Urdu qadardaanoN ko to eh maaloom hoga keh har ghazal mein 5 cheezon ka hona

zaroori hota hai ghazal kehlaane keliye: maqta, matla, bahr, kaafiya aur radeef.

Mera sawaal yeh hai ke aap mein se baraae-meherbaani aik qat'an jawaab dede ke
in mein radeef kawnsa hissa hai, aur qaafiya kawnsa kyonke main ne mukhtalif
logon se mukhtaalif definitions sunne hain..aur ab bilkal hi pareshaan hoon!

example:

Chupke chupke raat din aansoo bahaana yaad hai

Hum ko ab tak aashiqui ka woh zamaana yaad hai

Iss shair mein, 'yaad hai' qaafiya hai ya radeef hai?

Ans.

Radeef is the word/phrase that is repeated at the end of the second line in every
shair. In your example, it'd be "yaad hai."

Both lines of the very first sher (matla), usually end in the same radeef.

Qaafia is the pattern of word(s) that rhyme and come just before the radeef in the
second line of a sher. i.e. zamaanaa, dabaanaa, lagaanaa

chupkay chupkay raat din aansu bahaana yaad hai

ham ko ab tak aashqi ka wo zamaanaa yaad hai

baahzaaraan iztiraab-o-sadhzaaraan ishtiyaaq

tujhsay wo pahlay pahal dil kaa lagaanaa yaad hai

tujhsay miltay hi wo baybaak ho jaanaa meraa

aur teraa daanton main wo ungli dabaanaa yaad hai

This definition is based on a defintion of Gazal by Dr. Arshad Jamal from the book
Aaina-e-Gazal)

Gazal is a collection of 'sher' which follow the rules of 'matla', 'maqta', 'behar',
'qafiya' and 'radeef'. So to know what a Gazal is, it's necessary to know what these
terms mean.

Sher (shey-r) - a two line poem. This is a deceptive definition as it does not convey
the complexity of thought that can be conveyed in two lines. Each is a "complete"
poem in itself. It stands by itself and can be quoted as such, and often is.

Thus, a Gazal is a collection of 'ashaar' (plural of sher) which are complete in

themselves and each may deal with topics/ subjects completely unrelated to each
other.

Behar (be-huhr) - behar is the metre of the poem. This can loosely thought of as the
length of the sher. Both the lines of a sher MUST be of the same 'behar' or 'metre'.
Also, all the ashaar of a Gazal MUST be the same behar.

There are 19 different metres that are used. In simple terms, they are divided into
three categories - short, medium and long.

Radeef (ra-dee-f) - word or phrase that is repeated at the end of the second line in
EVERY sher. The SAME word(s) are repeated.

Qafiya (qaa-fee-yaa) - the rhyming pattern of the word(s) just before the radeef in
the second line of a sher. This is a necessary requirment, followed even in the
absence of other rules.

Thus, a Gazal is a collection of two-lined poem called sher, having the same behar,
ending with the same radeef and having the same qafiya.
Matla (muh-ta-laa) - This is the first sher of a Gazal, and both lines of the sher must
end in the radeef. Usually a Gazal has only one matla. If a Gazal has more than one
matla, then the second matla is called 'matla-e-saani'.

Maqta (mak-taa) - A shaayar (poet) usually had a pen-name under which he wrote.
The pen-name is called 'taKhallus' (takh-ul-lus). The sher in which the taKhallus is
included is called the maqta. It is the last sher of the Gazal.