Masihi Tabrizi’s takhmises written to Alisher Navoi’s ghazals

Abstract

Only a compilation lyric poems of Masihi Tabrizi who created and lived in the 16th century are known to the world of science. That Diwan for many years has been ascribed to Sheykh Masud Ruknaddin, the poet of 1 th century, known as the author of “Varga and Gulsha”. But the researches shows that this diwan belongs to another artist with pseudonym “Masihi” lived in the 16th century. It is clear from the poem that Masihi Tabrizi, like many artists of that period, in his artistic heritage continued and developed the rich literary traditions of the great Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi (1441-1501) in a new direction. Even in the language of the poet's works is dominated by elements belonging to the Chagatai Turkic, as the impact of Navoi’s poetry. Imitative poems written to Navoi’s ghazals have a special place in the poems included in Masihi’s diwan. Even the poet wrote the two takhmises to the ghazals of Navoi.
In the article is dealt with the two takhmises of Masihi to Navoi’s ghazals. The second of these takhmises has been studied comparatively with the ghazal of Navoi; the connection between the verses of those couplets is revealed in terms of meaning, content and language-style characteristics. The comparison shows that the verses of Masihi and Navoi in every couplet of this takhmis expresses the same idea. It is even difficult to distinguish them from each other in terms of language, style,content, form and measure. This attracts attention as an indicator of the spiritual connection between the creativity of both artists.