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Ḥadīthaẑ muțri-bū may gō wa rā-ẑay daẖrǎy ḵamtar jō

Kih kes nag'shu-do nag'shayad bahikmat in mufcammara.

منَ از آن حُسنِ روز افْزون کِه یُوسُف داشْتِ دانِسْتم

Manaz an hus-nay roz-af zuri kih Yusuf dashti danistam Kih dshkaz pardah-ay tismat birun arad zulikhara.

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Nasihat goshay kun jana kihaz jan dostitar darand Jawana-nay saCadatman-day pan-day pi-ray danara.

(Symbol missingPersian characters)

Badam gufti wa khursandam tafakallah niku gufti Jawa-bay tal-khay mizibad la-bay lat-lay shakar kh'ara. Ghazal gufti wa durr sufti biya u khush bakh'ari hafifc Kih bar naz-may to afshanad falak tikday thuraiyara.

53. In this specimen of Persian writing the learner will observe a few combinations of letters, which he must by • no means forget; the most difficult of these are formed with (Symbol missingPersian characters) or (Symbol missingPersian characters), which have the singular