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The Blind Owl بوف کورBoof-e-koor · Sadeq HedayatHover mode
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دَرزِندِگی
dar zendegi
در dar in, at; زندگی zendegi life (زنده zende alive, + abstract -gi)
in life
زَخمهاییهَست
zaxmhā-yi hast
زخم zaxm wound, + pl. -hā + indef. -i; بودن budan · pres. باش bāš · past بود bud · to be, to exist; هست 3 sg. existential: there is, there are
there are wounds
کِه
ke
که ke that, which
that
مِثلِخورِه
mesl-e xore
مثل mesl likeness, + ezafe -e = like, resembling; خوره xore leprosy, a gnawing canker
like leprosy
دَراِنزِوا
dar enzevā
انزوا enzevā seclusion, solitude
in solitude
روحرا
ruh rā
روح ruh soul, spirit; را marks the definite object
the soul (obj.)
آهِستِهمیخورَد
āheste mi-xorad
آهسته āheste slowly, softly; خوردن xordan · pres. خور xor · past خورد xord · to eat, to devour; mi- durative prefix
slowly eats away
وُمیتَراشَد.
o mi-tarāšad
تراشیدن tarāšidan · pres. تراش tarāš · past تراشید tarāšid · to scrape, to whittle away
and scrapes away
ایندَردهارا
in dardhā rā
این in this, these; درد dard pain, + pl. -hā; را object marker
these pains (obj.)
نِمیشَوَدبِهکَسی
nemi-šavad be-kas-i
شدن šodan · pres. شو šav · past شد šod · to become, to happen; impersonal نمیشود it is not possible; به be to; کس kas person, + indef. -i
it is not possible, to anyone
اِظهارکَرد،
ezhār kard
کردن kardan · pres. کن kon · past کرد kard · اظهار ezhār ‘declaration, expression’
to express, to declare
چونعُموماً
čon 'omuman
چون čon because, since; عموم 'omum the generality, the public, + Ar. adverbial -an = generally
because generally
عادَتدارَند
'ādat dārand
داشتن dāštan · pres. دار dār · past داشت dāšt · عادت 'ādat ‘habit, custom’
they are in the habit
کِهایندَردهایِباوَرنَکَردَنیرا
ke in dardhā-ye bāvar-nakardani rā
درد dard pain, + pl. -hā + ezafe -ye; باور bāvar belief; کردن kardan · pres. کن kon · past کرد kard · to do; neg. na- + potential -ani = unbelievable
that these unbelievable pains (obj.)
جُزوِاِتِّفاقات
jozv-e ettefāqāt
جزو jozv part, portion, + ezafe -e = among, as part of; اتفاق ettefāq event, occurrence, Ar. pl. اتفاقات
among the occurrences
وُپیشامَدهایِ
o pišāmadhā-ye
پیشامد pišāmad incident, happening (پیش piš forth, + آمدن āmadan · pres. آ ā · past آمد āmad · to come), + pl. -hā + ezafe -ye
and the happenings of
نادِروُعَجیب
nāder-o 'ajib
نادر nāder rare; عجیب 'ajib strange, odd
rare and strange
بِشُمارَند؛
be-šomārand
شمردن šomordan · pres. شمار šomār · past شمرد šomord · to count, to reckon as; be- + pres. stem = subjunctive
they should reckon (them)
وَاَگَرکَسی
va agar kas-i
اگر agar if; کس kas person, someone, + indef. -i
and if someone
بِگویَدیابِنِویسَد،
be-guyad yā be-nevisad
گفتن goftan · pres. گو gu · past گفت goft · to say; یا yā or; نوشتن neveštan · pres. نویس nevis · past نوشت nevešt · to write; be- subjunctive prefix
should say or write
مَردُم
mardom
مردم mardom people
people
بَرسَبیلِ
bar-sabil-e
بر bar on, upon; سبیل sabil way, path, manner, + ezafe -e
کردن kardan · pres. کن kon · past کرد kard · سعی sa'y ‘effort, attempt’
they try
آنرابالَبخَندِ
ān-rā bā labxand-e
آن ān it, that, + را object marker; لبخند labxand smile, + ezafe -e carrying the two adjectives that follow
it, with a smile that is
شَکّاکوُتَمَسخُرآمیز
šakkāk-o tamasxor-āmiz
شکاک šakkāk sceptical, doubting; تمسخر tamasxor mockery, derision, + -āmiz mingled with, from آمیختن āmixtan · pres. آمیز āmiz · past آمیخت āmixt · to mix, to mingle
sceptical and mocking
تَلَقّیبِکُنَند؛
talaqqi be-konand
کردن kardan · pres. کن kon · past کرد kard · تلقی talaqqi ‘reception, taking as’
to receive it, to take it
زیرابَشَرهَنوز
zirā bašar hanuz
زیرا zirā because, for (it introduces an explanation following the main clause like the english "for", does not answer a "why" question and cannot preceed the main clause); بشر bašar man, mankind; هنوز hanuz still, yet
ماده mādde substance, matter, Ar. pl. مواد, + ezafe -e; مخدر moxadder narcotic, stupefying, Ar. fem. مخدره; بودن budan · pres. باش bāš · past بود bud · to be
and narcotic substances
وَلیاَفسوسکِه
vali afsus ke
ولی vali but; افسوس afsus regret, alas; که ke that
but alas that
تَأثیرِاینگونِهداروها
ta'sir-e in-gune dāruhā
تأثیر ta'sir effect, influence, + ezafe -e; گونه gune kind, sort; دارو dāru medicine, drug, + pl. -hā
the effect of this sort of drugs
مُوَقَّتاَست
movaqqat ast
موقت movaqqat temporary; بودن budan · pres. باش bāš · past بود bud · to be
پس از pas az after; مدت moddat period of time, + indef. -i
after a while
بَرشِدَّتِدَرد
bar šeddat-e dard
بر bar on, upon; شدت šeddat intensity, severity, + ezafe -e; درد dard pain
to the intensity of the pain
میاَفزایَد.
mi-afzāyad
افزودن afzudan · pres. افزا afzā · past افزود afzud · to add, to increase; بر ... افزودن to add to
it adds
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