Poetry | Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2
Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation
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🗓️ 13 June 2018
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
In the first part of our detailed study of Rumi's poem Rooz ō shab, we cover the first two lines, which are:
dar havāyat bee gharāram rooz ō shabsar ze pāyat bar nadāram rooz ō shab
We go over the vocabulary and phrases in this segment of the poem, and also learn some concepts that are related to the words we are learning. We also learn about the Sufi concept, dar havāyat, of the intimacy of breath.
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| 0:00.0 | Learn Persian with Chaya in Conversation, Lesson 66. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome to Lesson 66 of Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation. |
| 0:32.9 | This is the continuation of our getting acquainted with the poem Ruzoshab by Rumi. |
| 0:38.3 | For this poem, we're not going to go out of order like we did for Sorabsepejee's poem. We're going to learn each line of the poem two lines per week. |
| 0:41.3 | And because the lines are short, this will give us an opportunity to really delve into the words and phrases that we learn, |
| 0:47.3 | and cover some variations on the words as well. |
| 0:49.3 | So for this poem, just like the last one, my Aunt Farnas graciously agreed to read the poem for us. |
| 0:57.0 | She has a beautiful poetry reading voice, and so it's really nice to hear. |
| 1:01.6 | And so let's hear her read the entire selection of this poem that we are learning. |
| 1:08.9 | "'Dar haviat be garraram, roose and shop. "'Sar'shaphaeat barna. I'm in the way of I'm, |
| 1:11.6 | Roo'shap. |
| 1:12.6 | Sarrhs of your |
| 1:13.6 | s'poyat bar not |
| 1:14.6 | D'Ar, |
| 1:16.6 | Roozhap |
| 1:17.6 | Roozhap |
| 1:18.6 | Rasmucho'd |
| 1:19.6 | Majun k'num |
| 1:20.6 | Roozhap |
| 1:22.6 | Roozah |
| 1:24.6 | Jahn and |
| 1:26.6 | Dill, Meehast from the Acheqan. Jan and del, my separem, roose and shop. So now let's hear my Aunt Fadno's reading the first two lines of the poem. D'rhaeat be garare am with the word and shab. |
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