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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ké bar dārad	to remove, that it removes	کِه بَردارَد	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
ké "bar sāmé yal rooz farkhondé bād!	"may the day be favorable to the great warrior Sam!	کِه بَر سامِ یَل روز فَرخُندِه باد	Shahnameh, Part 1
ké bé chāh goftam	that I told the well	کِه بِه چاه گُفتَم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Intro
ké bé chāh goftam	that I told the well	که به چاه گفتم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
ké bee oo gol nakhandeed, abr nagreest	for without it neither the rose would blossom in smiles, nor the cloud shed its (life-giving) tears	کِه بی او گُل نَخَندید، اَبر نَگریست	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
ké bé kooh goftam	that I told the mountain	که به کوه گفتم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
ké bé kooh goftam	that I told the mountain	کِه بِه کوه گُفتم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Intro
ké boodee?	who was? who would have been?	کِه بودی؟	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
ké boodee zendé?	who was alive? who would have been alive?	کِه بودی زِندِه؟	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
ké boodee zendé dar dowrāné ālam?	how would any have lived throughout all of the world’s cycles?	کِه بودی زِندِه دَر دُورانِ عالَم؟	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
ké dar āfareenesh zé yek gohar-and	for in creation, from one soul they came	کِه دَر آفَرينِش زِ یِک گُوهَرَند	bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Intro, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 2, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 3
ké delam meekhaād	that my heart wants	که دلم می‌خواد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ké delam meekhāhad	that my heart wants	که دلم می‌‌خواهد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ké delam meekhāhad	that my heart wants	که دلم می‌خواهد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
kee	who	کی	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten, How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
kee barāyé man darkhāsté talāgh dād?	who gave me a request for divorce?	کی بَرایِ مَن دَرخواستِ طَلاق داد؟	A Separation, Part 5
kee eenjā fārsi zabān-é?	who here speaks Persian?	كى اينجا فارسى زَبانِه؟	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
keefé pool	wallet	کیفِ پول	Getting Attention
kee khooné zendegeeyesh-ō vel kard raft?	who turned their back on their home and life and left?	کی خونِه زِندِگیِشُو وِل کَرد رَفت؟	A Separation, Part 5
keené	grudge	کینِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4

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