Divan Meters in a Konya Manuscript
From the Konya Museum, MSS no. 68 & 69, of the Dîwân-é Kabîr [Complete Poetic Works of Mawlânâ Jalâluddîn Rûimî; also known as the Dîwân-é Shams-é Tabrîzî). Scribe: Hasan ibni `Usmân al-Mawlawî, completed in 1366 and 1368 C.E. This manuscript was used by the Iranian scholar, Forûzânfar for his edition of the Dîwân, based on the earliest manuscripts. It was also used by the Mevlevi shaykh and scholar Golpinarli to make his complete translation of the Dîwân into Turkish (now completely translated into English by Dr. Nevit Ergin).
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 oXXo 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 maHdhûf [Ergin, Vol. 5; 15 poems]
(mu-FAA-`IY-lu mu-FAA-`IY-lu mu-FAA-`IY-lu mu-
FAA-`IYL)
[oXXo oXXo 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-LUN)
[XoXX oXoX ooX]
Volume 2
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 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 mahzûf [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 maTwiyy makhbûn [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 mashkûl sâlim [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 sâlim makhbûn mahzûf [Ergin, unpublished; 165
poems]
(FAA-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LUN)
[XoXX ooXX ooXX ooX]
Meter 21: ramal makhbûn [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 maqSûr [Ergin, unpublished; 30
poems]
(fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LAA-TUN fa-`i-LUN)
ooXX ooXX ooXX ooX/o
Meter 23: mutaqârib mahzûf [Ergin, unpublished; 33 poems]
(fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UUL)
[oXX oXX oXX oX]
mutaqârib sâlim
(fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UU-LUN fa-`UU-LUN)
[oXXX oXXX XoXX]
Mixed meters and unusual measures [Ergin, unpublished; 190 poems]
(rubâ`iyyât/Quatrains) [Ergin, "Crazy As We Are: Selected Rubais from Divan-i Kebir," 1992; 128 poems)
