The Sovereignty of the Mystical Space over the Position of 'Layla' in Persian Literature مقاله

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(Isfahani, Vol. 2, 2) Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, citing various sayings and reports, believes that Majnun has no historical existence and that these narrations are the result of concealing a failed love, where the lover, for fear of scandal, attributed his love story to an imaginary person named Majnun. In this poem, Nizami, while describing the outward beauties of Layla, also addresses the inner qualities of the beloved: A beautiful girl who has not yet reached maturity And attributed to good intellect by name An adorned plaything like the moon A sight to behold like a tall cypress A playful one whose slightest glance Can break not one, but a thousand hearts With deer-like eyes that at any moment Steer the ship with a worldly charm Her tresses are like a night, her face a lamp Or a flame in the grasp of a raven A small mouth with a large shadow Like a narrow sugar bowl with abundant content Veiled in the house of life The city of the poem of youth In every heart, from the winds of desire Her hair is like night and her name is Layla (Nizami, 61:1389) These eloquent expressions occur at the point where Nizami, artistically, recounts Qays's motivation for love. Layla, too, from the beginning of the story, gives her heart to Majnun: She too sought the desire of Qays In the hearts of both, love flourished (Ibid, 61) She maintains her position of infatuation throughout her life.