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| ruzi bud-o ruzegāri bud | Once upon a time |
| shekārchi | hunter |
|
ba`zi ba`z-e (obsolete) | a few, some |
| biyābān | desert |
| kabk | partridge |
| kabutar | pigeon |
| sahrāi | desert (adjective) |
| to hunt | shekār kardan |
| kenār | edge, shore |
| sayd kardan | to hunt |
| zendegi | life |
| ru-be-rāh kardan | to set up, to put in order |
| āqā | gentleman, sir, Mr. |
| gushe-i | a corner, one corner |
| tappe | hill, mound |
| qadri | an amount, a little |
| gandom | wheat |
| berenj | rice |
| arzan | millet |
| pāshide bud | he had sprinkled |
| dām | trap |
| ya`ni | that is, meaning |
| tur | net |
| ru-ye ān | on top of it |
| āmāde karde bud | he had prepared |
| khod-esh | he himself |
| sar-e nakh-ān | the end of the string of it |
| gerefte bud | he had grabbed (it), he was holding (it) |
| dar posht-e | behind |
| penhān shode bud | he had become hidden |
| be qawl-e ma`ruf | as the well-known saying goes |
| dar kamin | in ambush |
| neshaste bud | he was sitting |
| montazer bud ke | he was waiting for |
| kabutar-hā-i ke | the pigeons that |
| micharidand | they were grazing |
| beyoftand | that they fall, (for them) to fall |
| pas az | after |
| ke / vaqti ke | when |
| se tā az kabutar-hā | three of them pigeons, three units of pigeons |
| nāgehān | suddenly |
| dād-o faryād | shouting and screaming |
| do nafar | two persons |
| ke dāshtand nazdik mishodand | who were approaching |
| bā sedā-ye boland | with loud voice, loudly |
| bā-ham goftogu mikardand | were conversing with one another |
| az tars-e in ke | out of fear that |
| ram kardan | to shy away, to get scared away |
| fawri | immediately |
| khod rā resānid | he made himself reach |
| mahz-e rezā-ye khodā | for God's sake |
| tā | in order that, so that |
| morgh-hā-ye man | my birds, my fowl |
| farār nakonand | that they not run away / flee |
| talabe | Iranian Muslim religious student |
| madrase-hā-ye qadim | the (religious) schools of old |
| mazhabi | religious, traditional |
| dar yek mas'ale-i | about a problem / issue |
| ke dar ān ekhtelāf dārim | on which we have disagreement |
| mobāhese mikonim | we are discussing / debating |
| āzād | free, unrestricted |
| ke bidār shavad | that he, she, it should awaken |
| mariz-e bastari | sick abed |
| ke nārāhat beshavad | that he, she, it become disturbed |
| ākher | in the end, don't you see, you know, etc |
| sar-o sedā | loud noise, disturbance |
| agar sāket bāshid | if you would be quiet |
| dast bar-dārim | that we quit, that we give up |
| tā to be kār-e khod-at berasi | so that you attend to your work |
| dar in surat | in this case |
| agar to hāzer hasti | if you're ready / willing |
| va gar na | otherwise, or if not |
| momken ast to beravi | it's possible you can go |
| besāt | display of wares, goods |
| pahn koni | that you spread out / array |
| sayyād | hunter |
| āqāyān | sirs, gentlemen |
| ādam-e kāseb | business man, trader |
| man ādam-e kāseb hastam | I earn my living through trade |
| chand nafar nān-khor dāram | I have some dependents / bread-eaters |
| forush | selling |
| āmade-and nazdik-e tale micharand | they have come grazing near the trap |
| agar do tā rā shomā bebarid | if you take two units |
| va yeki bemānad | and one should remain |
| moddat-hā-st | it's been ages |
| chon | since, because |
| tohfe | rarity |
| mehmāni | party |
| qesmat | portion, allotment |
| ay khosh-ensāf-hā | Oh, just ones! |
| morghān = morgh-hā | birds, fowl |
| māl-e biyābān-and | they belong to the desert |
| zan-e man bāfte-ast | my wife has woven it / wove it |
| vaqf | charitable donation |
| hich haqqi be gardan-e man nadārin | I am under no obligation to you |
| mozāhem | botheration |
| har che eltemās kard | no matter how much begging he did |
| be gush-e ān-hā naraft ke naraft | they refused to listen |
| agar morgh-hā paridand | if the birds should fly away |
| mā ham be kār-e khodemān mashghul mishavim | we'll also get busy with our work |