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To: Constant Reader who wrote (33946)	10/18/2001 1:51:07 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I would like to be able "read" Farsi. I found a site of poetry by women but it is all written in Farsi. There are several by the woman who started RAWA and was assasinated. A project is to find a translation program? This is a poem by her from RAWA's site ~ I’m the woman who has awoken I’ve arisen and become a tempest through the ashes of my burnt children I’ve arisen from the rivulets of my brother’s blood My nation’s wrath has empowered me My ruined and burnt villages fill me with hatred against the enemy, I’m the woman who has awoken, I’ve found my path and will never return. I’ve opened closed doors of ignorance I’ve said farewell to all golden bracelets Oh compatriot, I’m not what I was I’m the woman who has awoken I’ve found my path and will never return. I’ve seen barefoot, wandering and homeless children I’ve seen henna-handed brides with mourning clothes I’ve seen giant walls of the prisons swallow freedom in their ravenous stomach I’ve been reborn amidst epics of resistance and courage I’ve learned the song of freedom in the last breaths, in the waves of blood and in victory Oh compatriot, Oh brother, no longer regard me as weak and incapable With all my strength I’m with you on the path of my land’s liberation. My voice has mingled with thousands of arisen women My fists are clenched with the fists of thousands compatriots Along with you I’ve stepped up to the path of my nation, To break all these sufferings all these fetters of slavery, Oh compatriot, Oh brother, I’m not what I was I’m the woman who has awoken I’ve found my path and will never return.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (33946)	10/18/2001 10:52:27 AM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 82486

[Afghan] Languages: Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism cia.gov LINGUISTIC VARIATION Scholars recognize three major dialect divisions of Persian: Farsi, or the Persian of Iran, Dari Persian of Afghanistan, and Tajik, a variant spoken Tajikistan in Central Asia. We treat Tajik as a separate language, however. Farsi and Dari have further dialectal variants, some with names that coincide with provincial names. All are more or less mutually intelligible. Dari Persian, mainly spoken in Afghanistan, until recently, deferred to the Tehran standard as its model, and although there are clear phonological and morphological contrasts, due partly to the influence of neighboring Turkic languages, Farsi and Dar Persian remain quite similar. The dialectal variation between Farsi and Dari has been described as analogous to that between European French and Canadian French. Dari is more conservative in maintaining vowel distinctions that have been lost in Farsi. lmp.ucla.edu