Breakdown of شاعر دربارهی رخان زیبا شعر میسراید.
زیباzibâ
beautiful
دربارهdarbâre
about / concerning
شاعرshâ'er
poet
شعرshe'r
poetry
انân
literary plural suffix for paired body parts (e.g. -ân / -vân / -gân)
سرودنsorudan
to compose poetry
رخrokh
face / cheek (literary)
Questions & Answers about شاعر دربارهی رخان زیبا شعر میسراید.
Why is the suffix -ân used to pluralize رخ (rokh) here instead of the standard -hâ?
The suffix -ân is historically used for living things, but in formal or literary Farsi, it is also used to pluralize paired body parts (like eyes, lips, and hands). While رخ is often translated as "face", it traditionally refers to the "cheek". Since cheeks are a paired body part, the poetic plural becomes رخان (rokhân).
The verb is میسراید. What is the infinitive, and how do we get this present tense form?
The infinitive is سرودن (sorudan), meaning "to compose (poetry)" or "to sing". Its present stem is irregular: سرای (sarây). To form the present tense "he/she composes", we add the prefix می (mi-) and the third-person singular ending -ad, giving us میسراید (mi-sarâyad).
Where are the Ezafe connectors used in this sentence?
There is one explicit Ezafe and one hidden Ezafe. The preposition "about" is درباره (darbâre), which takes a written Ezafe -ye (the ی) to connect to its object. There is also a standard, unwritten Ezafe connecting the plural noun رخان (rokhân) to its adjective زیبا (zibâ), making the pronunciation رخانِ زیبا (rokhân-e zibâ).
Why isn't there a plural marker on شعر (she'r) if the translation says "poetry"?
In Farsi, شعر (she'r) can act as an uncountable noun meaning "poetry" in general, or as a countable noun meaning "a poem". Here it is used in the general, uncountable sense, so it functions perfectly without a plural suffix.
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