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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ké	that, so	کِه	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
ké	because, for, that	کِه	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
ké	that	کِه	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
ké	that, so	کِه	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
ké?	who?	کِه؟	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
ké "ay bartar az kazhee ō kāstee,	"o one who is greater than crookedness or defects,	کِه اِی بَر‌تَر اَز کَژی و کاستی	Shahnameh, Part 1
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

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