Mystical Faces in Shams Lyrics

Mowlana Jalaloddin Mohammad Balkhi، son of Baha Valad in 604 A. H. was born in Balkh and deceased in 672 A. H. in Ghooniyeh. After being acquainted with Shams Tabrizi، a dervish looking mystic، he became a lover poet and left preaching for Sama (mystical dancing). His works include Kolliyat-e-Shams، couplets، Fih-e-Ma-Fih، Seven fold sessions، and Makateeb. Mowlana''s poetry is born out of his mystical experiences which were composed to urge the audience. His poems are just like a growing flame، changing color and falling again and begin again. Mowlana''s language is full of spiritual discoveries and passions that have unveiled the love and majesty of God through imaginary faces. Mowlana''s trainings are lessons of love and experience of self-releasing، resulted from one''s taste، action، and insight rather than knowledge and thinking. In this paper، mystical truths are explained and analyzed through Mowlana''s initiative imaginary faces within Sham''s lyrics.