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The owlجغد

The narrator becomes like an owl, and his shadow on the wall takes an owl's shape and reads what he writes; it is the book's title image.

The owl, from The Blind Owl: ink-and-wash drawing
Kind
Creature
Persian
جغد
First appears
P202.L06
Lines
3
GNML id
crt_owl

In the scenes

Where the text names them

P202.L06

در این وقت شبیه یک جغد شده بودم ولی ناله‌های من در گلویم گیر کرده بود، و به‌شکل لکه‌های خون آنها را تف می‌کردم.

At that moment I had become like an owl, but my moans were caught in my throat, and I spat them out in the form of spots of blood.

P202.L07

شاید جغد هم مرضی دارد که مثل من فکر می‌کند!

Perhaps the owl too has an illness that makes it think like me!

P202.L08

سایه‌ام به دیوار درست شبیه جغد شده بود و با حالت خمیده نوشته‌های مرا به‌دقت می‌خواند.

My shadow on the wall had become exactly like an owl and, bent over, was carefully reading my writings.

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