Persian and English
The Four Travelers and the Grapes
چهار مسافر و انگور
Four travelers from different lands argue about what to buy with a coin, not realizing they are all using different words for grapes.
فارسی
روزی بود و روزگاری بود، چهار مسافر از چهار جای مختلف با هم سفر میکردند.
آنها خسته و گرسنه بودند و خیالِ یک خوراکی شیرین به سرشان میزد.
تصمیم گرفتند سکههایشان را جمع کنند تا چیزی بخرند که همهشان دوست داشتند.
English
Once, four travelers from different lands walked together on a long road.
They were tired and hungry, dreaming of a sweet treat.
They decided to pool their gold and buy something they all loved.
Words on this page
3 words
خیال
khayāl
dream / imagination
When the travelers are hungry, they have a خیال of a sweet treat—this word describes the image or longing in their minds.
سکه
sekke
coin
The friends pool their سکه to buy a treat, showing how they put their shared resources together to find something they all love.
مسافر
mosāfer
traveler
The story begins with four مسافر who come from different lands, reminding us that travelers often bring different languages and ideas with them.