A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad: With Various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians. To which is Added a History of Persia ... |
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... که خال رخ هفت کشور است " Do not find fault with Sheeraz , nor with the waters of Rooknec , * Captain Francklin says it was sixty feet wide and twenty deep . + Captain Francklin mentions that the thermometer in summer is never more than ...
... که خال رخ هفت کشور است " Do not find fault with Sheeraz , nor with the waters of Rooknec , * Captain Francklin says it was sixty feet wide and twenty deep . + Captain Francklin mentions that the thermometer in summer is never more than ...
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... که بر خاک ما بكندري مجاگ غیرنران که یاد آوری که درزند کي خاک بودست اسم که کرخاک شد سعدي اورا چه غسم به بچار کي تن فرا خاک داد بي بر نیاید که خاکش خورد مكرتا كلستان معي شکفت عجبكر بمير و جنين بلبلي چو باد دکر کرد عالم بر آمد دکر باره باد ...
... که بر خاک ما بكندري مجاگ غیرنران که یاد آوری که درزند کي خاک بودست اسم که کرخاک شد سعدي اورا چه غسم به بچار کي تن فرا خاک داد بي بر نیاید که خاکش خورد مكرتا كلستان معي شکفت عجبكر بمير و جنين بلبلي چو باد دکر کرد عالم بر آمد دکر باره باد ...
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... که من مردم بيا ساقي كفن از برگ تاکم کن خانه خاکم کن در مي زآب مي بده غسلم تو ناز مکن من نیاز دارم ایمان دارم من و فادارم " Hasten hither , O cup bearer ! ere I die ; " See that my shroud be made of the leafy vine . " Wash me in rosy ...
... که من مردم بيا ساقي كفن از برگ تاکم کن خانه خاکم کن در مي زآب مي بده غسلم تو ناز مکن من نیاز دارم ایمان دارم من و فادارم " Hasten hither , O cup bearer ! ere I die ; " See that my shroud be made of the leafy vine . " Wash me in rosy ...
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... been bought , I believe , for a hundred rupees . + This custom will explain the following two lines of Hafiz : نه هر که طرفي کلاه کج نهاد و تند نشست کلاه کوشه به این دلبری بشکن change his dress at my recommendation . * It is [ 58 ]
... been bought , I believe , for a hundred rupees . + This custom will explain the following two lines of Hafiz : نه هر که طرفي کلاه کج نهاد و تند نشست کلاه کوشه به این دلبری بشکن change his dress at my recommendation . * It is [ 58 ]
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... که این عین بالا نباشد اینکه تو داري يقين بلاست A Moohummud Khan , who used to treat them with much kindness , once asked him what he would do were he king ? The child , not more than five or six , instantly replied , that his first act ...
... که این عین بالا نباشد اینکه تو داري يقين بلاست A Moohummud Khan , who used to treat them with much kindness , once asked him what he would do were he king ? The child , not more than five or six , instantly replied , that his first act ...
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