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From: sm0e@Lehigh.EDU (SAMIUDDIN MOHAMMED)
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Date: 11 May 1995 01:21:32 GMT
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Here's a GHazal which I composed on a
moonless night when I just cudn't doze off... It was composed between roughly
3 to 4 AM... jab meri neend uRgaee thi and the Sony ka Dabba had finished
playing BOTH sides of a 90 min cassette....

From Abhay's great post on the definition of a GHazal, it shud have a radif
and a kaafiya... in my GHazal, the Radfif is "hai" and the kaafiya (rhyming
pattern" is "Sahir" (and it's rhyming words..)


WARNING: This was written on a sleepless night for fun. No offence is meant to
anyone included in the shers... please take it in the right spirit...



Matla arz hai:

(On who my fav. lyricist is)

Geetakaaron ka baadshah Sahir hai
Ye haqeequat to saaf zaahir hai               (zaahir = obvious)

(Why is he my fav. lyricist)

Chahe quawwali ho, geet ho, ya GHazal
Har ek fun me woh maahir hai                   (fun = field, maahir = expert)


Now some ashaar which describe some recent discussions on RMIM :-) English
words have been included due to my poor knowledge of Urdu :-(


(On Sats' reaction to my post on Majrooh )

Humne to jalaya thha kalaam-e-Majrooh
Satish ke seene me kyun lagi fire hai

(On Preetham staying away from all "wars" on RMIM)

Jis "war' me doobe hain saare RMIMers
Us khel ka Preetham hi umpire hai

(On someone's claim that simple words like "bartan", used by Gulzar, are
suitable for poetry)

Kisine jab taarif ki "bartan" ki
Gulzar ne KHud kaha: "Ye to liar hai"

(On Guri's TOUGH RJGK)

Guri ka RJGK dekhkar humne soncha
Bhaiyya! Ye to apne pahunch ke baaher hai

Maqta arz hai (Taqallus: "Naushad fan")

Sunkar meri GHazal, zamaane ne ye kaha
"Naushad fan" to do kauRi ka shaaer hai             (do kauRi ka = worthless)


Now my fav. sher, and hence listed separtely :-) First, a little background:
It desribes Kumar Sanu's (sorry KS fans :-) ) inability to sing at high notes.
Have u ever noticed what happens to an aeroplane's wheels after it is airborne
and reaches a certain altitude ??

Jo ooncha uTHne par bandh ho jaata hai
Kumar Sanu aeroplane ka aisa tyre hai


Sami Mohammed (A Naushad fan)...with malice towards none.