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 -
UrduTranscriptionTranslationراجا هوں میں قوم کا اور اِندر میرا نام بِن پریوں کی دید کے مُجهے نهیں آرام میرا سنگلدیپ میں مُلکوں مُلکوں راج جی میرا هے چاہتا کی جلسہ دیکهوں آجRaja hun main qaum ka aur Indar mera naam Bin pariyon ki deed ke mujhe nahin araam Mera Sangaldip mein mulkon-mulkon raj Ji mera hai chahta ki jalsa dekhun aajI am king, and my name is Indar Accustomed to the company of fairies My rule stretches across the nations of Sangaldip And today, I wish to see a spectacle!
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