Fixing broken lines (aib-e-taqti)
Level 4: Composition and Refinement · about 15 minutes
When a line breaks, find the first syllable where it leaves the metre, then decide: reorder, swap a word for a synonym or short form, or add or remove a small word. The Taqti Lab shows the break point and offers only repairs that scan.
Practice
Find the break (aib-e-taqti): 6 questions, built fresh each time from the couplets and checked by the metre engine.
Studio: Fix the broken line
This misra should be in Hazaj musamman sālim (mafā'īlun mafā'īlun mafā'īlun mafā'īlun) but one word was changed and it broke. Edit it until the engine accepts it.
ha·zaa·roñkhaa·hi·sheñai·siikiharta·man·naapedamnik·le
Break (kast-e-bahr) at “tamannaa”, syllable “ta”: the metre needs a long (=) here but this syllable is short (-).
Suggestions for Hazaj musamman sālim
Variant forms and close synonyms
- hazaaroñ khvaahisheñ aisii ki har khvaahish pe dam nikle (tamannaa → khvaahish, wish, longing) scans
- hazaaroñ khvaahisheñ aisii ki har hasrat pe dam nikle (tamannaa → hasrat, wish, longing) scans
At “tamannaa” the bahr needs a word weighing = =, for example khvaahish, hasrat.