A Reflection on Poetical Works of Zahir-al-Din Fâryâbi

Zahir-al-Din Fâryâbi is one of the most celebrated Persian language poets in sixth century (a. h.). The fact that so many biographers have written his memoire and many men of letter and writers have referred to his verses reveals the remarkability of his position and reputation in the realm of poetry. Most part of his poetical works consist odes, and at the second level come the strophes, which shows Zahir’s affection towards the old styles in poetry, specially ode and more specifically eulogy. Zahir has also written an ode in Arabic and two macaronic poems, which shows his mastery over Arabic language. Complete poetical works of Zahir has been published many times in both inside and outside Iran, and the most important of them is the volume that has been corrected, researched and interpreted by the esteemed professor Amirhosein Yazdgerdi in 2002. This article is aiming to solve some of lexical, conceptual and prosodic problems that are remained in the Complete works of Zahir.