Thanks for your words Nepe guru. What you said is true but its not necessary that you stick to that idea. the examples of different beher: (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/ghalib/ghazal.def.html) Small : ahale dairo-haram reh gaye tere deewane kam reh gaye [ Also Talat song, "dil-e-nadan tuze hua kya hai" ] Medium : umr jalwo me basar ho, ye zaruri to nahin har shab-e-gam ki seher ho, ye zaruri to nahin [ And by Gulzar, "ruke ruke se kadam, ruk ke baar baar chale" ] Long : ai mere humnashin, chal kahin aur chal, is chaman me ab apanaa guzaaraa nahin (30) baat hoti gulon ki, to seh lete hum, ab to kaaton pe bhi haq hamaaraa nahin Shayar is Prakash Mehra and it is from the award winning movie !! Yeah, the shorter ones are sweeter but for a novice like me, at times I need more words to express myself better. Here is todays quota: (Right now my main aim is to get acquinted with the rules.) मायाका तरंगहरु , छाया र ज्यान सरी, स्पर्श हुनु पो कसरि? भर्खर परिचय भयो ! त सम्बन्ध कहाबाट अनुचित आयो ? It seems Ghalib has mostly 21 letters. Though there are shorter ones too. "magar likhwaaye koee usko KHat, to hamse likhawaaye huee subah aur ghar se kaan par rakhkar qalam nikle"