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The water jar on the shelfکوزهٔ آب

Water jar on the shelf that he fears will fall, then knocks down and breaks by an unwilled impulse. It is not the Ragheh jar (گلدان راغه).

The water jar on the shelf, from The Blind Owl: ink-and-wash drawing
Kind
Object
Persian
کوزهٔ آب
Also called
کوزه، کوزه آب
First appears
P143.L01
Lines
3
GNML id
obj_water_jug

In the scenes

Where the text names it

P143.L01

در سایه‌روشن اطاق به کوزه آب که روی رف بود خیره شده بودم.

In the half-light of the room I was staring at the water jar on the shelf.

P143.L02

به نظرم آمد تا مدتی که کوزه روی رف است خوابم نخواهد برد.

It seemed to me that as long as the jar remained on the shelf I would not fall asleep.

P143.L03

یکجور ترس بیجا برایم تولید شده بود که کوزه خواهد افتاد، بلند شدم که جای کوزه را محفوظ کنم، ولی به واسطه تحریک مجهولی که خودم ملتفت نبودم دستم را عمداً به کوزه خورد، کوزه افتاد و شکست.

An unfounded fear had arisen in me that the jar would fall. I got up to make its position secure, but through some unknown impulse of which I was not aware, my hand deliberately struck the jar; the jar fell and broke.

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