Do-baytī


Do-bayti , also known as fahlaviyat, is an ancient form of Persian poetry. It is used to describe a Persian quatrain, similar to Ruba'i but different in meter.
A do-bayti has four half-lines of 11 syllables each, and usually uses the hazaj meter:
The first two syllables may sometimes be replaced by – u or – –.
The rhyme scheme is a a a a or a a b a.
When sung to a traditional melody, the first two lines are sung continuously in one 22-syllable phrase, and the 3rd and 4th lines in another, a little lower in pitch.

An example from Baba Taher

A well-known writer of do-bayti poems is the 11th-century Baba Taher-e Oryan of Hamadan, who wrote in the Hamadani dialect. An example of one of his poems is the following:
For another example, see the article Persian metres#Do-bayti.