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Proverbs & Poetry in Persian (ضرب‌المثل و شعر)
Everyday spoken Persian (Farsi) as people say it in Iran, from the Speaking your mind section of Yuz (level B1). Tap ▶ to hear each one.
Words
💌 ghazal (love poem)ghazalغزل
✍️ poetshā'erشاعر
📖 Hafez (the poet)hāfezحافظ
🔮 fortune (reading)fālفال
📜 proverbzarbolmasalضرب‌المثل
💧 dropghatreقطره
🏃 movement / effortharekatحرکت
🌾 blessingbarakatبرکت
⏳ patiencesabrصبر
🧱 walldivārدیوار
🐭 mousemushموش
🏠 roof (old word)bāmبام
Useful sentences
Drop by drop, it gathers and becomes a sea.ghatre ghatre jam' gardad vāngahi daryā shavadقطره قطره جمع گردد وانگهی دریا شود
You make the effort, God gives the blessing.az to harekat az khodā barakatاز تو حرکت از خدا برکت
Walls have mice, and mice have ears.divār mush dāre mush ham gush dāreدیوار موش داره موش هم گوش داره
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.sabr talkh ast valiken bar-e shirin dāradصبر تلخ است ولیکن بر شیرین دارد
The bigger the roof, the more snow on it.har ke bāmash bish barfash bishtarهر که بامش بیش برفش بیشتر
Shall we do a Hafez reading?ye fāl-e hāfez begirim?یه فال حافظ بگیریم؟
Whose poem is this?in she'r māl-e kiye?این شعر مال کیه؟
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Yuz teaches the spoken form, so you'll see words like خونه (khune, home) rather than the written خانه (khāne). Audio is AI-generated.