Maqta
The maqta () is the last "sher" (couplet) of a "ghazal", a collection of Urdu poems and the poet's "takhallus", or pen name, is usually employed in it, often in very creative ways. A "shayar" can use the "maqta" in a variety of interesting ways. He can "talk to himself", "to somebody else", "refer to something" etc. For example "Firaq" Gorakhpuri, whose "takhallus" is the word for the common theme in Urdu poetry of the state of pining for the beloved, plays on his pen name and the word "firaq": "Tu yeh na samajh ke Firaq teri Firaq mein  hai" "Firaq uski Firaq mein hai jo teri Firaq mein hai" Don't think that Firaq pines for you (as in a desire to meet you) Firaq pines for the one who pines for you (as Firaq wants to meet him first, who wants to meet you) Examples. A sher by Mir Taqi Mir: Mir in neem baaz aankhon mein Saari masti sharaab ki see hai Another by Mirza Ghalib: Kaba kis munh se jaaoge Ghalib sharm tum ko magar nahiN aati