Matla'

Template:Redirect In Persian, Turkic and Urdu poetry, the matlaTemplate:' (from Arabic {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is the first bayt, or couplet, of a ghazal.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In this sense, it is the opposite of the maqta'. It is possible, although extremely rare, for there to be more than one matlaTemplate:' in a ghazal; in this case the second is referred to as husn e Matla. It is important part because it establishes the overall form and mood of the entire ghazal.

The defining feature of the matlaTemplate:' is that both verses of the couplet rhyme, or expressed in technical terminology, both verses end with the qafiya and radif of the ghazal. In fact, the purpose of the matlaTemplate:' is to define the qafiya and radif for the rest of the ghazal.