man farsi baladam
Jul. 28th, 2010 08:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vostoklakeAt Sufi meeting:
SHEIKH: "The Master of the order's name was Nurbaksh, which means 'bringer of light'".
ME: "Oh yeah, 'nur' means light..."
SHEIKH: "And 'baksh' means giver..."
ME: "Ah, the same root as 'baksheesh'."
SHEIKH: (cracks up laughing, says something in Persian to a darvish): "I was just saying that you seem to know Persian better than we do now!"
SHEIKH: "The Master of the order's name was Nurbaksh, which means 'bringer of light'".
ME: "Oh yeah, 'nur' means light..."
SHEIKH: "And 'baksh' means giver..."
ME: "Ah, the same root as 'baksheesh'."
SHEIKH: (cracks up laughing, says something in Persian to a darvish): "I was just saying that you seem to know Persian better than we do now!"