Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals Quotes

“Jo usne kaha go wahi karte gaye ham to Is par bhi nigahon se utarte gaye ham to”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“Na puchh ai hamnashin hamse shabe furqat ki betabi Alam hai darde hasrat hai fana hai ahozzari hai”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“Das ghar to chhut chuke hain kahan tak karoon khasam Kis ja bithaye dekhiye ab asman mujhe.”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“Ab ke ham bichhde to kabhi khabon me mile Jis tarah sukhe hue phool kitabon me mile”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“Rahiye ab aisi jagah chalkar jahan koi na ho Ham sukhan koi na ho aur ham juban koi na ho”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“Dil ko kya ho gaya khuda jane Kyoon hai aisa udas kya jane”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“Meaningful words are called kalma. A group of meaningful words that makes a complete sense is called kalam. A collection (majmua) of ghazals by a particular poet is called a diwan.”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“The radif is a rhyming alphabet, word or a phrase appears at the end of the first line of a ghazal and at the end of the every second line of each sher in the same ghazal. In other words, the radif demands a portion of the first line comprising not more than 2 to 3 words. For example, Yad hai is a radif in the following sher Chupke chupke rat din ansu bahana YAD HAI     Hamko apni ashiqi ka wo zamana YAD HAI   Hai is a radif in the following sher Hangama hai kyun barpa thodi si jo pi li HAI Daka to nahin dala chori to nahin ki HAI”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“On dividing a sher into six parts starting from the beginning to end, all the parts are known as ---sadar, hashu, urooz, ibtada, hashu and zarab.”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“A sher is made of two poetical lines bearing a complete meaning.”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals

“A verse is considered a ghazal when it is written recollecting someone whose mere sight not only induces but also charges the mind and heart with an extraordinary feeling of cupidity, passion and lust.”
― RK Das, Essays on Poetry and Music of Indian Ghazals