مقايسه عشق در غزل هاي سعدي و شكسپير

Comparison of love in Shakespeare and in Saʹdiʹs Sonnets

Love is a reply to the riddle of humanʹs existence and a complete answer to his most profound need, for overcoming separation and liberation from loneliness prison. The concept of love in Shakespeareʹs sonnets is very close to Persian literary texts. Saʹdiʹs sonnets are of the best love manifestations, and this love can be compared with that of Shakespeare. Chronically, Shakespeare is nearly three centuries far from Saʹdi, but regarding content, there are remarkable resemblances in their sonnets. This study was conducted in a meaning comparison approach aiming at comparing content and concept in Shakespeareʹs sonnets with that of Sʹdiʹs. Some remarkable similarities were observed regarding meaning content between Shakespeare and Saʹdiʹs sonnets. First similarities and then differences were classified. Since the number of Saʹdiʹs sonnets is bigger than that of Shakespeare, the frequency of a single concept is higher in Saʹdiʹs sonnets; therefore, several examples from Saʹdi are compared with one or a few examples from Shakespeare. Finally, it should be mentioned that this manuscript does not afford to cover all Saʹdi and Shakespeareʹs sonnets; however, it can be a clear perspective for more studies. Keywords: Shakespeare, Saʹdi, love, lyric sonnet.