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by Rezwan on 12/18 at 04:57 PM
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I think it was Rumi (and correct me here!) who said:
گاو در بغداد آيد يك زمان
او رود از اين كران تا آن كران
از همه عيش و خوشيها و مزه
او نبيند جز دو پوست خربزه
Which means, of course: A cow came to Baghdad for a time. It went from one (riparian?) coast to the other. From all the luxuries, delights and tastes to be had, it saw naught but two melon rinds.
You’ve got the power a.k.a. extiAr dArid
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by Rezwan on 12/17 at 04:09 PM
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My favorite Persian t’Arof, right up there with “step on my eyeballs” and “I am your sacrifice” is this one. “extiAr dArid.” (Others write it as ekhtiaar, ekhtyar, ekhtyaar. Sound it out: ecch, like yeccch, ti like tea, Ar, like are. eccch-tea-are, d-are-eed. extiAr dArid. See our transliteration section). What does it mean, and why is it the coolest t’Arof ever?
