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Date: 11-Dec-98
Poet: Bashir Badr

This Gazal has been sung by Jagjit Singh, and can be found 
in two of his albums: Echoes, and An Evening with Jagjit & 
Chitra Singh.


aisaa lagataa hai zi.ndagii tum ho 
ajanabii jaise ajanabii tum ho 

ab ko_ii aarazuu nahii.n baakii 
justajuu merii aaKhirii tum ho 

mai.n zamii.n par ghanaa a.Ndheraa huu.N 
aasamaano.n kii chaa.Ndanii tum ho 

dosto.n se vafaa kii ummiide.n 
kis zamaane ke aadamii tum ho 

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I have received quite a few requests asking me 
the difference between ghazal, nazms, masnavi, 
etc. There is a brief definition of the various types
of poem at the following URL:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/6631/define.html

For a more in-depth and technical definition of a 
Gazal, go to http://www.nagpurcity.net/ghazal/. 
Click on the "What is Ghazal" link.

An excerpt from K.C.Kanda's book Masterpieces 
of Urdu Ghazal, giving the history of Urdu poetry 
can be found at the following web-site:
http://www.msci.memphis.edu/~ramamurt/ghazal.html

I will be happy to answer any further queries you may 
have, to the best of my abilities.