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The grave wormsکرم

Worms writhing in the clotted blood of the girl's corpse, clinging to the narrator, feasting on her in the grave.

The grave worms, from The Blind Owl: ink-and-wash drawing
Kind
Creature
Persian
کرم
Also called
کرمهای کوچکی
First appears
P066.L04
Lines
3
GNML id
crt_worms

In the scenes

Where the text names them

P066.L04

اما وقتی که گوشهٔ لباس سیاه او را پس زدم، در میان خون دلمه‌شده و کرمهایی که در هم می‌لولیدند دو چشم درشت سیاه دیدم

But when I pushed aside the corner of her black dress, among the clotted blood and the worms writhing together, I saw two large black eyes

P067.L02

دو مگس زنبور طلایی دورم پرواز می‌کردند و کرمهای کوچکی به‌تنم چسبیده بود که در هم می‌لولیدند.

two golden wasp-flies were flying around me, and little worms that writhed together had stuck to my body.

P077.L05

زیر گلهای نیلوفر کبود، در میان خون غلیظ، در میان کرم و جانوران و گزندگانی که دور او جشن گرفته بودند

Under the blue morning glories, amid thick blood, amid worms and creatures and vermin that were feasting around her

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