A Textual and Structural Analysis of Fayaz and Zardad in Bahram and Gul Andami

Abstract

Bahram Shahzada and Gul Andama’ is an interesting folktale of
oriental literature. This tale is distinguished among oriental
proverbs. It has been written and translated into many oriental
languages both in the form of prose and poetry. There are different
poetic translations of ‘Bahram Shahzada and Gul Andama’ in
Pashto language. According to this study, there are ten forms of
this folktale in Pashto language some of which are completely
made into poetry and there are some versifiers and poets who have
only made it abreacted. This study compares and analyses the
texts and forms of two authentic and complete forms of the tale.
The first form of this folktale is translated by Fayaz in the twelfth
century and the second form of it is make into poetry by a poet,
Zardad JandaKhiel, in the thirteenth century. Different aspects of
both the texts of this tale are compared and analyzed based on
modern methods and approaches. As a result, the merits and
demerits of this folktale are analyzed. Besides, the forms of both
these poetic tales are also analyzed in this study. Furthermore, the
original language, translations, characters, plots, the quality of
their contents, and other aspects are revealed in this study.