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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ké	that	کِه	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
ké	that, to, when	کِه	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
ké	that	کِه	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
ké	that	کِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
ké	that, so	کِه	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
ké	for, that, because	کِه	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
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	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
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 "ay deedé ranjé nesheem ō konām	"o you who have seen the troubles of this nest	کِه اِی دیدِه رَنجِ نِشیم و کُنام	Shahnameh, Part 4
ké "ay mardé nābāké nāpāk rāy	saying, "o careless man of impure glory	کِه اِی مَردِ ناباکِ ناپاک رای	Shahnameh, Part 3
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 "bar sang ō bar khāk sheer ō palang	saying, "on the stones and on the land, for ('within') the leopards, panthers	کِه بَر سَنگ و بَر خاک شیر و پَلَنگ	Shahnameh, Part 3
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

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