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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
sarzanesh-hā	rebukes, reproaches	سَرزَنِش‌ها	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
sarzanesh-hā gar konad khāré moghaylān, gham makhor!	should the Egyptian thorn reproach you, grieve not!	سَرزَنِش‌ها گَر کُنَد خارِ مُغِیلان، غَم مَخُور	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
sar zé kooyat bar nadāram	I will not lift my head from your vicinity	سَر زِ کویَت بَرنَدارَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat	my head from your foot	سَر زِ پایَت	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat bar nadāram	I will not lift my head from your foot	سَر زِ پایَت بَرنَدارَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat bar nadāram rooz ō shab	I will place my head at your feet day and night	سَر زِ پایَت بَرنَدارَم روز و شَب	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar zé pāyat bar nadāram rooz ō shab	I will place my head at your feet day and night	سَر زِ پایَت بَرنَدارَم روز و شَب	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Intro
savār	rider	سَوار	Meeting on the Street
savār beshō	get in!	سَوار بِشُو	Meeting on the Street
savār meesham	I get in	سَوار می‌شَم	Meeting on the Street
savār shō	get in!	سَوار شُو	Meeting on the Street
savār shodan	to get in	سَوار شُدَن	Meeting on the Street
sayl	flood	سِیل	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4
sāzee	you build	سازی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
sé	3	سِه	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
secharkhé	tricycle	سِه چَرخِه	How To Discuss Travel, Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
see	30	سی	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seeb	apple	سیب	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
seeb	apples	سیب	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
seeb	apple	سیب	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2

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