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🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we go over the last two lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez. The lines are as follows: حافظا روزِ اجل گر به کف آری جامیhāfezā roozé ajal gar bé kaf āree jāmeeOh Hafez, if you have a chalice in your hand when you dieیک سر از کویِ خرابات بَرَندَت به بهشتyek sar az koo-yé kharābāt barandat bé beheshtThey’ll take you directly from the winehouse street to heaven

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez:نه من از پردهٔ تقوا به درافتادم و بسna man az pardé-yé taghva bā dar oftādam o basپدرم نیز بهشتِ ابد از دست بهشتpedaram neez behishté abad az dast behesht

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez: همه کس طالبِ یارند چه هشیار و چه مستhamé kas tālebé yārand ché hoshyār o ché mastهمه جا خانهٔ عشق است چه مسجد چه کِنِشتhamé jā khāna-yé ʿeshgh ast ché masjed ché kenest

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this discussion on Hafez's aybé rendān makon, we go over the third and fourth line of the poem.

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we go over the individual words and phrases in the first two lines of the poem, aybé rendān makon by Hafez: عیبِ رندان مَکُن ای زاهدِ پاکیزه سرشتʿaybé rendān makon ay zāhedé pākeezé sereshtکه گناهِ دگران بر تو نخواهند نوشتké gonāhé deegarān bar tu nakhāhand nevesht

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this introductory lesson to one of Hafez's most famous poems, aybé rendān makon, we're joined by Muhammad Ali of Persian Poetics to go over the overall meaning of the poem and give a bit of an introduction to Hafez and his significance in Iranian culture. In subsequent lessons, Leyla will be going over the word by word, phrase by phrase, to provide an even deeper understanding to the poem.

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we cover the words and phrases learned in the poem, and how to use them in everyday conversation.Related links:khosh bāsh by Khayyam

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this shabé shehr episode, we go over the poem khoshā emshō by the poet Baba Taher with special guest Yara Elmjouie. This poem is about enjoying the night, and the company of the night- it's short, simple and sweet, and reminds you to take pleasure in the joy of living.

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we watch a clip of a conversation between Nader and Razieh, who he is hoping to convince to come work for him. We are joined in the lesson by Yara Elmjouie.

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this new series, we watch clips chosen by Yara Elmjouie from the movie A Separation.  To WATCH this lesson (highly recommended!), check it out on our website.

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we go over the last lines of the poem payāmé naseem by Hafez: می‌ای دارم چو جان صافی و صوفی می‌کند عیبش may-ee dāram chō jān sāfee ō soofee meekonad aybashخدایا هیچ عاقل را مبادا بخت بد روزیkhodāyā heech āghel rā mabādā bakht bad roozee

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem payāmé naseem by Hafez: جدا شد یار شیرینت کنون تنها نشین ای شمعjodā shod yāré sheereenat konoon tanhā nesheen ay sha'am که حکم آسمان این است اگر سازی و گر سوزیké hokmé āsemān een ast agar sāzee ō gar soozee

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem payāmé naseem by Hafez: به صحرا رو که از دامن غبار غم بیفشانیbé sahrā rō ké az dāman ghobāré gham beafshāneeبه گلزار آی کز بلبل غزل گفتن بیاموزیbé golzār āy k’az bolbol ghazal goftan beāmoozee

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In part 3 of our discussion of Hafez's poem payāmé naseem, we go over the 3rd and 4th lines of the poem: چو گُل گَر خُردِه‌ای داری خُدا را صَرفِ عِشرَت کُنکِه قارون را غَلَط‌ها داد سُودایِ زَر‌اَندوزیchō gol gar khordeyee dāree khodā rā sarfé eshrat konké ghāroon rā ghalat-hā dād sodāyé zarandoozee

🎉🥳 EXCITING NEWS: To learn Persian with us FOR FREE starting September 30th, join us for our free Learn Persian BOOTCAMP.Over the course of 6 weeks, we go over conversational Persian, reading and writing and more, all while having FUN and being part of a community. Click here to sign up and get more details.In this part 2 episode of Hafez's beautiful poem payāmé naseem, we look at the individual words and phrases in the first two lines of the poem, and learn how to use the words and phrases in current Persian conversation.