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Couplet 5

Farsi Couplet:
Zabaan-e yaar-e mun Turkie, wa mun Turkie nami daanum,
Che khush boodi agar boodi zabaanash dar dahanay mun.


English Translation:
My beloved speaks Turkish, and Turkish I do not know;
How I wish if her tongue would have been in my mouth.

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  • Ahkam Moderators member
    September 15, 2006
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    sweet

    So very sweet the expression is in this verse. Both meanings can be deduced from the verse; one that the poet wish to have a Turkish tongue in his month so that he could chat with his beloved in Turkish language and the other meaning that the poet love the Turkish tongue and wish to taste the sweetness of his beloved's tongue.