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Khaleghzadeh, Mohammad Hadi

doi:10.22099/jba.2024.48902.4469

Analysis of "Putting a bow on the patient's head" in Hafez Shirazi's poem

Document Type : short article

Author

mohammad hadi khaleghzadeh

Associate prof of Persian Language and Literature, Yasouj Branch, Islamic Azad

10.22099/jba.2024.48902.4469

Abstract

Persian literature is bound to accept oral and folk culture and literature in its text and heart. Hafez is one of the poets who nurtured the oral culture of his time and reflected it in the art of his poems. There is a verse in his poetry as follows:
What should I do with your eyes and eyebrows?
And the bow saddle that you draw on the patient's head

The recording of this verse is based on the edition of Abulqasem Anjavi, and Parviz Natal Khanleri, Mohammad Qazvini, and Qasim Ghani gave "I am sick", but Hossein-Ali Haravi "On the head of the patient" is more correct and the recording of Hafez Qudsi is a proof of this claim. knows However, "pulling a bow over the patient's head" is a matter of discussion. In the past, it was official that when they despaired of the patient's recovery, they would keep a big tray next to the patient and without him noticing, they would put a ball of clay in the bow and hit the tray hard to Hearing that unexpected sound, the patient will get scared and recover. This researcher in this article, which is done with descriptive and analytical method, seeks to investigate this issue by exploring popular culture, Persian literature and traditional medicine and by mentioning the mythological roots and basics of traditional medicine along with keywords. Analyze the reasons for this belief such as the bow, the clay bullet, the tray, bang and disease.

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