When they take their meals apart, their aimes and objects become
separate
چې نسونه ئې ګوښي وي، نيتونه ئي ګوښي وي
That is, when men cease
to eat together, which here means dissolve partnerships, they fall out.
What
dust will rise from one horseman ?
د يو سواره به څه دوړه وي؟
Another like
this is, "One horseman does not raise a dust cloud." Similarly, we say, "One
swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter."
The ox works on the
strength of the grass, and the plough on the ox's neck
غوئيې د وشو په زور
چليږي، او هل د مټ په زور
If you and I agree, what is the lawyer wanted for
?
چه زه او ته راضي، نو څه دې قاضي؟
Though a month be a unit, its days are
many
مياشت که يوه ده ورځې ئې ډېرې دي
Said to remind a man that his
greatness depends on the support his friends give him.
One can be kept well
by a hundred, not a hundred by one.
يو په سلو لرلې کيږي، نه سل په يوه
You
cannot clap with one hand alone.
د يوه لاس ټک نه خيژي
That is, great
results cannot be obtained without cooperation. Similar is, "One hand may wash
the other, but two the face."
When thatch huts are being run up, there is a
great hubbub.
چه څپرونه درېږي، غوريږونه کېږي
That is, no great work can
be done by one man unassisted or quietly
Da bad kaar anjaam bad vee
A bad beginning makes a bad
ending.
A bad way has a bad end.
Zwani lewanay
vee.
Youth will have its swing.
Sta kho peenza waara gotey
pa ghwaro ke dee.
Your bread is buttered on both sides.
Daroghjan au lafajan wroona dee.
A boaster and a liar are
cousins.
Rishwat har zay ke lara wobasi.
A bribe will enter
without knocking.
Kha khaza jannat dey.
A cheerful wife is
the joy of life.
Kha da che da khar khkar nishta.
A crust
cow hatch short horns,
Che sanga plaar hum haghasay zwey vee.
He is his father's son.
Dost hagha che pakar rashi.
He is my friend that grinds at my mill.
Che soomra kholey hoomra khabarey.
Many men, many words.
A REAL FRIEND IS ONE WHO TAKES THE HAND OF HIS FRIEND IN TIMES OF
DISTRESS AND HELPLESSNESS.
MEANING: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
********************
THE FIRST DAY YOU MEET, YOU ARE FRIENDS. THE NEXT DAY YOU MEET,
YOU ARE BROTHERS.
MEANING: Friendship grows into brotherhood.
********************
THERE IS A WAY FROM HEART TO HEART.
MEANING: Love finds a way to another's heart.
********************
DON'T STOP A DONKEY THAT IS NOT YOURS.
MEANING: Mind your own business.
********************
COMMUNITY IS NOT CREATED BY FORCE.
********************
HASTY WORK DOESN'T SUCCEED.
MEANING: Haste makes waste or a watch pot never boils.
********************
LITTLE TALK, MORE ACTION.
MEANING: Actions speak louder than words.
********************
THAT WHICH THUNDERS DOES NOT RAIN.
MEANING: Barking dogs seldom bite.
********************
HE WHO CAN BE KILLED BY SUGAR SHOULD NOT BE KILLED BY POISON.
MEANING: Subtlety is better than force.
********************
HE WHO IS CORNERED WILL FIGHT.
MEANING: Tread on worm and it will turn; or a cornered rat will fight.
********************
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE GO ASTRAY WHO FOLLOWED ALONG THE RIGHT.
MEANING: You'll never go wrong by doing right.
********************
A LIAR IS FORGETFUL.
MEANING: A dishonest person can't remember to be consistent.
********************
ONE WHO CALLS HIMSELF KHAN IS NOT A KHAN.
MEANING: Self-praise is no praise.
********************
WHAT YOU SEE IN YOURSELF IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE WORLD.
MEANING: The soul is the mirror of the world.
********************
WHAT IS A TRUMPETERS JOB? TO BLOW.
MEANING: An adviser, teacher or preacher can only instruct, it is up
to the listener to act.
********************
BLOOD CANNOT BE WASHED OUT WITH BLOOD.
MEANING: Two wrongs do not make a right.
