Persian: دوستان خرم که بر منزل رسيد آواره ئي

[Uzair00la]

Hey everyone, I came across this line while reading Iqbal Lahori's Zabur E Ajam. Before I ask my issue, I'll put down the two two verses.

دوستان خرم که بر منزل رسيد آواره ئي

من پريشان جاده هاي علم و دانش کرده طي

Ok so my gripe with the first line is that shouldn't the word خرم (Khorram) be خرمند, to match the subject دوستان, which is a plural word ?

The way I'm seeing the first line is, "(my friends) are happy that a wanderer like myself reached the destination [ I pulled the myself from the next line. I believe there is an Ezafeh between آواره و من]


Thanks

 

[Qureshpor]

دوستاں خُرّم که بر منزل رسید آوارہ اے
من پریشان جادہ ھای علم و دانش کردہ طی

dostaaN xuraam kih bar manzil rsid aavaarah-e
man pareshaaN jaadah-haay-i-3im-o-daanish kardah tai

There is no izaafat after "dostaaN". Besides, in Persian, the adjective remains singular even when the noun is in the plural.

dost-i-xuub

dostaan-i-xuub

 

[Uzair00la]

Thanks for your answer. I recognize that خرم is not an adjective. My question is that if it is a predicate, then shouldn't it be خرمند 'Xorramand', to make the subject and predicate both congruent.

 

[Qureshpor]

Thanks for your answer. I recognize that خرم is not an adjective. My question is that if it is a predicate, then shouldn't it be خرمند 'Xorramand', to make the subject and predicate both congruent.

Yes, in "Friends are happy...", the "are" is understood.

دوستاں خُرّم [اند] که بر منزل رسید آوارہ اے

 

[Uzair00la]

Aaah I see. This is probably the first time I'm noticing it.

Thanks for the clarification

 

[kmrn]

To my ears this sounds just plane grammatically faulty since neither دوستانِ خرم nor دوستان، خرم make any sense if you take the second line into account.

I remember our literature teacher told us that it is not uncommon for Iqbal Lahouri to have grammatical errors in his Persian poems, because that was not his mother tounge.

 

[Uzair00la]

I'm not claiming that Iqbal is always grammatically correct, but I have seen many times that his style of poetry matches other famous persian poets. Yes, grammatically the first line sounds awkward, but I would be careful to dismiss it before reviewing the works of others.