saayaa-e-chashm mein hairanN ruKh-e-raushan kaa jamaal
surKhii-e-lab pe pareshaan terii aavaaz kaa rang

be piye hoon ki agar lutf karo aaKhir-e-shab
shiishaa-e-may mein Dhale subah ke aaGaaz kaa rang

chango-nay rang pe the apane lahuu ke dam se
dil ne lay badalii to madham huaa har saaz kaa rang

[chang= flute]

ik suKhan aur ki phir rang-e-takallum teraa
harf-e-saadaa ko inaayat kare ejaaz kaa rang

(takallum=conversation)
(ejaaz=miracle)

Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize, the Soviet Union’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize in 1963.Faiz was charged with the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in 1951.In spite of his Marxist beliefs, Faiz did not burden his poems with ideological rhetoric.His love poems are as appealing as his political poems.
can we have a photo of the tshirt=”Sab taj uchhalay jayeinge, sab takht giraye jayein gehum dekhenge”

personal recommendations

ghalib (1) : ibne-mareeyum hoya karay koee, maray dukh kee dava karay kooee
ghalib (2) : zikr us pareevash ka or phir bayan apna

meer (1) :
ultee ho gaeen sabh tadbeerain, kuch na dava nay, kaam keeya
daikha iss beemaaree-e-dil nay, aakhir kaam tamaam keeya

ayhad-e-javaanee ro ro kaata, peeree main leen aakhain moond
yaanee raat buhat thay jagay, subh hoee, aaraam keeya

yaan kay sapaid-e-sayyah main hum ko dakhl jo hay so itna hay
raat ko ro ro subh keyaa aur din ko joon toon shaam keeya

meer kay deen-o-mazhab ko pochtay kya ho, un nay to
kaskha kaincha, dair main baitha, kabh ka tark islam keeya
(in modern day pakistan he would have been lynched for uttering this but he sure seems like a cool guy for his day and age)

[radeef kaafeeya of this meer ghazal is brilliant]

zouk : laee hayat aayaay, kaza lay chalee chalay
shakeel badayuni : mairay hum nafas mairay hum nava [Tina Sani does this tribute to begum akhtar in the same style but the original has no equivalent]
[this by the way is a ghazal from which president musharaf borrowed a couplet when he made his speech after 9-11 & is said to be his favorite]

and my all time favorite

momin:
vo jo hum main tum main qaraar tha, tumaihn yaad ho kay no yaad ho
vohee yanee vaadaa nibaah ka, tumain yaad ho kay no yaad ho

A poem can be rhymed on semi rhymed or in free verse.
I will ask others here to contribute as well
cheers
Raza

So if a ghazal has 10 lines/misras (5 couplets) then line 1,2, 4,6,8 and 10 would rhyme.

the first line of the final verse (line 9), the poets often use their his nom de plum (takhalus) and ofcourse the last line of the ghazal has the same metre and ryhme as dominant in the entire ghazal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal is a good link

nazm need not follow this but can have music and magic of its own like the infamous mujh say pehli see mohabat mairay mehboon na maang or several others that are part of our national conscience on account of their political message like “hum daikhain gay” or “bol kay lab aazaad hain tairay” or the unabashedly brave “rabba sacheya”

i got hooked onto this genre when my father played Begum Akhtar in our car stereo when we were still very young. the world sort of changed for me after this.

so you need the best ghazals covered by any artiste? listen to Begum Akhar and let me know what you think.