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Written in the aftermath of the disappearance of Rumi’s beloved spiritual teacher, Shams-i Tabrizi, the Divan is dedicated to Shams and contains many verses praising him and lamenting his disappearance. [4] Although not a didactic work, the Divan still explores deep philosophical themes, particularly those of love and longing. [5]
Shams-i Tabrīzī (Persian: شمس تبریزی) or Shams al-Din Mohammad (1185–1248) was a Persian [1] Shafi'ite [1] poet, [2] who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi's poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī.
He went out, never to be seen again. It is rumoured that Shams was murdered with the connivance of Rumi's son, 'Ala' ud-Din; if so, Shams indeed gave his head for the privilege of mystical friendship. [56] Rumi's love for, and his bereavement at the death of, Shams found their expression in an outpouring of lyric poems, Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi ...
His signed and dated works include manuscript of the Divan of Hasan Dihlavi (Tehran, Majlis Library, no. 4017), copied in 1412–13, Kulliyyat of Humam-i Tabrizi (1413), Khosrow and Shirin (1421), Nasāyeh-e Eskandar (1425), Gulistan of Saʿdi (Chester Beatty Library, Per 119) dated 1426/27, celebrated Baysunghuri Shahnameh (Golestan Palace ...
Diwan (poetry), a collection of Persian, Arabic, Turkish, or Urdu poetry Diwan (Nasir Khusraw) by Nasir Khusraw; Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi by Rumi; West-östlicher Divan by Goethe; Diwân, a 1998 album by Rachid Taha; Diwan 2, a 2006 album by Rachid Taha; Diwan, a 2003 Indian Tamil-language film; Diwan, a character in the anime series Skyland
The second type of Persian poetry is lyric poetry, such as the ghazals of Hafez, or the spiritual poems in Rumi's collection known as the Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. These tend to be in longer metres, usually of 14 to 16 syllables long, in tetrameter form (i.e. with four feet in each hemistich or half-verse).
The critical edition of Rumi's Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi (in 10 volumes) by Forouzanfar is the best edition of the book available to date. [2] [3] The first critical edition of Fihi ma fihi was also done by B. Forouzanfar, which is now well known in the West thanks to the selective translation of A. J. Arberry.
This book is about a thirteenth century poet, Shams Tabrizi, who was the spiritual teacher to Rumi. [10] The book presents Shams's Forty Love Rules at different intervals. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Sweet Blasphemy was structured in a way to focus on the five elements of nature: Water, Air, Earth, Fire and Void.