قافیه‌اندیشی مولانا

I am thinking of rhymes, and my sweet heart sayes to me ''Do not Think of aught except Vision of me.'' Mawlana Jalal-addin Mohammad Balkhi, then Rumi, has conquered the hearts of people all over the world with his poem, which he sometimes refers to as ''thinking of rhymes''. Some people think that if Mawlana expresses dissatifaction with rhymes and rhythms it is because he thinks they are not essential for the writing of poetry, while all scholars of the field, until quite recently, have emphasized the significance of these two basic elements of poetry. The purpose of this article is to show that Mawlana has in reality attached great importance to rhymes and rhythms, as revealed in all his great works. His deep knowledge and exposure to the vast literature of Arabic and Persian literature had influenced him so much so that he spontaneously produced thousands of excellent lines of poetry all with varied rhymes and rhythms.