Mahdi Rostami
Abstract
Hakim Sanai Ghaznavi is a revolutionary poet in the history of Persian poetry who was at the forefront of innovation when it comes to the forms of Masnavi (couplet poem), ode, and sonnet ...
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Hakim Sanai Ghaznavi is a revolutionary poet in the history of Persian poetry who was at the forefront of innovation when it comes to the forms of Masnavi (couplet poem), ode, and sonnet by introducing new concepts. Sanai’s collection of poems has been revised several times so far, among which we can mention the corrections by Modares-Razavi, Mazaher Mosfa, Shafi'i Kadkani (selection of sonnets and odes), and Jalali Pandri (sonnets). In one of his Ghalandari (wandering Dervish) sonnets, there is a composition that seems to render a more accurate meaning with a different reading of the sonnet. Intratextual signs, as well as the frequency and functions of the new readings in the rest of Sana'i poems, make the new reading more likely. This review study applies a descriptive-analytical method based on the analyses of the critics’ readings of the target composition. Among those who have modified Sanai, Modares Razavi, Mosfa and Shafii Kadakani have come up with similar recordings. Only Jalali Pandri and later Barzegar Khaleghi have proposed the new readings. This means that the collection of poems by Sannai is still in need of review and correction.
