External music and its link with content in Sultan Valad’s Lyrics

The first Sufi poet who versified in mystical didactic poetry, after Masnavi Sharif, was “Baha al-Din Mohammad”, the eldest son of Mawlana Jalal al-Din Balkhi. He was born in 623 Hijra in Larandeh, one of the cities of Asia Minor, and was trained in Konya and Damascus. He understood the speeches of the elders and caliphs of his father, such as Borhan-al-Din Mohaghegh Termazi, Shams Tabrizi, Salah al-Din Zarkub and Hessam al-Din Chalabi; and in addition to acquiring clergyman position, he taught some lessons during the time of Mawlana life. Sultan Valad is one of the elders of the Moulayan dynasty. He has some poetry and prose works, including “Valadname” elegies, lyrics and couplet poetical works. Problem statement and research questions The meter of poem is one of the very influential elements in the fantasy of the word and leads to the dance of words in poetry, placing the poetry in a higher position than prose. In fact, the meter is a means for the poet to choose the musical field of poetry in accordance with the intended subject and theme and to affect the emotions and feelings of his audience. One of the main frontiers of success of the great poets is the harmony between the meter and the content of their poetry. In using the meter, the poet focuses on the music and its emotional impact, because the emotional impact of each meter is different. There are a variety of meter in poetry, each of which is effective in creating an attractive structure for poetry, and the music and symmetry created in poetry are not created merely with meter and rhythm. The present research, by using librarian and content analysis method, along with statistical data, studies the external music of Sultan Valad lyrics and seeks to answer these questions; 1- Statistically, what is the frequency of the prosodic meter used in the poet’s lyrics? 2- Has the poet used low-applicable and unfamiliar meter? 3- How much is the level of coordination of meter and content in the lyrics of Sultan Valad? The use of fluent and reboant meter, the use of rhyming syllables in accordance with the word tone, and the use of nominal, verbal propositional rhythm and by Sultan Valad, had brought a soft music to his poem. Repetitions have an important role in creating music in Sultan Valad’s poetry and lead to a good melody in linear order. Background It should be said that due to the importance and the base that Sultan Valad has in mystical poetry, because he benefited from Mawlana, he had not been tak