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] -
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Transcription
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Translation
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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
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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
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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!
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