Review of Romances in Persian and Arabic (Case study: Leyli and Majnun Nizami)

In Persian literature, to express lyrical and romantic themes, along with the form of sonnet, it is also common to use romantic verses. Storytelling is one of the types that was noticed very early in Persian poetry. At the end of the 6th century, the order of romantic stories reached its perfection by Nizami Ganjavi. He arranged some famous stories of his time and the performances of this poet were so skillful that most of the composers of romantic verses, knowingly or not, have been influenced by his style and manner of storytelling. One of his brilliant poems is Leyli and Majnun, whose origin should be sought in Arab literature. This story has been imitated many times by poets in different languages. The Eastern world has known the tragic story of Leyli and Majnoon in its literature since ancient times. Over the years, this story has inspired dozens of great poets in the creation of fantastic poems, and it is still reflected in the works of poets, writers, playwrights and musicians of different nations of the East. Undoubtedly, the origin of this story belongs to the Arabs and its history goes back to the end of the 7th century AD.