Hafiz's work, collected under the title of Divan (trans. 1891), contains more than 500 poems, most of them in the form of a ghazal, a short traditional Persian form that he perfected.— Iranian doxdo (www.doxdo.com)
Also the little sight gags, such as a local crime boss waving a hand to halt the ululating of a ghazal-singer— Jabberwock
I received impressions from Pakistan through two main canals: the first is by culture: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and ghazal, The autobiographical notes of Tariq Ali, movies like "My beautiful laundrette" and short stories of Hanif Kureishi.— Bloggers.Pakistan
As we daven this prayer, notice how it feels to return to the word "tal" which ends each line; this prayer mirrors the Arabic poetic form called ghazal, and that repeated end-word is like a refrain.— Velveteen Rabbi
A decent track comes in the form of 'Bandagi', a ghazal-like number by Roop Kumar Rathod and Sunidhi Chauhan.— India eNews
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