- Radif
Radif (Arabic: رديف) is a rule in
Urdu poetry which states that, in the form of poetry known as aGhazal , the second line of all theSher s "must" end with the "same" word/s. This repeating of common words is the "Radif" of the Ghazal. It is proceeded by aQaafiyaa , which is a repeating pattern of words.The following is an example of a Ghazal by Daag Dehelvi. In this example the Radif is "mein". The Qaafiyaa is the following pattern of words: Jalwa-gaah, nigaah, raah, haale-tabaah and aah.
aafat kii shoKhiyaa.N hai.n tumhaarii nigaah mein
mehashar ke fitane khelate hai.n jalwa-gaah "mein"wo dushmanii se dekhate hai.n dekhate to hain
mai.n shaad huu.N ke huu.N to kisii kii nigaah "mein"aatii baat baat mujhe yaad baar baar
kahataa huu.N dau.D dau.D ke qaasid se raah "mein"is taubaah par hai naaz mujhe zaahid is qadar
jo TuuT kar shariik huu.N haal-e-tabaah "mein"mushtaaq is adaa ke bahot dard-ma.nd the
ae DaaG tum to baiTh gaye ek aah "mein"
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