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del heart, stomach دِل sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
del heart دِل payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
del heart دِل deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
del heart دِل Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint), dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 4, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
delam my heart دلم dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
delam barāt ché tang-é my heart yearns for you دِلَم بَرات چِه تَنگِه meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
delam beham khordé I have a stomachache/my stomach is jumbled دِلَم بِه هَم خوردِه More About Pain and Illness
delam ché bee gharār-é my heart is so unsettled دِلَم چِه بی قَرارِه meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
delam ché bee gharār-é my heart is so unsettled دِلَم چِه بی قَرارِه meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
delam dard meekoné my stomach/heart hurts دلم درد ميكنه How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
delam gerefté depressed دِلَم گِرِفتِه shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
delash bood jooyandéyé kām-rā his heart sought one with desire دِلَش بود جویَندِهٔ کام را Shahnameh, Part 1
delash gasht pedrām ō bardāshtash he ('his heart') became happy, and he (Simorgh) picked him up دِلَش گَشت پِدرام و بَرداشتَش Shahnameh, Part 4
del dard dāram I have a stomachache دِل دَرد دارَم More About Pain and Illness
delé badsegālāné oo kandé bād! may his malevolent heart be torn out! دِلِ بَدسِگالانِ او کَندِه باد Shahnameh, Part 1
delé man my heart دِلِ مَن dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
delé pahlevān az gham āzād shod the hero's heart broke free of sorrow دِلِ پَهلِوان اَز غَم آزاد شُد Shahnameh, Part 5
delé pahlevān, dasté shamsheer jooy heart of a hero, a sword-seeking hand دِلِ پَهلِوان، دَستِ شَمشیر جوی Shahnameh, Part 5
delé sām shod chon beheshté bareen Sam's heart warmed upon seeing this ('became like heaven on this') دِلِ سام شُد چُون بِهِشتِ بَرین Shahnameh, Part 5
del ō deedé shosté zé sharmé khodāy heart and eyes washed clear of the shame of God دِل و دیدِه شُستِه زِ شَرمِ خُدای Shahnameh, Part 3
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