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Date: 16-Sep-99
Poet: Saeed Rahi

Today's Gazal is from the 'Come Alive in Concert' album 
by Jagjit and Chitra Singh. It is also available in their 
compilation 'An evening with Jagjit and Chitra Singh'.


ko_ii paas aayaa savere savere 
mujhe aazamaayaa savere savere 

merii daastaaa.N ko zaraa saa badal kar 
mujhe hii sunaayaa savere savere 

jo kahataa thaa kal shab sambhalanaa sambhalanaa 
vahii la.Dakha.Daayaa savere savere 

kaTii raat saarii merii maikade me.n 
Khudaa yaad aayaa savere savere 

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For those of you who enjoy mushairas, here is a 
wonderful site - http://mushaira.org

About 60 odd poets are listed here for your listening 
pleasure. You will need RealPlayer to listen to the 
poems. There is a link provided for downloading 
RealPlayer, if you don't have it.

It is a well organized site with a What's new section
which lists the latest additions, as well as a What's
Coming section which lists what they are going to add 
in the future.

A brief history of the ghazal is available. More 
importantly, for those of you who are aspiring poets, 
there is a section called Reader's Poetry where you 
can submit your own original writings.