Chris de Burgh -- Vocabulary -- Persian to English

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ببین، تو ببین < دیدین

See! (You see!) <infinitive = to see

چه قلب‌هایی

what hearts; how many hearts!

چه

what

قلب

heart

قلب‌ها

hearts

قلب‌هایی، قبل‌هائی

hearts, some hearts

شکستند < شکستن

they broke [something] (transitive)
they became broken (intransitive) < infinitive = to break

توی

inside of (tu + eāfe)

دست

hand

روزگار

days, the times, fortune, fate

توی دست روزگار

in the hand of fortune, by the hand of [cruel] fortune, bad luck

چشم‌هایی رو که = چشم‌هایی را که

the eyes [direct object] which

چشم

eye

چشم‌ها

eyes

چشم‌هایی

eyes, some eyes, particular eyes

رو = را

[direct object marker], pronounced
ro in spoken style, rā in written style

گشتند < گشتن

they wandered around searching for, they searched for <infinitive = gashtan

پی نوری موندگار

after an eternal light

پی

after, on the heels of

موندگار = ماندگار <ماندن

remaining, lasting, eternal <to remain

نور

light

نوری

a light, a particular light

از عشق و باور ... بشن لبریز

with love and belief/faith, ... may they become overflowing

از

from, with, by, by means of

عشق

love

باور

belief, faith

بشن = بشوند < شدن

that they become <to become

لبریز

lips pouring over, over flowing, brimming with

باید که بشن ... = باید بشن ...

it is necessary that they become ...

آخر

finally, in the end; already, you know

یه روزی = یک روز

one day, some day

هر جا

every place

از ... پر بشه دنیا = از ... پر بشود دنیا

may the world become full of ...

پر

por = full

بشه = بشود > شدن

may it become

از طنین صدامون

[full] of the resounding of our voices

طنین

resounding

صدامون = صدایمان = صدای ما

our voice

پس

thus, therefore, then

بیا = تو بیا < آمدن

Come! (You) Come! < infinitive = to come

با هر زبون

with every tongue

با

with

هر

every

زبون = زبان

tongue

تو هم

you also, you too. Pronunciation: to ham

بخون عاشقونه کنارم

Sing lovlingly at my side!

بخون = بخوان < خواندن

Sing! (You sing!) <infinitive = to sing

عاشقونه = عاشقانه

like a lover, lovingly, in a loving way

کنارم = کنار من

next to me, at my side

کنار

side, edge

فریاد

shout

فریاد بزن

to make a shout, to give a shout

بزن < زدن

Hit! < to hit; to do; to make

بگو < گفتن

Say! < to say

دوست دارم = دوستت دارم = ترا دوست دارم = دوست دارم

I love you. Colloquial pronunciation: duss(s)-et dāram