metaphor by saying “mahvash tal’ati” ( face of moon) so as to give aesthetic
pleasure to readers. The Moon is the interpretation of beauty in literature. The poet compares the
face of the lyrical hero’s sweetheart to the face of the Moon and emphasizes that she is as beautiful
as the Moon.
Ey Navoiy, barcha oʻz uzrin dedi, oʻlguncha kuy Kim, sanga ishq oʻti-oʻq ermish azalning qismati. In Maqta ( maqta is the last bayt of a ghazal, typically it includes the poet’s takhallus or penname
[7]) poet adds his penname that is a traditional way in literature. Finally, the lyrical hero addresses
to the poet and says: “O Navoi, everyone expressed their apology, scold yourself until you die,
because the fire of love is your destiny forever". Here, Navoi interpretes the lyrical hero who falls
in love as a person on fire and states that the agony of love lasts till the end of the lover’s life.
Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease. The lover is doomed to burn on the fire of love
forever. As Mashrab, medieval scientist, significant uzbek poet, said, “Bu dardni bedavo
derlar…”[8.173] ( This pain is said to be incurable).
Apparently, the ghazal was written in a rare structure. There are strong coherence and sequence in
the questions and answers that takes place with soul, body, chest, heart and eyes due to the art of
tadrij . Tadrij ( arabic – step-by-step progress, rise) is one of the literary devices in classical poetry;
in poetry mainly in ghazal, it consists of gradually a certain image with the help of similes[ 9].
Tadrij plays an important role in the ghazal. By employing it, the poet achieves a logical and
artistic connection of bayts on the basis of a poetic plot. The lyrical hero, the lover, investigate soul,
body, chest, heart, and eyes with the questions aimed at determining the cause of his death. And
they try to justify themselves. When turn comes to eyes, the lyrical hero cannot control his anger
and even scold them. As a consequence of this, eyes weep. Apparently, the events are becoming