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Life Science Journal 2012;9(4) http://www.lifesciencesite.com Eulogy in Persian Literature Abbas soltany gerdfaramarzy PhD Candidate, Iranian studies, Institute of oriental studies, National Academy of Sciences,yerevan , Armenian [email protected] Abstract: A great part of Persian literature is consisting of eulogy and elegy. Elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead and eulogy is a poem that is said in the compliment and adore of a special person, live or dead. By the review of the history of Persian literature we can find that from the beginning of Persian poem, adoring the power owners was in eulogy poems. [Abbas soltany gerdfaramarzy. Eulogy in Persian Literature. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):4768-4773] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 716 Keywords: Poem; Iran; Eulogy; Persian literature 1. Introduction Sad Salman. There were some poets before them as A great part of Persian literature is Rudaki in Samanian court. In other periods of iran consisting of eulogies. Eulogy means to praise and literary, too, many poets , such as Hafez, Saif commend of someone's good attributes and Frghany, Khajoo Kermani, Ferdowsi, Nizami traits.(dehkhoda dictionary). and eulogy poem is a Ganjavi and Fakhruddin As'ad Gorgani, wrote verses praise that poet says for own person eulogized and in praise of great men and gave him , in poetic forms uses from it, for expressing of his moral attributes of qazal and masnavi,.The poets who were active and exalts from his behavior and achievements and after Qaznavid era in eulogy literature were Anvari, opens language to his Respect(Razmjou, Hussein, Khaqani, Moezi Neishaburi and Kamalodin Ismail. 1374) According to Saying of author of the "History eulogy in Khosro and Shirin of Sistan" The first usage of versified speech in The ethical investigation of eulogy in persian verse, Has been eulogy a king , about twelve Khosro and Shirin can be evaluated in two parts centuries ago. citing this book , can be found ofcomplimenting the qualified people and powerful Mohamed bin Vasyf Segzi, is the first one that has men. composed eulogy poem to Farsi, by Eulogy Saffarid 1- Adoring the qualified people yaacob Adoring the wise men was respecting the ethical virtues and human behavior is good. These ای اﻣﯿﺮی ﮐﮫ اﻣﯿﺮان ﺟﮭﺎن ﺧﺎﺻﮫ و ﻋﺎم/ﺑﻨﺪه و ﭼﺎﮐﺮ و ﻣﻮﻻی و compliments cause the propagation of spiritual values ﺳﮓ ﺑﻨﺪو ﻏﻼم and stability of knowledge and morality sovereignty ازﻟــﯽ ﺧﻄـﯽ در ﻟﻮح ﮐـﮫ ﻣﻠﮑﯽ ﺑـﺪھﯽ/ ﺑﮫ اﺑﯽﯾﻮﺳﻒ ﯾﻌﻘﻮبﺑﻦ - in human society and educate high attempts and Author unknown, History of)اﻟﻠﯿﺚ ھﻤـﺎم motivate the talents of right doers to achieve good Sistan, 1314) behavior and doing good deeds. Eulogy was inclined to the men of religion, Among the history of honors of human kings and powerful men of court and the poets, being, the divine Prophets and the people who guided namely from Samanid and Qaznavid tried it to others to be released of the deviance of the children approach them or make the living.. "nizami aroozi," and Adam are more evident. in Articles the poet