ALI GILANI-YE POUMENI AND HIS BOLBOL-NAME ALİ GİLÂNİ-Yİ PÜMENİ VE BÜLBÜLNÂME'Sİ
Turk Kulturu ve Haci Bektas Veli - Arastirma Dergisi, sa.119, ss.533-553, 2026 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.60163/tkhcbva.1832857
- Dergi Adı: Turk Kulturu ve Haci Bektas Veli - Arastirma Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM), MLA International Bibliography
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.533-553
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Ali Gilani-ye Poumeni, Bolbol-name, Persian literature, Rose and nightingale, Turkish literature
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The story of the rose and the nightingale is significant within Eastern literature due to its historical development, symbolic background, and especially because it is one of the standout examples written in the mesnevi form in Persian literature. The origin of the story is based on the ongoing process of cultural transfer and interaction between Indian and Iranian literatures, and traces of the Kalila and Dimna tradition are particularly evident in early examples. The positioning of the rose and the nightingale as symbolic representatives of interpersonal love has paved the way for the construction of both a literary and mystical discourse over time. Although there are stories attributed to Attar among the works in Iranian literature, one of the most reliable examples in terms of textual criticism is the Bolbol-name written during the Safavid period. This masnavi, with its simple language, limited plot and intense symbolic elements, deals with Sufism-centered themes such as the lover's painful journey, the mortality of the world, the determinism of fate and the metaphysical dimensions of true love. The transience of the rose and the nightingale's suffering have become images representing man's existential quest. This story, encountered in more diverse forms in Turkish literature, finds its place within Persian literature more clearly through examples like the Bolbol-name. In this context, the study re-evaluates the place of the rose and nightingale narrative in the literary tradition by examining the masnavi in question in terms of both content and symbolic structure and offers a holistic perspective on the cultural continuity of the story.