Radif ( fa, ردیف, meaning ''order'') is a rule in Persian, Turkic, and
Urdu poetry
Urdu poetry ( ur, ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the cultures of South Asia. According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu which are Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghal ...
which states that, in the form of poetry known as a
ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
, the second line of all the couplets (''s'' or
''shers'') ''must'' end with the ''same'' word/s. This repeating of common words is the of the ghazal. It is preceded by a ''