ruba'i

An example of his use of humor to make a serious point is the following Ruba'i:

Most of his Ruba'i reflects his depression at the loss of his family.

He has been credited to introduce the Ghazal and Ruba'i in Bhojpuri literature,.

He was a Qasida, Masnavi, Ruba'i, Nazm and Ghazal writer.

The Persian poet Rudaki, who widely used names of the musical instruments in his poems, mentions the daf and the tambourine (taboorak) in a Ruba'i:

Indeed, The term "Ruba'i" by itself has come to be used to describe the quatrain rhyme scheme that FitzGerald used in his translations: AABA.