Filling the qafia and radif
Level 4: Composition and Refinement · about 10 minutes
A good qafia does three things: it rhymes correctly, it has the weight the metre needs at that point, and it lands the meaning of the sher. In the Studio, choose the qafia that completes a line; the engine checks the metre and the rhyme.
Practice
Find the qafia: 8 questions, built fresh each time from the couplets.
Studio: Qafia and radif
Fill the gap in the second misra with a word that rhymes (qafia) and keeps the metre (Hazaj musamman sālim). The radif is “nikle”; the other qafia in this ghazal is “dam”.
ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے
hazaaroñ khvaahisheñ aisii ki har khvaahish pe dam nikle
bahut nikle mire armaan lekin phir bhii ? nikle