14th January 2006, 02:20 PM
Maikash saheb
with due respect only those without a sound knowlrdge of 'beher' and 'wazn' would say that Ghalib had slipped on beher. I would be grateful if you could substantiate this statement of yours with a single misra from ghalib where he is 'out of rhythm' meaning out of 'behar'. I have read the entire dewan-e-ghalib very closely. based on my own understanding and thanks to what I have learnt from scholars and poets. including some of the greatest scholars of Ghalibiyaat such as Moulana Haali, Malik Ram, Ali Baqar, Bekhud Dehalvi and others I can say that Ghalib had a perfect sense of beher and even experimented with some rare patterns both in his faarsi as well as Urdu kalaam. To give you one example off-hand. Check the ghazal out whose matla starts with--"ajab nishaat se jallaad ke chale haiN hum aage". This is an extremely rare pattern that you will rarely come across in the entire body of Urdu poetry.
Oh no, on the contrary, Ghalib. had a profound knowledge of 'beher', NEVER EVER slipped up on 'beher' and showed his craftsmanship by using a wide array of metrical patterns. If you think he erred in 'beher' please quote just one misra to make yr point.
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