It's Just a Story

Leili and Majnoon is an enchanting story that Nezami has immortalized in his own name with his magic words. After Nezami, many poets, having read Leili and Majnoon, decided to rewrite this story in away. Forty of these imitators have been recorded. These eloquent poets did all they could, but could not make this story their own and could not exceed Nezami. A comparative critique of these works unveils this secret and shows us what Nezami has done in the structure and content of this story and why he was a master in this. A comparison of Nezami's mentality and language in composing Leili and Majnoon with these imitators is one of these researches.