Ghazal
Ghazal paanch se pandrah ashaar par mushtamil nazm hai — aam taur par paanch se gyaarah tak — jis ke saare ashaar ek hi bahr aur ek hi qafia o radif ke paaband hote hain. Har sher ko sheʿr kaha jaata hai. Aur is mein sab se ajeeb aur khoobsoorat baat yeh hai ke har sheʿr apni jagah mukammal hota hai. Ghazal koi qissa nahin. Pehla sheʿr hijr ka ho sakta hai, doosra sharab ka, teesra maut ka, chautha Khuda ka — sab ek hi ghazal mein, bina kisi tojeeh ke, bina kisi rabt-e-tasalsul ke.
Naqqaadon ne ise motiyon ki laRi ki shakl qaraar diya hai. LaRi bahr aur qafia hain; moti alag alag roshan khayaalat hain. Ek qaari kisi ek sheʿr ko saari zindagi dohraata reh sakta hai bina yeh jaane ke asli ghazal mein us se pehle ya baad mein kya aaya. Duniya mein shayad hi koi aur shayari aisi ho.
ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلےبہت نکلے میرے ارمان لیکن پھر بھی کم نکلےSheʿr — ek ikāi
Sheʿr do satron par mushtamil hota hai, jinhein misra kehte hain. Pehli satar ko misra-e-oola aur doosri ko misra-e-saani kaha jaata hai. Sheʿr ke donon misre ek hi bahr mein hote hain — wahi hijaai tarteeb, wahi tool, wahi mausiqi.
Sheʿr koi TukRa nahin. Na kisi cheez ka aadha hissa. Achha sheʿr apne aap mein ek mukammal funpaara hota hai — ek sawaal aur us ka jawaab, ek tamheed aur us ka nateeja — bees ya tees hijaaon mein band.