Abstract

Qateel shifai is a great poet of Urdu language. Based on sublimity of his poetry, he represented Pakistan abrod for a long time. Qateel shifai experiment on various types of poetry but got popularity for his songs (Geet) and odes (Ghazliyat).He mostly wrote his odes (Ghazliyat) in rhythmic and melodic meters.Here only one „Bahr‟ out of his practiced “buhoor” named “Bahr-eHazaj” is under discussion.Qateel shifai has written as sum of about 108 odes (Ghazliyat) in eleven meters (Awzaan) of this “Bahr” which are included in his different collection. Among them 29 odes (Ghazliyat) are in “Hazj Musamman Salim measurement” while 79 are in ten different variants (Zuhaaf) of this “Bahr”

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