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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| hamé cheez khar too kharé | literally 'everything is donkey inside a donkey,' meaning 'everything is crazy here' | هَمِه چیز خَر تو خَرِه | Common Persian Sayings and Expressions |
| hamee bar shod ātesh forood āmad āb | fire kept rising upward, water flowed down | هَمی بَر شُد آتِش فُرود آمَد آب | Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4 |
| hamee gasht gerdé zameen āftāb | and the sun kept circling around the Earth | هَمی گَشت گِردِ زَمین آفتاب | Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4 |
| hameen | the same (as this) | هَمین | Meeting Up with Friends |
| hameen hālās ké cheshmam | any moment now, my eyes | هَمین حالاس کِه چِشمام | meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro |
| hameenjā | right here | هَمینجا | Tārof When Welcoming Guests |
| hameeshé | always | هَمیشِه | How to Discuss Breakfast |
| hameeshé hamee bāsh dar faré man | be with you ("yourself") forever | هَمیشِه هَمی باش دَر فَرِّ مَن | Shahnameh, Part 4 |
| hamee tāj ō takhté kayee-rā sazeed | he deserved both the crown and the royal throne | هَمی تاج و تَختِ کَیی را سَزید | Shahnameh, Part 4 |
| hamé jā | everywhere | هَمِه جا | aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4 |
| hamé jā khāna-yé ʿeshgh ast ché masjed ché kenesht | every place is a house of love, be it the mosque or church | هَمِه جا خانَهٔ عِشق اَست چِه مَسجِد چِه کِنِشت | aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro |
| hamé jā-rō behet neshoon meedam | I'll show you around (everywhere) | هَمِه جا رو بِهِت نِشون میدَم | How to Talk About School |
| hamé kas | every person, everyone | هَمِه کَس | aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4 |
| hamé kas tālebé yār-and ché hoshyār ō ché mast | everyone seeks the beloved, whether sober or drunk | هَمِه کَس طالِبِ یارَند چِه هُشیار و چِه مَست | aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro |
| hāmelé | pregnant | حامِلِه | Babies |
| hāmelegee | pregnancy | حامِلِهگی | Babies |
| hamé meedānand hamé meedānand ké man ō tō az ān rozaneyé sardé aboos bāgh rā deedeyeem | Everyone knows, everyone knows, that you and I have seen the garden from that cold sullen window | همه میدونند همه میدونند که من و تو از ان روزنهی سرد عبوس باغ را دیدیم. | fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro |
| hamé meedānand hamé meedānand mā dar khābé sard ō saketé seemorghān, rah yāfté-eem | Everyone knows, everyon knows we have found our way into the cold, quiet dream of phoenixes | همه می دانند، همه می دانند، که ما به رویای سرد و آرام سیمرغها راه یافتهایم. | fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro |
| hamé meetarsand | everyone is afraid | همه میترسند | fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5 |
| hamé meetarsand hamé meetarsand amā man o tō bā cherāgh o āb o āyeené payvasteem va natarseedeem | everyone is afraid, everyone is afraid, but you and I joined with lamp and water and mirror and we were not afraid | همه میترسند، همه میترسند، اما من و تو با چراغ و آب و آینه پیوستیم و نترسیدیم | fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro |