Manifestation of light in Parvin's Poems

This paper is an attempt to reflect on enlightened thoughts of Parvin Etesami, the Iranian poetess (1906-1941). She considers speech as "light", and every subtle point as "inspired by God's beauty". To state the right, and to combat the wrong, is her chosen way of enlightening. This struggle is evident in her poems containing highly developed ethical, philosophical and Gnostic notions and concepts. Her admirers, as well as the literary critics, acknowledge that her lifestyle was the mirror of the ethics she advocated in her poetry. Hence, people remember Parvin with great gratitude, and pay sincere admiration to her personality traits and values. Parvin's enlightenment originates in her transparent soul, which never was polluted by materialism, selfishness and ill thinking. She was born in an informed family, and studied, with much desire, depth and elegance, the works of the world's great thinkers, and so became well versed in the literature of the day. This great and tender poetess of Iran invites her readers to achieve dynamic progress by following "the light of hope", and by enjoying the light of knowledge. She asks people to preserve their light of soul, and believing in knowledge, she delivers the promise that light will guide them. Thus she states that if one sincerely wants, by following the light of truthfulness and enlightenment, he or she can witness the rays emitting from Almighty's beauty, and can enjoy its fruits. Parvin, through her clear heart, observes and describes in poetic form, all manifestations in the universe reflecting the oneness, and she proclaims the existential unity in poetry.