Almasi, Parvane SeyedFarshbafiyansafi, Mohamad Reza2019-09-252019-09-252015-02-172013http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/218348Haft Paykar (the Seven Beauties) is one of the five poetical works of Nizami Ganjavi, who was one of the greatest poets of Iran in six century; the lyrics of Haft Paykar are in need of explanation and for this reason many articles and books have been written and published but up to now the below couplet was not rendered (explained) correctly by the literati and lyrics exponents of this gifted poet, since without having enough information about meaning, concept and relation between the words and compounds, it's impossible to know, what Nizami wanted to say by this couplet. In this article Totmtaj and its relation with skewer and also the relation between spines of date palm and skewer (Totmaj skewer) was explained as well, then by the use of obtained information a correct meaning for this couplet was givenengWith permission of the license/copyright holderTotmtajNizami GanjaviHaft PaykarpoetryCultural ethicsCommunity ethicsLifestyle ethicsArticle