this paper examines the nature of language in the works of mawlana jalal al-din rumi and consists of three sections: language and reality in rumi; the complex view of language in fihi ma fihi (the discourses of rumi); and, poetry and mysticism in rumi. the paper discusses three main topics: rumi's ambivalent attitude to language, which is seen as both a means of conveying truth and guidanc...

this paper reviews the literature on the translation of 'doublets'and reports a product-oriented descriptive study on the translation of doublets in the corpus of study, three persian books translated into english: bizhun & manizha (an epic poetry), selected poems divan-e from shams-e tubrizi and man and his destiny (a religious text). these books vary in genre and cover a lime span o...

This article considers Fanny Mendelssohn’s 1825 settings of poems from Goethe’s West-östlicher Divan in their manuscript context. I argue that Mendelssohn draws out narratives ‘Buch Suleika’. She composes a cycle six songs with two revolutions, each charting the path love separation through union to again. Investigation brings her teacher, Carl Friedrich Zelter, into view. The concludes Stammbu...

Molla Ahmed-i Cezerî Kürt edebiyatının temelini atan ve bu alanda tanınmış en büyük şairdir. Miladî 1570-1640 yılları arasında yaşamıştır. Mürettep divanıyla adını edebiyatı tarihine yazdırmıştır. Cezerî’nin Divanı, önemli bir edebî eser olup dili açısından değerli kaynaktır. Divanı’nın birçok el yazma matbu nüshası vardır. Bunun yanında söz konusu hakkında yapılmış şerhler, çeviriler muhtelif ...

Hafez Shirazi was a distinguished Persian poet. His poetry collection, Divan, is regarded as a literary work of profound significance. Iranians view this collection as something much more than poetry because it is also used for bibliomantic purposes. After studying Hafez in his social context and exploring distinctive qualities of his Divan, particularly its application as a divination tool, th...