Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 2، May 2025 ، issue Number 108

A Comparative Study of the Sociology of Sorrow in the Poetry of Nizar Qabbani and Shams Langroudi

Abbasali Kashani , Mohammad Ali Shafaei (Author in Charge), Ashraf Chegini

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani in contemporary Syrian literature and Mohammad Taqi Shams Langroodi in contemporary Iranian poetry are among the poets who share social concerns in some of their poems. In this article, the sociology of the emergence of sadness in their poetry is examined through a comparative study. Both are committed poets who have given importance to social events and their descriptions of the social situation are filled with sadness and despair.

METHODOLOGY: The article is written based on comparative studies in a library manner and is written in a descriptive-analytical manner. The data collection tool is a questionnaire. The statistical population of the study includes the poems of Nizar Qabbani and Shams Langroudi. Of Qabbani"s poems, the collections "Al-A"mal Al-Sha"ariyyah and Al-A"mal Al-Siyasa" and excerpts of poems have been examined, and of Langroudi"s poems, the complete collection of poems of the first volume has been examined.

FINDINGS: In Qabbani"s socio-political poems, the issue of Palestine, Jerusalem, the Arab world"s stance against Israel, the civil wars in Beirut, and the economic and cultural problems of his society are mentioned. Langroudi pays attention to the problems of man in modern society, the oppression and tyranny of the 1950s, the imposed war, and social problems. In these poems, romantic sadness, the sorrow of war, and the socio-political sorrows of tyranny, injustice, poverty, and the problems of society are both seen in his poetry. In Romantic Despair, Langroudi has spoken with romantic despair about the plight of man in modern society and the decline of values, but Qabbani is saddened by the death of his wife who was killed due to civil wars. In the sorrow of war and socio-political problems, tyranny, the incompetence of Arab leaders, the occupation of Palestine, Israeli crimes, and the civil war in Beirut are mentioned in Qabbani"s poetry, and the most important reason for Langroudi"s sorrows is the oppression of the 1950s, the martyrdom of youth and children in the war, and the economic problems of society.

CONCLUSION: In the poetry of Qabbani and Langrudi, despite the differences in the social issues of the two countries: in a comparative study of the poetry of sorrow, the issue of war, tyranny in society, the socio-economic problems of society, and the sorrow of human decline in society are common concerns of both of them. What they have in common is their sorrow for war, tyranny, and the disorder of society, and what is different is romantic sorrow and specific descriptions of the problems of the two countries.

Keyword
Nazar Qabbani , Shams Langroudi , sadness , sociology , human

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