Flowers, Trees and Fruits in the Ghazals of Ibn Yamin Cover Image

İbn Yemîn’in Gazellerinde Çiçekler, Ağaçlar ve Meyveler
Flowers, Trees and Fruits in the Ghazals of Ibn Yamin

Author(s): Yasemin YAYLALI
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Lexis, Turkish Literature
Published by: Atatürk Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Ibn Yamin; Ghazal; Flower; Tree; Fruit;

Summary/Abstract: Ibn Yamin, who is one of the significant poets of Persian literature, was born in Faryûmad, a province of Beyhak. The poet, who read poems since he was a little child, attended the notable gatherings of the period and sang praises to them. Ibn Yamin sang his poems with a fluent, simple and clear language; and avoided confusing words and noun phrases. Ibn Yamin, who used the Khorassan dialect, became popular with his fragments about social and moral subjects though he was successful at writing different types of poetry such as odes, ghazals and rubaie. In this study, Ibn Yamîn’s ghazals in his Diwan have been analyzed by translating them from Persina to Turkish. Flowers mentioned in the odes; such as rose, daffodil, jasmine, tulip, lotus, violet; trees such as cypress, willow and plane tree; fruits such as apple and quince have been determined, information has been given; noun phrases made with these flowers, trees and fruits, their meanings and various elements with these have been presented to the attention of the readers.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 271-297
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Turkish