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Meaning of Samarkand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitioner

  1. Samarkand, the regional capital of the Samarkand region, Uzbekistan.
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  2. An (exotic) place of beauty, culture and riches.
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Exempel

“Denne hade begifvit sig till Samarkand och uti bazaren derstädes köpt ett med konst förfärdigadt äple, som utbjöds till salu för tretiofem pungar och hade den egenskapen att böta alla sjukdomar, blott den sjuka luktade derpå.”

He had set off for Samarkand and in the bazaar there bought an apple fashioned with artifice, which was offered for sale for thirty-five purses and had the property of curing all illnesses, provided only that the sick person smelled it.

“Sedan ungdomen har jag drömt om att få se Samarkand, denna mytomspunna stad som i århundraden hyllats av diktarna.”

Since my youth I have dreamed of seeing Samarkand, this legendary city that for centuries has been celebrated by poets.

“Den drömde om ett Samarkand, där sången står i förbund med livets illusioner, där sången har ett stoff att tända: hjärtat.”

It dreamed of a Samarkand, where song is allied with the illusions of life, where song has a substance to kindle: the heart.

“I Paris var fattigdomen lika stor som i Stockholm, men Paris var ett Samarkand, och konsten förgyllde eländet.”

In Paris poverty was as great as in Stockholm, but Paris was a Samarkand, and art gilded the misery.

“Men jag hoppas du når ditt drömda land. Att någon blir för dig, vad aldrig jag kan vara. Om du nånsin kommer fram till Samarkand.”

But I hope you reach your dreamed-of land. That someone becomes for you what I can never be. If you ever make it to Samarkand.

CEFR-nivå

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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