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Musalsal Ghazal

मुसलसल ग़ज़ल
said mu-SAL-sal-gha-ZAL
also written: Musalsal Gazal,Musalsal Ghazal
Meaning

A 'continuous' ghazal whose couplets develop one unbroken theme from matla to maqta, instead of each standing alone.

Literally: a chained ghazal

See it in the verse

Musalsal Ghazal in Iqbal’s couplets

Main shakh-e-tak hun meri ghazal hai mera samar
Mere samar se mai-e-lala-fam paida kar
I am a branch of the vine, my song is my fruit; from that fruit press out the tulip-red wine.
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Related words
ARABIC

Ghazal

A lyric poem of rhymed couplets sharing a single meter and refrain.

ARABIC

Tasalsul

Continuity, unbroken sequence, a chain-like succession.

PERSIAN

Qit'a-Band

Of a ghazal whose couplets run on as a connected sequence (a qit'a) rather than standing independently.

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