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Ghazal

Ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love. It may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss, or separation from the beloved, and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.

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Ghazal in Music

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Ghazal

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Ghazal

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related to Notable poets who composed ghazals in English · 90
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related to References · 62
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related to External links · 30
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related to In English · 23
Ghazal → Adrienne Rich, After, Agha Shahid Ali, Ali, American, Elise Paschen, English, English-language, Fewer, Ghazals, In, It, James Clarence Mangan, James Elroy Flecker, Jim Harrison, John Hollander, Kashmiri-American, Merwin, Outlyer, Phyllis Webb
related to Transmission to Southeast Asia · 22
Ghazal → Anglo-Dutch Treaty, Another, British, Jawi Peranakan, Johor-Riau-Lingga, Johore, Malay, Malay Peninsula, Muhammad Salleh Perang, North Indian, Penang, Penyengat Island, Punjabi Muslims, Riau, Sikhs, Singapore, Telok Blangah, Temenggong Abdul Rahman, The, The Johor
related to Arabic · 20
Ghazal → Abbas, Abi Rabi'ah, Ahnaf, Andalusian, Arabic, Hijazi, Ibn Zaydun, Imru, Jamil, Key, Ma'mar, Mustakfi, Platonic, Qais, The, The Abbasid, Udhri, Umar, Wallada, Whose Mu'allaqa
related to Arabic Musical Roots · 18
Ghazal → Abbasid, Al-Andalus, Al-Hakam, Arabic, Cordoba, During, Europe, Hejaz, Iberian Peninsula, Madaniyat, Mecca, Medina, Qiyan, The, These, This, Umayyad, Ziryab
related to Introduction into the Indian subcontinent · 18
Ghazal → Amir Khusrow, Delhi Sultanate, Ghurid, Hasan Sijzi, Hind, Hindavi, Hindustani, His, In, Indian, Indo-Persian, Khusrow's, Persian, Saadi, Sufi, The, Urdu, While
related to South Asia · 17
Ghazal → Begum Akhtar, Bengali, Bollywood, Gujarati, In, Jagjit Singh, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Lollywood, Marathi, Mehdi Hassan, South Asia, South Asian, Telugu, The, Urdu, Western, While
related to Other Languages · 16
Ghazal → Agha Shahid Ali, August, English, Father, Friedrich Rückert, German, Goethe, Hamza Shinwari, Influenced, Marathi, Moti Ram Bhatta, Nepali, Pashto, Pashto Ghazals, Platen, Suresh Bhat

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arabic persian form ghazals century love tonight urdu classical poets couplets poetry poetic indian south asia music often genre poem

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Ghazalis aform of amatory poem or ode0.90text
Ghazalis ashort poem consisting of rhyming couplets0.90text
Hausainstance ofThe form also influenced West African literary languages0.80text
Fulfulde.Dispersion into PersiaEarly adoptioninstance ofThe form also influenced West African literary languages0.80text
Rudakiinstance ofpoets0.80text
Mir Taqi Mirinstance ofthrough the works of poets0.80text
Mirza Ghalibinstance ofthrough the works of poets0.80text
Fulfuldeinstance ofThe form also influenced West African literary languages0.80text
the Shashmakominstance ofPerformed within classical systems0.80text
Umm Kulthuminstance ofled by figures0.80text
Mohammed Abdel Wahabinstance ofled by figures0.80text
and Abdel Halim Hafezinstance ofled by figures0.80text

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