The search for Vasukht (withdrawing love) in the poetry of Sa’eb Tabrizi

Vasukht (withdrawing love) style as one of the branches of Voqou (Factual poetry) style in Persian literature in the second half of the 15th century and flourished in Iran until the middle of the first half of the 16th century. In this style, contrary to the old tradition of ghazal, the lover speaks harshly to the beloved, flatters and makes unnecessary excuses, and sometimes is heartbroken by the beloved. Although in the age of Saeb, this style was no longer popular in Iran but in Saeb's poetry, themes of withdrawing love can be found, although in a small and scattered way, which shows that he was not unwilling to write such poems and he paid attention to the poems of withdrawing love. The present article tries to search and examine the term and poems of Vasukht (withdrawing love) in Saeb's poetry as much as possible.

The present research is a theoretical study based on library studies, and the scope of the research is the six-volume Diwan Saeb edited by Mohammad Ghahraman.

In this article, by searching Diwan Saeb, we have introduced 20 ghazals and a significant amount of scattered verses with the content of withdrawing love, and we have divided and separated them into different categories based on the type of theme. We have also determined whether the audience of these poems is a general or special lover.

In Saeb's poetry, " Vasukhtan " and its relatives are used at least 12 times, which shows Saeb's interest in writing such poems. The themes of withdrawing love Saeb's poems are: theoretical explanation Vasukht, warning, threat, condemnation, Failure to convert to a romantic relationship, rejection of former lover and falling in love with another. The theme of some poems indicates a real experience in Saeb's life and poetry, but in most of them, no specific lover is mentioned.