Uvaysiy’s ghazals and chistons. About the chiston
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Rewrite the three chistons in your own words with their answers.
Pomegranate – dome and red girls; walnut – green coat and hard shell; day and night – two beloveds.
2
Write the difference between a chiston and a folk riddle.
The chiston is written, poetic, a poet’s creation; the riddle is folk oral creativity.
3
Find your own words expressing a mother’s longing.
For example: waiting, yearning, longing, separation.
4
Write one chiston of your own about fruit.
Any original piece is fine.
5
Write two differences between Uvaysiy’s ghazals in one sentence.
One has divine love and break from the world, the other a mother’s longing.