• Vikas Rathor

The ghazal is an Eastern poetic form, which is extremely popular all over world in present. The ghazal is known as a structured poem traditionally confined to the Islamic world, and the Indian Sub-continent, where it developed and got matured. It is written as a lyrical verse, which literally means ‘talking to women’. The romantic longing for a woman, Sufi-mysticism and wine have been the popular themes of the ghazal from. Such major themes have been dealt over the centuries by the great poets such as Attar, Rumi and Hafiz in the Farsi; Ibn- al –Farid in Arabic, and Ghalib and Faiz in Urdu. Later it became successful in carving out a place in the Western countries as Spain, Germany, America, Canada, England, Australia, etc. The present paper will try to access and trace the journey of this poetic form from the eastern countries to the English speaking world.

Ghazal, Islamic world, Indian Sub-continent, lyrical verse

"THE GHAZALS IN ENGLISH: THE GENESIS AND JOURNEY OF THE ENGLISH GHAZAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no.c728-c732, November-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111296.pdf

"THE GHAZALS IN ENGLISH: THE GENESIS AND JOURNEY OF THE ENGLISH GHAZAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no. ppc728-c732, November-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111296.pdf