Learn Persian with Chaiang Conversation.

This is part three of our study of the poem Bani Adam by Sadie.

Let's begin by listening to my aunt Farnas reading the entire poem.

Bani Aadam Azae of one other end,

that in apharine's ze'y goharan.

Ch'o ozvi be dard avered roosegare,

Degar ozhaer ozhaer not manat quarrar.

To, as mehnet of otheran, bighamie, not shayy,y ghanet degaran begamy,

not shayy not made nhan'd adamie.

At this point, you should be able to understand the first two sections of the poem.

These lessons are cumulative, so if you haven't already,

go back and listen to lesson 94 and 95 as well to really get a grasp on the poem so far.

So now let's get right to the last two lines.

Okay, first the word to.

Toe means you in the Persian language.

Like in many other languages, Persian has a formal and informal version of you.

This is the informal version.

To.

And shoma is the formal version.

Shoma.

So here, Sati is directly confronting the listener and referring to them in an informal way.

To.

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