پیرمرد | old man |
چشمان = چشمها | eyes |
از ... تا ... | from ... till ... |
سپیدهٔ صبح | the dawning of morning, dawn |
غروب آفتاب | the setting of the sun, sunset |
خیره | staring |
کودکی | childhood |
به دریا چشم دوخته است | he/she/it is with eye(s) sewn/riveted to the sea |
دوخته | sewn |
همیشه | always |
با لباسی سیاه | with (in) a black outfit, in black clothes |
باران باریده بود | rain had rained, rain had fallen |
بر خانهها و دریا | on, upon houses and sea |
باران | rain |
صدای باد و باران | sound of wind and rain |
بیدار مانده بودند | they had remained awake |
قاصدک | dandelion |
قاصدکهایی که | the dandelions which |
خانههای آنان | the house of them, their houses |
آنان میدانستند = آنها میدانستند | they knew |
هنگام | time |
هر هنگام که باد قاصدکها را بیاورد | whenever/if the wind should/would bring dandelions |
در انتظار | in expectation (of), awaiting |
اتفاقی | an incident |
باید باشند | one must be, it is necessary to be |
برای نخستین بار | for the first time |
نخستین = نخست | first |
بار | time, occurance |
بر تن دارد | he is wearing, he has on, on his body he has |
تن | body |
غرق | drowning |
باد آرام ... آورد | the wind softly brought |
ماهیان زنده = ماهیهای زنده | live fish |
پر از | full of |
زنده و جوان | living and young, alive and young |
دانههای گندم | seeds/grains of wheat |
دانه | seed, grain |
شاخههای جوان | young branches |
شاخه | branch |
انگور | grape(s) |
عروس | bridal, wedding (adj) |
آینههای کوچک و بزرگ | small and big mirrors |
آینه | mirror |
قایقی به رنگ صورتی | a pink boat |
بوته | bramble, bush, shrub |
گل | flower; rose |
گل سرخ | red rose |
سرخ = قرمز | red |
گل یخ | chimonanthus fragrans, wintersweet |
یخ | ice |
شمعدانی | geranium (candlestick) |
شمعدان | candlestick |
شمع | candle |
نشا | a young plant |
بنفشه | violet (kind of flower) |
پامچال | primrose |
کفش | shoe(s) |
نوزادان = نوزادها | new-borns, babies |
کلاف | skein, hank, coil (of yarn) |
رنگین = رنگارنگ | colored, colorful |
لاله | tulip; glass lamp shaped like tulip |
فانوس | lantern |
روشن | lit, glowing, burning, bright, light, clear |
هزاران | thousands |
هزاران برگ | thousands of leaves |
برگ | leaf |
جعبه | box |
انبوه | crowded numerous |
مداد رنگی | color pencils, colored pencils |
ساز | instrument |
سازهای موسیقی | musical instruments |
درختچه | little tree |
لیمو | sweet lemon |
نارنج | Seville orange |
پرتقال | orange (fruit) |
سال نو که تحویل شد | when New Year's happened, when it was New Year's |
تحویل | turning over, turning |
بر در ... آویختند | hanged them on/over the door |
ماهیان را به دریا ریختند | they poured/cast the fishes into the sea |
کاشتند | they planted |
دختران = دخترها | girls; daughters |
لباسهای نو و سفید عروسی | new, white bridal gowns |
خود را در آینه نگاه کردند | they looked at themselves in the mirror |
مادران = مادرها | mothers |
لباسهای صورتی را تن نوزادان کردند | they put pink clothes on the bodies of their new-borns, they dressed their babies in pink clothes |
به خواب رفتند | they went to sleep |
جوانان = جوانها | young people |
سازها را نواختند | they strummed/played instruments |
فرشها | carpets, rugs |
پارچه | cloth |
زنان بافتند | women wove |
سفرههای هفت سین | Iranian New Year's cloth laid out with seven items beginning with the letter "s" (the letter sin) |
پهن کردند | they spread out, they laid out, they arranged |
مشق | penmanship practice, homework |
چهره = صورت | face |
نقاشی کردند = کشیده بودند | they drew, they sketched, they made a drawing |
تبریک | congratulating, giving greetings |
درِ اتاقها | door of the rooms |
گشوده | open |
ایوان | porch |
صدا کردند | they called, they summoned, they invited |
امّا | but, however |
فقط صدای خود را شنیدند | they only heard their own voice(s) |
پایان | end |
شنوندهٔ عزیز | dear listener |
دست اندر کاران | hands in the work, the people involved |
کتابهای گویا | talking books |
جهت ارائهٔ خدمات بهتر | in order to present better services |
گوش به زنگ هستند | they are waiting anxiously (with ear to bell) |
پیشنهادات | suggestions |
انتقدات | criticisms |
زنگ | bell |