda Ret Ke Sehra Ko Samandar Kar De.mp3
• Jagjit Singh – Dil Hi To Hai.mp3
• Jagjit Singh – Mujhko Yaqeen Hai.mp3
• Jagjit Singh – Sarakti Jaye Hai Rukh Se Naqab Ahista Ahista.mp3
• Mitalee Singh – Baghair Mere Tujhe.mp3
• Pankaj Udhas – Dil Mein Na Ho Jurrat.mp3
• Vinod Sehgal – Dastoor Ibadat Ka.mp3

Part 5

• 50 Glorious Years Of Popular Ghazals Vol. 5.m3u- Introduction
• Asha Bhonsle And Ghulam Ali – Gaye Dinon Ka Surag Lekar.mp3
• Chitra Singh – Youn Zindagi Ki Raah May.mp3
• Gulzar – Introduction To Mehfils Of Mehdi Hassan.mp3
• Gulzar – Introduction To Ghazals In Films.mp3
• Jagjit Singh – Hosh Walon Ko Khabar Kiya.mp3
• Jagjit Singh (Arth) – Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar.mp3
• Jagjit & Chitra Singh – Uski Hasrat Hai Jise Dil Se Mita Bhi Na Sakoon.mp3
• Jagjit & Chitra Singh – Kaun Kahta Hai Mohabbat Ki.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar (Asha Bhosle) – Dil Cheez Kya Hai.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar (Dastak) – Hum Hain Mata-E-Koocha-O-Bazar Ki Tara.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar (Adalat) – Yun Hasraton Ke Daag.mp3
• Lata Mangeshkar And Jagjit Singh – Gham Ka Khazana Tera Bhi Hai Mera Bhi.mp3
• Mitalee And Bhupinder Singh – Shama Jalaye Rakhna.mp3
• Mohammed Rafi (Hum Dono) – Kabhi Kud Pe Kabhi Halat Pe Rona Aaya.mp3
• Suraiya (Mirza Ghalib) – Nukta Cheen Hai Gham-E-Dil.mp3
• Talat Mohammed (Parchhain) – Woh Zalim Pyar Kya Jane.mp3