book "Four Articles" Requisite of From the view of Islam, the adorable people survival of the names of kings, Depends to such are prophets, right doers and the messengers as in eulogies:" So the king from good poets, is not the the Holy Quran in verses 82 to 86 of Anam verse, solution That thay prepare survival of his name and adored 17 messengers as Ibrahim, Eshaq, Yaqub, record his mention in the volumes and books , When Nuh, Davood, Soleiman, Ayub, Yusef, Musa, king becomes an envoy to an inevitable work Did not Zakaria, Yahya, Isa, Elias, Ismail, Yese, Yunes, Lut hold effects from Corps and treasure and treasury and consider them as the right doers. and, his name Will remain eternal because of poetry Muslim poets based on this method adored, of poets. (Razmjoo, Hussein,1374) the Prophet (pbuh) and His family and Kholafay The form of eulogy was Qasideh and the Rashedin after the beginning verses of his poems and greatest eulogy tellers of Persian literature were had wise analyses of ethical virtues of religion and living in Qaznavid era as Onsori, Asjadi, Farokhisistani, Manuchehri Damqani and Masood http://www.lifesciencesite.com 4768 [email protected] Life Science Journal 2012;9(4) http://www.lifesciencesite.com knowledge men showing the friendship and their person, the owner of the secret of Meraj and asked perfection inclination. him to pray for Nezami: ﮐﺎﻟﮭﯽ ﺑﺮ ﻧﻈﺎﻣﯽ ﮐﺎر ﺑﮕﺸﺎی زﻧﻔﺲ ﮐﺎﻓﺮش زﻧﺎر In old Persian poem, The Prophet is shining ﺑﮕﺸﺎی and he was considered as the best person to be دﻟﺶ در ﻣﺨﺰن آﺳﺎﯾﺶ آور ﺑﺮآن ﺑﺨﺸﻮدﻧﯽ ﺑﺨﺸﺎﯾﺶ :adored. The following poems آور :Sanayi said اﮔﺮﭼﮫ ﺟﺮم او ﮐﻮھﯽ ﮔﺮاﻧﺴﺖ ﺗﻮ را درﯾﺎی رﺣﻤﺖ ﺗﺎ ﺑﮫ ﺣﺸﺮ ای دل ارﺛﻨﺎ ﮔﻔﺘﯽ ھﻤﮫ ﮔﻔﺘﯽ ﭼﻮ ﻣﺼﻄﻔﯽ ﮔﻔﺘﯽ ﺑﯿﮑﺮاﻧﺴﺖ Sanayi Qaznavi, Hakim Majdud Ibn Adam, Hadiqe) ﺑﯿﺎﻣﺮزش ،روان آﻣﺮزی آﺧــﺮ ﺧﺪای راﯾﮕﺎن آﻣﺮزی (Al-Hadiqe, p. 206 (ibid, p. 116) آﺧــــﺮ :Atar said ﺧﻮاﺟﮫ دﻧﯿﺎ و دﯾﻦ ﮔﻨﺞ وﻓﺎ/ ﺻﺪروﺑﺪرھﺮ دوﻋﺎﻟﻢ ﻣﺼﻄﻔﺎ Eulogy of powerful men .2 آﻓﺘﺎب ﺷﺮع و درﯾﺎی ﯾﻘﯿﻦ / ﻧــﻮر ﻋﺎﻟـﻢ رﺣﻤــﮫ ﻟﻠــﻌﺎﻟﻤﯿﻦ (Atar Neishaburi, Manteq Al-Teir, corrected by Dr. Compliment and adoring the powerful men Mashkur, Tehran. Tehran library publications. 1353. is one of the important issues of Divans and offices P. 17) of old Persian poets that deviated others including the Mulavi: compatibility with the oppressors. These eulogies include the attributes despite the existing attributes in ﺟﺎﻣﮫ ﺳﯿﮫ ﮐﺮدﮐﻔﺮ ﻧﻮر ﻣﺤﻤﺪ رﺳﯿﺪ/ طﺒﻞ ﺑﻘﺎ people and most of the poets said the poems to make ﮐﻮﻓﺘﻨﺪ،ﻣﻠﮏ ﻣﺨﻠﺪرﺳﯿﺪ (Molana, Koliat Shams, Corrected by more money. If these greedy poets didn’t achieve their goals, tried to blame that person, as Anvari Badiolzaman Foruzanfar, vol. 2, p. 192). Abiverdy said: Saadi: ﺳﮫ ﺷﻌﺮ رﺳﻢ ﺑﻮد ﺷﺎﻋﺮان طﺎﻣﻊ را/ ﯾﮑﯽ ﻣﺪﯾﺢ و دوم ﻗﻄﻌﮫ ﺗﻘﺎﺿﺎﺋﯽ ﻣﺎه ﻓﺮو ﻣﺎﻧﺪ از ﺟﻤﺎل ﻣﺤﻤﺪ / ﺳﺮو ﻧﺒﺎﺷﺪ ﺑﮫ اﻋﺘﺪال ﻣﺤﻤﺪ اﮔﺮ ﺑﺪاد ﺳﻮم ﺷﮑﺮ ور ﻧﺪاد ھﺠﺎ/ ازاﯾﻦ ﺳﮫ ﺷﻌﺮ دوﮔﻔﺘﻢ دﮔﺮﭼﮫ ﻓﺮﻣﺎﺋﯽ ,Saadi, Qasaid, corrected by Mohammad Ali Forughi) Tehran. Eqbal publications, 1984, p. 17). (Anvari Abiverdi, Divan, attempted by Mohammad In old Persian poem works, after The Taqi Modares Razavi, Tehran, Book publication, Prophet (pbuh), the family of Prophet and Kholafaye 1340, vol. 2, p. 140). Rashedin are