Love in the Poetry of Saib Tabrizi

Abstract

Love is one of the major literary themes which has been abundant in almost all poetic periods and as it is the expression of human feelings and emotions and also thinking and is associated with the human soul and mind, throughout history it has always emerged in the works of authors in the field of literature. Saib Tabrizi is a poet who has also made use of this ever fresh theme as well as the other themes in his poetry and has examined it from different perspectives. In this paper, following an introduction on love in literature, the use of this theme in Diwan-e-Saib Tabrizi (Divan of Saib Tabrizi) is explored and his views on love in physical-virtual and mystical-heavenly terms are analyzed by citing several examples from his poetry.