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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
hamchō khod majnoon konam	thus I will make myself crazy	هَمچُو خود مَجنون کُنَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
hamé	all	هَمِه	Talking with a Neighbor
hamé	all, every, everyone	هَمِه	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
hamé	all, every	هَمِه	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
hamé	everyone	همه	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
hamé baché-rā parvarānandé-and	they're all nurturing their children	هَمِه بَچِّه را پَروَرانَندِه‌اَند	Shahnameh, Part 3
hamé bāzee-st	it is all play	هَمِه بازیست	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
hamé bāzee-st elā eshgh-bāzee	it is all child’s play, save for the game of love	هَمِه بازیست اِلّا عِشقبازی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
hamé boodanee dāsht andar ravesh	he had all that was to be in his methods	هَمِه بودَنی داشت اَندَر رَوِش	Shahnameh, Part 2
hamé cheez	everything	هَمِه چیز	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
hamé cheez khar too kharé	literally 'everything is donkey inside a donkey,' meaning 'everything is crazy here'	هَمِه چیز خَر تو خَرِه	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
hamee bar shod ātesh forood āmad āb	fire kept rising upward, water flowed down	هَمی بَر شُد آتِش فُرود آمَد آب	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
hamee gasht gerdé zameen āftāb	and the sun kept circling around the Earth	هَمی گَشت گِردِ زَمین آفتاب	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
hameen	the same (as this)	هَمین	Meeting Up with Friends
hameen hālās ké cheshmam	any moment now, my eyes	هَمین حالاس کِه چِشمام	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
hameenjā	right here	هَمینجا	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
hameeshé	always	هَمیشِه	How to Discuss Breakfast
hameeshé hamee bāsh dar faré man	be with you ("yourself") forever	هَمیشِه هَمی باش دَر فَرِّ مَن	Shahnameh, Part 4
hamee tāj ō takhté kayee-rā sazeed	he deserved both the crown and the royal throne	هَمی تاج و تَختِ کَیی را سَزید	Shahnameh, Part 4
hamé jā	everywhere	هَمِه جا	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4

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