Radif and Naser Khosrow's Attitude Toward It

From ancient time of Persian Poetry, the kings of speech have fvourably used Radif* in their worthy wording of Dari language. Considering it as a sign of perfection in poetry, they take pride in their skilled use of Radif in their works. Researches on the background of Radif show that this important eloquent element was specifically created by Iranians and its use has had a growing trend from the beginning of 6th century (AH). Radifs in Naser khosrow’s Divan were simple and plain. Linguistically speaking, they included nouns, pronouns, prepositions and clauses. Contrary to Rowshanai-Naame and Saadat-Naame, his Divan was free from adverbial, adjectival and sentence Radifs which cast doubts on the ascription of these two books to him. In his works, he sometimes used Radifs which did not have the same meanings and in some cases, he did not observe the use of rhyme before synonymous Radifs. Research proved that Naser khosrow was the first who used the personal names as Radif in his odes. In terms of eloquence and rhythm, his Radifs had a very special feature that was mentioned in the article.