شرح غزل‌های سعدی: همراه با مقدمه، تلفظ واژه های دشوار، درست خوانی و زیباشناسی بیت ها الفارسية 1447

Commentary on Saadi’s Ghazals, prepared by Mohammad Reza Barzegar Khaleghi and Touraj Oghdaei, is an extensive modern commentary on the ghazals of Saadi of Shiraz. Designed to make Saadi’s poetry more accessible to contemporary readers, the work goes beyond explaining the meaning of individual verses to address the pronunciation of difficult words, correct reading, linguistic and literary features, and the aesthetic qualities of the poetry.

The editors’ approach is not limited to lexical explanation. Individual verses are examined in terms of figures of speech, allusions, metaphors, semantic correspondences, and other rhetorical and literary devices, followed by clear explanations of their meanings. This method enables readers to engage with Saadi’s ghazals at both the linguistic and interpretive levels.

Published in two volumes, totaling approximately 776 pages in its first edition by Zavvar Publishing, the work is particularly useful for readers seeking a deeper understanding of Saadi’s poetry, including its precise vocabulary, literary structure, rhetorical subtleties, and the meaning of individual couplets. It also serves as a reference and instructional resource for students and researchers of Persian language and literature and Saadi studies.

The full bibliographical title is Commentary on Saadi’s Ghazals: With an Introduction, Pronunciation of Difficult Words, Guidance on Correct Reading, and the Aesthetics of the Verses. In bibliographical terms, Mohammad Reza Barzegar Khaleghi and Touraj Oghdaei are more appropriately identified as editors and commentators rather than as the authors of the underlying work, since the primary literary text consists of Saadi’s ghazals and their contribution lies in its editing, organization, explanation, and commentary.