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A Short Poem about the Life of a Child, based on a Persian Verse

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Recipe for Ashe Mast – A White Persian Stew

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A Short Poem about the Life of a Child, based on a Persian Verse

Friday, November 13th, 2009

This is a short, four lined poem that encompasses a child’s life from birth till death. It seems sad, yet it’s really a wish for a happy life full of people who care for the child…

The Babe

On parent knees, a naked new-born child,
Weeping thou sat’st while all around thee smiled:
So live, that, sinking to thy life’s last sleep,
Calm thou may’st smile, while all around thee weep.

William Jones (1746-1794)

William Jones was a Persian scholar and linguist. He translated this poem from a Persian poem by an unknown author. This poem is sometimes called “The Babe”, sometimes “On Parent Knees”, and sometimes “Epigram”. An Epigram is a short, witty poem. It can also mean a paradoxical statement.

If anyone knows the original Persian version, please send me a copy at lisa@mamalisa.com and I’ll add it to this post.

Thanks!

Lisa

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Posted in Countries & Cultures, England, English, Great Britain, Iran, Languages, Mama Lisa, Persian, Poems, Poems about Children, Poems about Life, Poetry | No Comments »

Multilingual Kids Books on the Web

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

I’ve been asked twice in the past week for free multilingual books.

Here’s a link I found called Books in Multiple Languages. They have English children’s books with translations in Spanish, French, Polish, Italian, Romanian, German, Chinese, Finnish, Swedish, Maori, Greek, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Afrikaans, Croatian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew, Pennsylvania Dutch, Sloven, Indonesian, Malaysian, Hungarian, Dari, Hindi and Filipino.

If anyone knows of any other good multilingual book links, feel free to let us know about it in the comments below.

Someone was also looking for children’s books with animal sounds around the world. There’s one called Who Says a Dog Goes Bow Wow? by Hank de Zutter. You can click the link to see it on Amazon.

-Mama Lisa

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Posted in Afrikaans, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malay, Book Sites, Books, Cantonese, Chinese, Countries & Cultures, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Kids Books, Languages, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, Maori, Pennsylvania Dutch, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Reading, Recommendations, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, USA, Ukrainian | 6 Comments »

Recipe for Ashe Mast – A White Persian Stew

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

My neighbor brought me a sampling of a very popular Persian soup called Ashe Mast. I found it to be interesting and different. It’s the type of food my family enjoys, as they like chick peas, beans, rice and yogurt. I’ll definitely be adding it to the repertoire of meals I make.

Ashe means soup and Mast means yogurt. So Ashe Mast literally translates to Yogurt Soup.

Here’s the recipe! (You can add or subtract yogurt, depending on whether you want more of a soup, or a stew.)

Recipe for Ashe Mast

1 bunch Parsley
1 bunch Cilantro
1 medium Onion
2 bunches of Scallions
3 medium Potatoes
1/2 cup Rice
1 1/2 cup Water
1 can Garbanzo Beans (16 oz.)
1 can White Beans (16 oz.)
Salt and Pepper
Plain Whole Milk Yogurt (8-16 oz.)

Wash the parsley and cilantro, take out the stems and coarsely chop the leaves. Wash and chop the onion and scallions and cube the potatoes.

Sauté the onion in a little oil until soft. Add water and rice and stir. Bring to a boil. Cover, lower heat and cook for 15 minutes. Add the greens, potatoes and beans. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook slowly until the potatoes are cooked through (about 15-20 minutes), stirring occasionally.

After the rice and potatoes are cooked, take of the heat for a moment. The ingredients should be warm (not hot) and it’s better if the yogurt has been left out of the fridge for a while, so that when added it doesn’t curdle. Add yogurt and gradually heat up the entire mixture and serve.

Many thanks to Ginger Levanti and Frida for the recipe! If anyone would like to share a recipe, I always like to try new dishes. Please feel free to comment below or email me.

-Mama Lisa

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