Posted by: shirish July 15, 2005
A Ghazal in Making..Nepe
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Hmm here is an example of Beher "the meter". Thought it will be informative for the people interested in the rules of ghazal: http://www.dar-al-masnavi.org/about_odes.html where the meter is oXXX oXXX oXX and the rhyme is "-â-yad": ze-KHAA-KÉ MAN a-GAR GAN-DOM ba-RAA-YAD a-ZAAN GAR NAAN pa-ZEE MAS-TEE fe-ZAA-YAD kha-MEE-RO NAA-n(e)-BAA DEE-WAA-na GAR-DAD ta-NOO-RASH BAY-t(e) MAS-TAA NA se-RAA-YAD a-GAR BAR GOO-ré MAN AA-YEE zi-YAA-RAT to-RAA KHAR-POSH-ta-AM RAQ-SAAN no-MAA-YAD1 Meter: oXoX ooXX oXoX XX/ooX ba-rôz-é marg chô tâbût-é man rawân bâsh-ad gomân ma-bar ke ma-râ dard în jahân bâsh-ad barây-é man ma-ger-î-o ma-gô: "darêgh darêgh" ba-dôgh-é dêw dar oft-î darêgh ân bâsh-ad janâza-am chô be-bîn-î ma-gô: "firâq firâq" ma-râ wiSâl-o malâqât ân zamân bâsh-ad 9560 ma-râ ba-gôr sepâr-î ma-gô widâ` widâ` ke gôr parda-yé jam`îyat-é jinân bâsh-ad ferô shodan chô be-dîd-î bar âmadan be-n'gar ghurûb-é shams-o qamar-râ che-râ zeyân bâsh-ad?! to-râ ghurûb nomây-ad wa-lê shurûq bow-ad laHad chô Habs nomây-ad, khalâS-é jân bâsh-ad kodâm dâna ferô raft dar zamîn ke na-rost?! che-râ ba-dâna-yé insân-at în gomân bâsh-ad?! kodâm dalw ferô raft-o por berûn n-âmad ze-châh yûsuf-é jân-râ che-râ foghân bâsh-ad?! 9565 dahân chô bast-î az-în sôy ân Taraf be-g'shâ ke hây-é hôy-é tô dar jaw-é lâ-makân bâsh-ad
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