It’s usually said that the Persian language hasn’t been changed very much for the past 1000 years; that’s true, for example the lyric of the above song👆 dates back to almost 800 years ago, nevertheless there are only a few words that an average native speaker of Persian wouldn’t know the meaning and the majority of these words are actually used in everyday speech.

In order to appreciate the lyric/poem even more, one needs to have some extra-linguistic knowledge as well; for example the Biblical/Qur’anic stories of Pharaoh – Moses and Jacob – Joseph.

Poem by: Rumi (1207 – 1273 AD) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi)

Singer: Shahram Nazeri

Translation by: A.J. Arberry

Emojis by: MR😊 (I hope they can help you learn the words better, but be careful, they cannot be considered as the exact representatives of the words)


بنمای رخ 😊که باغ🌲🌳 و گلستانم🌷🌹 آرزوست🙏
بگشای لب👄 که قند🍭🍬 فراوانم آرزوست🙏
Show your face, for the orchard and rosegarden are my desire;
open your lips, for abundant sugar is my desire.


ای آفتاب☀️حسن برون آ دمی ز ابر⛅️
کان چهره‌ی مشعشع تابانم🌞 آرزوست🙏
Sun of beauty, come forth one moment out of the cloud,
for that glittering, glowing countenance is my desire.


گفتی ز ناز☺️ بیش مرنجان مرا😒 برو👈🏻🚶
آن گفتنت🗣که بیش مرنجانم آرزوست🙏
You said capriciously, “Trouble me no more; be gone!”
That saying of yours, “Trouble me no more,” is my desire.
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یعقوب وار وااسفاها همی زنم😫
دیدار خوب یوسف کنعانم آرزوست🙏
Like Jacob I am crying alas, alas;
the fair visage of Joseph of Canaan is my desire.


والله که شهر🏙 بی تو مرا حبس می شود
آوارگی کوه🏔⛰ و بیابانم آرزوست🙏
By Allah, without you the city is a prison for me;
I wander abroad, mountain and desert are my desire.


زین همرهان سست عناصر دلم گرفت🙁
شیر🦁خدا و رستم دستانم آرزوست🙏
My heart is weary of these weak-spirited fellow-travellers;
the Lion of God and Rustam-i Dastan are my desire.


جانم ملول گشت😖ز فرعون و ظلم او
آن نور روی موسی عمرانم آرزوست🙏
My soul is sick of Pharaoh and his tyranny;
that light of the countenance of Moses son of Imran is my desire.


زین خلق👥👤 پرشکایت😒😤 گریان😭 شدم ملول😖
آن های هوی و نعره مستانم آرزوست🙏
I am aweary of these tearful people so full of complaining;
that ranting and roaring of the drunkards is my desire.


دی 🌃شیخ 👳با چراغ🔦 همی گشت🚶گرد🔃 شهر🏙
کز دیو😈 و دد👺 ملولم😖 و انسانم👱👩 آرزوست🙏
Last night the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand,
crying, “I am weary of beast and devil, a man is my desire.”


گفتند یافت می نشود، جسته ایم ما
گفت آنکه یافت می نشود، آنم آرزوست🙏
They said, “He is not to be found, we too have searched.”
He answered, “He who is not to be found is my desire.”


پنهان ز دیده ها👀 و همه دیده ها👀 از اوست
آن آشکار صنعت پنهانم آرزوست🙏
Hidden from every eye, and all things seen are from Him
that hidden One manifest in works is my desire.


یک دست✋🏻 جام باده🍷 و یک دست✋🏻 جعد یار👩
رقصی💃 چنین👌 میانه‌ی میدانم آرزوست🙏
In one hand the winecup, in the other the Beloved’s curl
to dance so in the midst of the arena is my desire.


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👆A short moral story👆➕🇮🇷 AND 🇬🇧 SUB
👇wordlist👇

invar اینور over here هنا
#اینور

ūnvar اونور over there هناک
#اونور

vasile وسیله appliance, tool جهاز، آلة
#وسیله

haml حمل carry

chāne zadan چانه زدن haggle ساوم

vardāshtan ورداشتن = برداشتن to pick up

sharik شریک partner

ayalvār عیالوار (someone who has a wife and many children)

tab’ طبع nature, disposition

bozorgvār بزرگوار honorable شريف

bakhshande بخشنده generous, merciful کريم

vānet وانت pick-up truck

mahārat مهارت skill

fazilat فضیلت virtue

bā savād باسواد literate غير أمي

fahmidegy فهمیدگی thoughtfulness

‘ādat عادت habit

zistan زیستن = زندگی کردن to live يعيش

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👆From now on I will put an #hashtag next the words or expressions that have been in other wordlists and clips. To get more results, delete the hashtag in the search bar👆

🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

👆من الان فصاعدا ساضع علامة # جنب بعض الکلمات و الاصطلاحات التي کانت في لائحة الکلمات و الکلیپات الاخرى من قبل، من اجل الحصول علی نتائج اکثر، امسحوا علامة # فی شریط البحث👆

👆A clip from the controversial movie: “Private Life”👆
👆مقطع من الفيلم المثير للجدل "الحیاة الخاصة" 👆

wordlist👇

🔹wordlist👇

bā salighe با سلیقه tasteful, someone who has a good taste ذوّاق

(lit. your eyes see beautifully) چشاتون قشنگ میبینه، چشم‌هایتان قشنگ می بیند beauty is in the eye of the beholder الجمال في عين الناظر

motāreke متارکه = طلاق separation, divorce
#طلاق
vābaste shodan وابسته شدن to get attached تعلّق (ب)، حب

vābastegi وابستگی attachment تعلق

badbin بدبین pessimistic متشائم

vāghe’bin واقع‌بین realistic واقعي

ye(k) jorāee یه جورایی kind of نوعاً ما

bālegh بالغ mature

Bā chang va dandān با چنگ و دندان with full force بكل قوة

Ba’eed midonam بعید میدونم I doubt it أشكُ في ذلك

mote’ahhel متأهل married متروج

velesh kon ولش کن never mind لا يهم، إنسي الأمر

be vāseteye به واسطه‌ی because of, due to بسبب

mazhab مذهب religion

mazhabi مذهبی religious

hokm (plural ahkām) حکم (جمع. احکام religious law or rulings

rāhkār راه‌کار solution حل

movājehe مواجهه facing

revāyat روایت = حدیث in Sunni Islam, Hadiths are the sayings and actions of prophet Muhammad, in Shia Islam Hadiths are the sayings of Prophet Muhammad, his daughter and the Imams of Shias (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith)

vājeb واجب religious duty

toujih kardan توجیه کردن justify برّر

mahram مَحرم any relative that a Muslim is not allowed to marry. For a woman they include brother, father, son, grandfather, grandson, uncle, nephew and etc. hijab is not required from a Muslim woman in presence of her Maharem) for more info: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahram)

nā mahram نامَحرم non-Mahram: anyone who is not Mahram👆 غير محرم

gonāh گناه sin إثم

Sighe صیغه = ازدواج موقت temporary marriage زواج المتعة أو المؤقت 🔹need more info? Here is the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%E2%80%98ah)
ملاحظة صغيرة: في إیران، هذا النوع من الزواج مرفوض عرفياً و اجتماعيا و لیس شائعاً کما یعتقد البعض!

👆🔴🔵👇

النِّكَاحُ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَیسَ مِنِّي
📝 An Arabic Hadith from Prophet Muhammad which means “Marriage is my Sunnah (tradition) and whoever refrains from my tradition is not from me (my nation)”
This Hadith is usually quoted by the marriage officiant (usually a clergyman) at the wedding ceremony before the marriage vows

peyvand پیوند union اتحاد

zouj زوج couple

dūshize دوشیزه unmarried woman or girl آنسة

fāl فال omen

neek نیک = خوب good جید

shoru’ benamāyand شروع بنمایند = شروع کنند begin

📝 mehrie مهریه Mahr (in Islamic tradition, a mandatory amount of money or valuable possessions a groom is required to give to the bride. In Iran the Mahr usually ranges from a few to a few thousand Bahar Azadi gold Coins)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahar_Azadi_Coin
#مهریه

kābin کابین = sedāgh صداق = Mahr
📝(the word that is widely used and understood is “mehrie” though)

sekke سکه coin عملة معدنية

tavāfogh kardan توافق کردن to agree on/upon

kalāmo allah کلام الله (Arabic: the word of god. It refers to the Qur’an)

aroos rafte gol bechine عروس رفته گل بچینه (lit, the bride has gone to pick flowers)
📝 According to Iranian wedding customs, the bride is not supposed to say “yes” the first and second time the marriage officiant asks her for her consent to the marriage. That’s why someone else comes with excuses such as “the bride has gone to pick flowers!” or “the bride has gone to bring rosewater!”. One philosophy behind this is that the bride shouldn't show so much excitement about getting married!, she should be demure!. In the above clip👆 however the bride is not Iranian and not familiar with the Iranian customs; that explains her surprise and the giggling of some guests to what she said.

mobārak bāshe مبارک باشه congratulations مبروك!

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درد عشقي كشيده‏ام كه مپرس
Such a pain of love, I have suffered, that don’t even ask about! [because it is inexpressible and I cannot describe it!]

