Divan Meters in a Konya Manuscript
This manuscript is exhibited in the Konya Museum, MSS no. 68 & 69, of the Dîwân-é Kabîr [Complete Poetic Works of Mawlânâ Jalâluddîn Rûmî; also known as the Dîwân-é Shams-é Tabrîzî]. The scribe was Hasan ibni `Usmân al-Mawlawî, who completed the two volumes in 1366 and 1368 C.E. The manuscript was used by the Iranian scholar, Forûzânfar for his edition of the Dîwân, based on the earliest manuscripts (however, there are manuscripts of the Dîwân that are earlier than this one). It was also used by the Mevlevi shaykh and scholar Golpinarli to make his complete translation of the Dîwân into Turkish. Golpinarli's Turkish translation was completely translated into English by Dr. Nevit Ergin (Volume 1 in 1995, Volume 22 in 2003).
The manuscript has been published in a facsmile form by Tôfîq Sobhânî (published in Tehran, 2007) and by Nevit Ergin (www.sfumevlana.org); it also has been published in a modernized typographic form by by Tôfîq Sobhânî (published in Tehran, 2007, 2009).
Volume 1
[Note: Meters here are to be read from left to right; CAPITALS and "X" = long syllables; small letters and "o" = short syllables]
Meter 1: rajaz sâlim (muthamman)
[English trans. by Ergin, Vol.
1; 158 poems]
(MUS-TAF-`i-LUN MUS-TAF-`i-LUN MUS-TAF-`i-LUN
MUS-TAF-`i-LUN)
[XXoX XXoX XXoX XXoX]
Meter 2: muZâri` akhrab sâlim [Ergin, Vol. 2; 157 poems]
(MAF-`UU-lu FAA-`i-LAA-TUN MAF-`UU-lu FAA-`i-LAA-
TUN)
[XXo XoXX XXo XoXX]
Meter 3: hazaj akhrab sâlim [Ergin, Vol. 3; 241 poems]
(MAF-`UU-lu mu-FAA-`IY-LUN MAF-`UU-lu mu-FAA-`IY-
LUN)
[XXo oXXX XXo oXXX]
Meter 4: muZâri` akhrab makfûf maHdhûf [Ergin, Vol. 4; 136
poems]
(MAF-`UU-lu FAA-`i-LAA-tu mu-FAA-`IY-lu FAA-`i-LUN
[XXo XoXo oXXo XoX]
Meter 5: khafîf makhbun [Ergin, Vol. 5; 14 poems]
(fa-`i-LAA-TUN mu-FAA-`i-LUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN mu-FAA-`i-
LUN)
[ooXX oXoX ooXX oXoX]
Meter 6: hazaj makfûf [Ergin, Vol. 5; 15 poems]
(mu-FAA-`IY-lu fa-`UU-LUN mu-FAA-`IY-lu fa-`UU-LUN)
[oXXo oXX oXXo oXX]
Meter 7: mujtathth makhkbun aslam [Ergin, Vol. 5 & 6; 282
poems]
(mu-FAA-`i-LUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN mu-FAA-`i-LUN FI`-LAAN)
[oXoX ooXX oXoX XX]
Meter 8: ramal maHdhûf (muthamman) [Ergin, Vol.7 & 8; 227
poems]
(FAA-`i-LAA-TUN FAA-`i-LAA-TUN FAA-`i-LAA-TUN
FAA-`i-LAAT)
[XoXX XoXX XoXX XoX]
Meter 9: ramal maHdhûf (musaddas) [Ergin, Vol. 9; 167 poems]
(FAA-`i-LAA-TUN FAA-`i-LAA-TUN FAA-`i-LAAT)
[XoXX XoXX XoX]
Meter 10: munsariH maTwiyy makhsûf [Ergin, Vol. 10; 121
poems]
(MUF-ta-`i-LUN FAA-`i-LAAT MUF-ta-`i-LUN FAA-`i-
LAAT)
[XooX XoX XooX XoX]
Meter 11: sarî` maTwiyy makhsûf [Ergin, Vol. 11; 98 poems]
(MUF-ta-`i-LUN MUF-ta-`i-LUN FAA-`i-LUN)
[XooX XooX XoX]
Meter 12: khafîf sâlim makhbûn [Ergin, Vol. 12; 104 poems]
(FAA-`i-LAA-TUN mu-FAA-`i-LUN fa-`i-LAAT)
[XoXX oXoX ooX]
Meter 13: hazaj akhrab maqbûz maHdhûf [Ergin, Vol. 13 & 14;
232 poems]
(MAF-`UU-lu mu-FAA-`i-LUN mu-FAA-`IYL)
[XXo oXoX oXX]
Meter 14: hazaj sâlim (muthamman) [Ergin, Vol. 15 & 16; 292
poems]
(mu-FAA-`IY-LUN mu-FAA-`IY-LUN mu-FAA-`IY-LUN
mu-FAA-`IY-LUN)
[oXXX oXXX oXXX oXXX]
Meter 15: hazaj musaddas maHdhûf [Ergin, Vol. 17 & 18 & 19; 292 poems]
(mu-FAA-`IY-LUN mu-FAA-`IY-LUN fa-`UU-LUN)
[oXXX oXXX oXX]
Meter 16: hazaj akhrab makhfûf maHdhûf [Ergin, Vol. 20; 88
poems]
(MAF-`UU-lu mu-FAA-`IY-lu mu-FAA-`IY-lu fa-`UU-LUN)
[XXo oXXo oXXo oXX]
Meter 17: rajaz makhbûn maTwiyy [Ergin, unpublished; 124
poems]
(MUF-ta`i-LUN mu-FAA-`i-LUN MUF-ta`i-LUN mu-FAA-`i-
LUN)
[XooX oXoX XooX oXoX]
Meter 18: rajaz maTwiyy [Ergin, unpublished; 54 poems]
(MUF-ta`i-LUN MUF-ta`i-LUN MUF-ta`i-LUN MUF-ta-`i-
LUN)
[XooX XooX XooX XooX]
Meter 19: ramal makhbûn (sâlim) mashkûl [Ergin, unpublished; 64 poems]
(fa-`i-LAA-tu FAA-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-tu FAA-`i-LAA-
TUN)
[ooXo XoXX ooXo XoXX]
Meter 20: ramal makhbûn maHdhûf (maqSûr) [Ergin, unpublished; 165
poems per Ergin; 163 in Sobhani's edition]
(fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LUN)
[ooXX ooXX ooXX ooX]
Meter 21: ramal makhbûn muthamman sâlim [Ergin, unpublished; 57 poems]
(fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-
TUN)
[ooXX ooXX ooXX ooXX]
Meter 22: ramal makhbûn musaddas [Ergin, unpublished; 30
poems]
(fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN)
ooXX ooXX ooXX
Meter 23: mutaqârib maqSûr (maHdhûf) [Ergin, unpublished; 33 poems]
(fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UUL)
[oXX oXX oXX oX/X]
Mixed and rare meters [Ergin, unpublished; 106 poems in Sobhani's edition]
Meter remainders [Ergin, unpublished; 122 poems in Sobhani's edition]
