Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud
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The literal translation of the phrase Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud (Once Upon a Time) is One Was There and One Was Not There, or There Was One and There Wasn't One, alluding to an indefinite time and place. Opening a story by Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud prepares the hearers (especially those of very young age) or readers that what they are about to hear or read is not necessarily true.
Further reading
- Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Review: Modern Persian Prose Literature, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 257 - 265 (1970). [1]
- Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Encyclopædia Britannica Online. www.britannica.com