Chaubola
Chaubola (Hindustani: चौबोला or چوبولا) is a quatrain meter in the poetry of North India and Pakistan, often employed in folk songs.
Example
In one sequence in the Urdu opera Inder Sabha, Indra, the king of the gods, enters his court and announces in a chaubola[1] -
| Urdu | Transcription | Translation |
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راجا هوں میں قوم کا اور اِندر میرا نام |
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References
- ↑ Kenneth Ballhatchet, David D. Taylor, Changing South Asia: City and culture, Centre of South Asian Studies, The School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, 1984,
... Raja Indar at first performs a dance and then sings a chaubola, in which he proclaims, Raja hun main quam ka ...
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