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Seyed Morteza Mirhashemi, PH.D.
 
Abstract
 
Hasht Behesht (Eight Paradise) is a collection of fables in the Persian literature that was written by Amir Khosro Dehlavi, a 7^th century poet. Like Nezami, he has employed seven legends in this work. Fifth legend is about a journey of a curious son of a trader to a phenomenal bath and knowing about its secret is one of these fables that are impressible mystically. In this paper, an effort is being made to study the stages of the journey of the hero of this fable who has been identified here as Salik in the imaginary bath that could be an imagination of Salik himself and hence; open the secrecy. The outcome of this research is that the character in the form of Salik, through his mystical journey come across various and impressible world and utmost acquires a secret that he is unable to expose. As such, he keeps silence and intact his lips from exposing the secret he could get into his hands.
 
 

Keywords: Amir Khosro Dehlavi, Hasht Behesht, Fifth Legend, Allegorical Narrative, Mysticism

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