********************
EVEN THE FIVE FINGERS OF THE HAND ARE NOT ALIKE.
MEANING: All people differ: usually greatly.
********************
THERE IS BLESSING IN ACTION.
MEANING: Nothing venture, nothing won. Help yourself, and heaven
will help you.
********************
WHEN MAN IS PERPLEXED GOD IS BENEFICENT.
MEANING: God comes at last when we think he is furthest off.
********************
HE HAS SOAKED A HUNDRED HEADS (PREPARING THEM FOR SHAVING), BUT HASN'T
SHAVED ONE.
MEANING: Used of a person who starts a lot but does not finish and so
has many monuments to unfinished business.
********************
A CHEAP THING DOESN'T LACK DEFECT, NOR AN EXPENSIVE THING QUALITY.
MEANING: You get what you pay for.
********************
VINEGAR THAT IS FREE, IS SWEETER THAN HONEY.
MEANING: People love getting something for nothing.
********************
DEBT SEVERS (IS THE SCISSORS OF) LOVE.
MEANING: Lend money to a friend, and he'll become an enemy.
********************
WHERE YOUR HEART GOES THERE YOUR FEET WILL GO.
MEANING: Home is where the heart is.
********************
NO ONE SAYS HIS OWN BUTTERMILK IS SOUR.
MEANING: No one advertises his own faults.
********************
GOOD PERFUME IS KNOWN BY ITS OWN SCENT RATHER THAN BY THE PERFUMER'S
ADVERTISEMENT.
MEANING: A good tree is known by its fruit; or, the proof of the
pudding is in the eating.
********************
POOR IRON WON'T MAKE A SHARP SWORD.
MEANING: You can't get quality out of inferior raw material.
********************
WHERE THERE IS DISCIPLINE THERE IS SOCIAL ORDER.
MEANING: Spare the rod and spoil the child; or, a pet lamb makes a
cross ram.
********************
DON'T DIG WELLS FOR OTHERS FOR YOU WILL FALL INTO ONE YOURSELF.
MEANING: Evil begets evil.
********************
WITHOUT INVESTIGATING THE WATER, DON'T TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES (TO WALK
THROUGH IT).
MEANING: Look before you leap.
********************
HE RAN OUT FROM UNDER A LEAKING ROOF AND SAT IN THE RAIN.
MEANING: Out of the frying pan into the fire.
********************
FIVE FINGERS ARE BROTHERS BUT ARE NOT EQUALS.
MEANING: Although people may be related by family or nationality each
person nevertheless is different.
********************
separate
چې نسونه ئې ګوښي وي، نيتونه ئي ګوښي وي
That is, when men cease
to eat together, which here means dissolve partnerships, they fall out.
What
dust will rise from one horseman ?
د يو سواره به څه دوړه وي؟
Another like
this is, "One horseman does not raise a dust cloud." Similarly, we say, "One
swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter."
The ox works on the
strength of the grass, and the plough on the ox's neck
غوئيې د وشو په زور
چليږي، او هل د مټ په زور
If you and I agree, what is the lawyer wanted for
?
چه زه او ته راضي، نو څه دې قاضي؟
Though a month be a unit, its days are
many
مياشت که يوه ده ورځې ئې ډېرې دي
Said to remind a man that his
greatness depends on the support his friends give him.
One can be kept well
by a hundred, not a hundred by one.
يو په سلو لرلې کيږي، نه سل په يوه
You
cannot clap with one hand alone.
د يوه لاس ټک نه خيژي
That is, great
results cannot be obtained without cooperation. Similar is, "One hand may wash
the other, but two the face."
When thatch huts are being run up, there is a
great hubbub.
چه څپرونه درېږي، غوريږونه کېږي
That is, no great work can
be done by one man unassisted or quietly
Da bad kaar anjaam bad vee
A bad beginning makes a bad
ending.
A bad way has a bad end.
Zwani lewanay
vee.
Youth will have its swing.
Sta kho peenza waara gotey
pa ghwaro ke dee.
Your bread is buttered on both sides.
Daroghjan au lafajan wroona dee.
A boaster and a liar are
cousins.
Rishwat har zay ke lara wobasi.
A bribe will enter
without knocking.
Kha khaza jannat dey.
