Ghazal
The ghazal is an ancient and an art form very unique to Dari, though it has since been utilised by a number of other languages, including Pashto, Turki, and Urdu. It is not known exactly when the first ghazals were written, as most of them perished in the destruction of the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.
Charbeiti/Dubeiti
The name “charbeiti” literally means “four beits”, though it is alternatively (and more accurately) called a “dubeiti” – a poem two beits. This poetic form, like the ghazal, is uniquely dari.