سال به سال٬ دریغ از پارسال

سال به سال٬ دریغ از پارسال 

sāl be sāl, dariγ az pārsāl

year to year regret from last-year

Year to year, regret [comes] from last-year

“Year after year we long for (what we left behind) the previous year.”

 year – sāl – سال

to – be – به

regret – dariγ – دریغ

from – az – از

 last year– pārsāl– پارسال

Persian looks nice and elliptical in its sayings.

ماهی را هروقت از آب بگیری تازه است

ماهی را هروقت از آب بگیری تازه است 

māhi rā    har   vaqt az     āb      begiri tāze  ast

fish   DO each time from water take   fresh is

Whenever you catch the fish it is fresh.

“Never too late”

fish – māhi – ماهی

specific direct object – rā – را

 each, every – har – هر

time, hour – vaqt – وقت

from – az – از

water – āb – آب

take – begiri – بگیری

fresh – tāze – تازه

to be – بودن