considered as the best morality and In the eulogy poem , poet usually started his ethical issue s and adored them with some poems as ghaside by lyricism and then intered in the eulogy of Ferdosi said: person and finally , finished by prayer of the same person(taabid). in this verses ,sometime , is seen also ھﻤﯽ دان ﻋﻠﯽ ﺑﻮد ﺟﻔﺖ ﺑﺘﻮل/ﮐﮫ او را ﺑﮫ ﺧﻮﺑﯽ ﺳﺘﺎﯾﺪ a description of wars of Praised person , that رﺳﻮل mentioned Enemy castle and how to open them and ﮐﮫ ﻣﻦ ﺷﮭﺮﻋﻠﻤﻢ ﻋﻠﯿﻢ دراﺳﺖ/ درﺳﺖ اﯾﻦ ﺳﺨﻦ ﻗﻮل battlefields and difficult and hard campaigns and ﭘﯿﻐﻤﺒﺮاﺳﺖ (Ferdosi, Abolqasem, The book of Kings, battle equipment and such as those and in this kind of jul mole publication, Tehran. Pocket books poetry spoke from Banquet and happiness meetings organization publications, 1345, vol. 1, p. 8). of Kings, Gardens, palaces of kings and official Hakim Ganjeh was a Muslim that adored the meetings of them…( Vazin Poor, nader, AH, 1374.) Prophet in all his books. Sometimes this exaggeration is disgusting In his Khosro and Shirin book considered all and other poets protest. Qazaeri Razi (death, 426) the world as the soil of the Prophet and according to complimented Sultan Mahmood Qaznavi and said: ﺻﻮاب ﮐﺮد ﮐﮫ ﭘﯿﺪا ﻧﮑﺮد ھﺮ دو ﺟﮭﺎن ﯾﮕﺎﻧﮫ اﯾﺰد دادار ﺑﯽ ﻧﻈﯿﺮ the order of God in verse 56 of Ahzab in the Holy و ھﻤﺎل Quran said: " Allah and angels say hello to the و ھﺮﮔﻮﻧﮫ ھﺮ دو ﺟﮭﺎن را ﮐﻒ ﺗﻮ ﺑﺨﺸﯿﺪی اﻣﯿﺪ ﺑﻨﺪه ﻧﻤﺎﻧﺪی ﺑﮫ Prophet, o, believers, say hello to him, a good hello" اﯾﺰد ﻣﺘﻌﺎل say hello to the pure soul. He shines the eyes of wise Onsori protested to exaggerate in the eulogy as: men. ﻧﮕﺎه دار ﺗﻮ در ﺧﺪﻣﺖ ﻣﻠﻮک ادب ﺑﮫ ﺟﺪ ﺑﮑﻮش و ﻣﺪه ﻋﻘﻞ را ﺑﮫ ھﺰل و ھﺰال ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﮐﺎﻓﺮﯾﻨﺶ ھﺴﺖ ﺧﺎﮐﺶ/ھﺰاران آﻓﺮﯾﻦ ﺑﺮ ﺟﺎن ﭘﺎﮐﺶ زﯾﺎدﺗﯽ ﭼﮫ ﮐﻨﯽ ﮐﺎن ﺑﮫ ﻧﻘﺺ ﺑﺎز ﺷﻮد ﮐﺰ اﯾﻦ ﺳﺒﯿﻞ ﻧﮑﻮھﯿﺪه ﮔﺸﺖ ﭼــﺮاغ اﻓـــﺮوز ﭼﺸﻢ ﺑﯿﻨﺶ/طــــﺮاز ﮐﺎرﮔـﺎه آﻓﺮﯾﻨـــــﺶ ﻣﺬھﺐ ﻏﺎل .(Khosroroshan, p. 115) Nezami considered The Prophet (pbuh) in (Mahjub, Dr. Mohammad Jafar, Khorasani style in this eulogy as the commander of loyalty battle, the Persian poem, Tehran: Tarbiat Moalem publications, commander of the army of Messengers, Shafi of The 1345, p. 468, 469). needy people, the treasure of the needy people, the Although hypocrite poets sold their arts to key of divine treasure, sheltering wisdom had some achieve money and position in the court, but these miracles that made the unbelievers embarrassed, kind http://www.lifesciencesite.com 4769 [email protected] Life Science Journal 2012;9(4) http://www.lifesciencesite.com poets were killed, imprisoned with a change by the Zabihollah, The history of Literature in Iran, vol. 2, king who honored them. Some poets as Masood Saed p.26). Salman, Falaki Shervani, Abolala Ganjavi and Mojir The true reason of eulogy Bilqani were the miserable poets. Such degradations Nezami was one of the great men and due to his caused that some poets blame others as the poem of benefit of common sciences of poem, astronomy, Ohad Al-Din Mohammad Anvari: medicine, philosophy, Islamic Phigh, Morality, etc and the evidences are shown in the works and he was ای ﺑﺮادرﺑﺸﻨﻮاﯾﻦ رﻣﺰی زﺷﻌﺮوﺷﺎﻋﺮی ﺗﺎزﻣﺎﻣﺸﺘﯽ ﮔﺪاﮐﺲ راﺑﮫ called Hakim.