زهر هجري چشيده‏ام كه مپرس‏
Such a (bitter) poison of being separated (from my love), I’ve tasted, that don’t even ask about!

گشته‏ام در جهان و آخر كار...
I’ve looked around the world and at the end…

دلبري برگزيده‏ام كه مپرس‏
Such a sweetheart, I’ve picked that don’t even ask about!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez

🔵 wordlist and notes👇

mapors مپرس poetic/literary way of saying نپرس from the infinitive پرسیدن (to ask)
🔴 more example of this kind 👉 don't say مگو/نگو، don't go نرو/مرو don't eat نخور/مخور

dard درد pain ألم

dard keshidan درد کشیدن to suffer يعاني

eshgh عشق love

zahr زهر poison سُمّ

hejr هجر = دوری، جدایی being far away, being separated فِراق

cheshidan چشیدن to taste يذوق

gashtan گشتن to look around تفقد، بحث عن

jahān جهان the world العالم

ākhare kār آخر کار at the end في النهاية

delbar دلبر (lit. someone who takes your heart) sweetheart حبيب
📝 del (heart) ➕ bar (present stem of the infinitive بُردن (to take, to carry))
#دلبر

bargozidan برگزیدن to choose يختار

📝 ee (ی) at the end of عشق، هجر، دلبر : indefinite/emphatic article used after the nouns to add emphasis: equivalent to the English “such a” !يا لها

📝👂 the conjunction و (with) if connected to the letter before it, is pronounced as ُ- (o), otherwise it is pronounced as “va”
🔴 Example👇

1⃣ gashte-am dar jahan-o ākhar kār گشته‌ام در جهان و آخر کار
2⃣ va ākhar-e kār و آخرِ کار

📝 in Persian when two nouns come together, they are usually linked by an “e” sound called #Ezāfe. It connects a noun to its adjective, and also indicate possession, belonging, and etc. this “e” sound which is not usually written but pronounced approximately corresponds to the English proposition “of”
🔵 Examples👇

1⃣ dard-e eshgh دردِ عشق (a pain that is caused by love)

2⃣ zahr-e hejr زهرِ هجر a poison (which stands for bitterness and suffering) that is caused by separation

3⃣ ākhar-e kār آخرِ کار (at the end)

📝 The infinitive (مَصدر) in Persian ends in “an” –َ ن
🔴 Examples👇
to draw (کشیدن), to taste (چشیدن), to look around (گشتن), to choose (برگزیدن)

📝 The past participle (وجه وصفی مفعولی) form of the verbs in Persian is made by removing “an” from the infinitive and adding ه (pronounced as [e]) instead.
🔵 Examples👇
drawn (کشیده), tasted (چشیده), chosen (برگزیده)

📝 Formula for making present perfect (ماضی نَقلی) in Persian
past participle of the verb + past ending (ام، ای، -/است، ایم، اید، اند) in the required person and number.
🔴 Examples👇
I’ve tasted (چشیده‌ام), I’ve looked around (گشته‌ام), I’ve chose (برگزیده‌ام)

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American polyglot👆 his favorite language is Persian and he recites a line from a well-known poem of Hafez
شاب أميريكي يتحدث اکثر من 20 لغة👆 الفارسية لغته المفضلة و يقرأ بیت من الغزليات الحافظ الشيرازي

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez

a second and more free translation made by a native English speaker👇

Afflictions of love are beyond any question,
Our hearts' sickened splits are beyond any question,
The ends of the earth I searched, in the end,
and beyond found an angel, beyond all question!

إسماعيل و حبيب في دبي

حبيب: إسماعيل! وصلنا، کیف نطلب من السائق أن یتوقف؟، نحن لا نعرف العربية!
إسماعيل: أنا أهتم بالأمر الأن
إسماعيل للسائق: يا أخی، صدق الله العلي العظيم!

😂😂
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piyāde shodan پیاده شدن to get out (of a car, train, airplane, etc.) ینزل من (السياره، القطار، الطائرة، الخ
OPP: #سوار_شدن

piyāde پیاده by foot علی الأقدام

‘āber-e piyāde عابر پیاده pedestrian مشاة

khatt-e ‘āber-e piyāde خط عابر پیاده crosswalk & pedestrian crossing معبر المشاة

pol-e ‘āber-e piyāde پل عابر پیاده footbridge & pedestrian bridge جسر المشاة

piyāde row پیاده رو sidewalk رصيف

radif kardan ردیف کردن چیزی to take care of sth إهتمام بأمرٍ أو بموضوعٍ

dādāsh داداش = برادر brother أخ

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