Learn Persian with trying conversation.

Poetry.

Yusufi Gombashte Bazaoyad by Hafez.

Part 2. Hello, hello, and welcome to part two of our discussion on the absolutely Buey, hello and welcome to part two of our discussion on the absolutely

beautiful poem, Qazal number 255 by Hafez, which we are calling by the first five words of the poem,

Yusufi Gombashche-Baz-Aryad. So this poem really surprised me. It's an incredibly famous Iranian poem, but not one that I hear that often.

When I first read it, I was a bit lost, but after the discussion with Sapa, I really fell into the

absolute beauty and the relevance of the poem to our world today. I hope you enjoyed that

introductory lesson as much as I did.

Absolutely incredible.

So in the introductory lesson, Sapa and I went over our entire selection of the poem

and talked about it in a general way.

In these subsequent lessons, I'll be going over the whole poem, word by word, phrase by phrase,

and really diving deep into the poem.

In this way, you'll get an intimate understanding of the words and phrases in this poem,

and you'll even be able to use them in everyday conversation.

Imagine that, especially if you were a complete beginner to the Persian language, being able to use words and phrases from a 12th century Persian poem in your conversational day-to-day speaking.

It's incredible that we can do this. And remember, this is similar to the way Iranians learn Persian.

Poetry is part of our everyday language from when we learn how to talk.

Another important aspect of these lessons is becoming intimately familiar with the language

and memorizing lines from the poem. We always ask that you memorize the poems we learn

and make them a part of your being, a part of your bones. Again, this might seem like a daunting task,

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