Raji’s Mystical Understandings of Hafiz’s Poems

Persian and Turkish literatures reflect old affinal ties. Enjoying rich foundations of religious teachings, the two have been interacting throughout the centuries. As a result of such blessed interactions, many eloquent poets have tried their hands at writing both Persian and Turkish poems, among whom, the thirteenth-century poet, Mirza Abolhassan Raji Tabrizi, is, undoubtedly, one of the greatest bilingual poets in Azarbayjan whose eloquent, intriguing chants in Persian and Turkish show his outstanding poetic abilities. Raji’s poems have greatly been influenced by the Persian language and mystic literature as far as poetic diction, imagery, form and style, subject and theme are concerned. This influence can specifically be traced back to Hafiz’s poems. Therefore, analyzing Raji’s mystical understandings/conceptions of Hafiz’s poetry, the present work aims at finding  and highlighting the different aspects of such influences in Raji’s Divan(collection of poems).