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Man bayad farsi ro bishtar tamrin konam.

Jul 03, 03:57PM PDT | 2 cheers

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Faustus

Umm...

May I draw your attention to the underlying poetry of the language? :)

Two verses, 8 syllables each… the first 8 to form the basis (coming in 1, 2, 5), and the following 8 to deliver the message:

“Man
baa.yad
ba.raa.ye za.nam

kaf.she pa.raa.daa be.kha.ram”

_{You may tap your feet to get the rhythm right, if you wish :P}

Jul 04, 02:10PM PDT | Parent | Respond to this 7 cheers

Mobaarak.

Caught in a lie. Happening a lot, recently.

Shaayad bebaramesh kafsh-forooshiyeh Payless.

Jul 04, 05:52PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Faustus

:)

Payless? Well, now that you talked of it in public, you can’t :)

Jul 05, 12:32AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

roxi

my dad overheard me trying to teach him this

And he said, “Teach him all the ‘baraaye zanam bekharam’ ones.”

And, for the record, I love Payless Shoe Source. But I love Prada even more. Ahhhh, Prada.

Jul 05, 06:04PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

I prefer

the stuff your grandmother teaches me. ;)

Jul 06, 06:48PM PDT | Respond to this

roxi

That is poetic, isn't it?

Especially the part about kafshe Praadaa. Brings tears to my eyes.

BTW, have you seen the video of the protesters in Shiraz singing to Ahmadinezhaad, “Mahmoud, aaberout raft?” THAT’s poetry.

Jul 04, 07:39PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

Faustus

It sure is.

Oh, yes, this one :) And the other one in the subway that Petersky posted a while ago.

_{Though I’d rather not give the government credit even for inspiring protest poetry!}

Jul 05, 12:46AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

roxi

Oh, God, that's beautiful.

Thanks so much for posting that. For the first time in thirty years, I wish I could be in Iran, and on the metro.

Jul 05, 06:02PM PDT | Respond to this 2 cheers

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Umm...

Mobaarak.

:)

my dad overheard me trying to teach him this

I prefer

That is poetic, isn't it?

It sure is.

Oh, God, that's beautiful.

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