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
راجا 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 آج	Raja 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 aaj	I 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!

^ Kenneth Ballhatchet, David D. Taylor (1984), Changing South Asia: City and culture, Centre of South Asian Studies, The School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, 1984, ISBN 9789622340213, ... 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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