A cheerful wife is
the joy of life.
Kha da che da khar khkar nishta.
A crust
cow hatch short horns,
Che sanga plaar hum haghasay zwey vee.
He is his father's son.
Dost hagha che pakar rashi.
He is my friend that grinds at my mill.
Che soomra kholey hoomra khabarey.
Many men, many words.
A REAL FRIEND IS ONE WHO TAKES THE HAND OF HIS FRIEND IN TIMES OF
DISTRESS AND HELPLESSNESS.
MEANING: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
********************
THE FIRST DAY YOU MEET, YOU ARE FRIENDS. THE NEXT DAY YOU MEET,
YOU ARE BROTHERS.
MEANING: Friendship grows into brotherhood.
********************
THERE IS A WAY FROM HEART TO HEART.
MEANING: Love finds a way to another's heart.
********************
DON'T STOP A DONKEY THAT IS NOT YOURS.
MEANING: Mind your own business.
********************
COMMUNITY IS NOT CREATED BY FORCE.
********************
HASTY WORK DOESN'T SUCCEED.
MEANING: Haste makes waste or a watch pot never boils.
********************
LITTLE TALK, MORE ACTION.
MEANING: Actions speak louder than words.
********************
THAT WHICH THUNDERS DOES NOT RAIN.
MEANING: Barking dogs seldom bite.
********************
HE WHO CAN BE KILLED BY SUGAR SHOULD NOT BE KILLED BY POISON.
MEANING: Subtlety is better than force.
********************
HE WHO IS CORNERED WILL FIGHT.
MEANING: Tread on worm and it will turn; or a cornered rat will fight.
********************
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE GO ASTRAY WHO FOLLOWED ALONG THE RIGHT.
MEANING: You'll never go wrong by doing right.
********************
A LIAR IS FORGETFUL.
MEANING: A dishonest person can't remember to be consistent.
********************
ONE WHO CALLS HIMSELF KHAN IS NOT A KHAN.
MEANING: Self-praise is no praise.
********************
WHAT YOU SEE IN YOURSELF IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE WORLD.
MEANING: The soul is the mirror of the world.
********************
WHAT IS A TRUMPETERS JOB? TO BLOW.
MEANING: An adviser, teacher or preacher can only instruct, it is up
to the listener to act.
********************
BLOOD CANNOT BE WASHED OUT WITH BLOOD.
MEANING: Two wrongs do not make a right.
********************
EVEN THE FIVE FINGERS OF THE HAND ARE NOT ALIKE.
MEANING: All people differ: usually greatly.
********************
THERE IS BLESSING IN ACTION.
MEANING: Nothing venture, nothing won. Help yourself, and heaven
will help you.
********************
WHEN MAN IS PERPLEXED GOD IS BENEFICENT.
MEANING: God comes at last when we think he is furthest off.
********************
HE HAS SOAKED A HUNDRED HEADS (PREPARING THEM FOR SHAVING), BUT HASN'T
SHAVED ONE.
MEANING: Used of a person who starts a lot but does not finish and so
has many monuments to unfinished business.
********************
A CHEAP THING DOESN'T LACK DEFECT, NOR AN EXPENSIVE THING QUALITY.
MEANING: You get what you pay for.
********************
VINEGAR THAT IS FREE, IS SWEETER THAN HONEY.
MEANING: People love getting something for nothing.
********************
DEBT SEVERS (IS THE SCISSORS OF) LOVE.
MEANING: Lend money to a friend, and he'll become an enemy.
********************
WHERE YOUR HEART GOES THERE YOUR FEET WILL GO.
MEANING: Home is where the heart is.
********************
NO ONE SAYS HIS OWN BUTTERMILK IS SOUR.
MEANING: No one advertises his own faults.
********************
GOOD PERFUME IS KNOWN BY ITS OWN SCENT RATHER THAN BY THE PERFUMER'S
ADVERTISEMENT.
MEANING: A good tree is known by its fruit; or, the proof of the
pudding is in the eating.
********************
POOR IRON WON'T MAKE A SHARP SWORD.
MEANING: You can't get quality out of inferior raw material.
********************
WHERE THERE IS DISCIPLINE THERE IS SOCIAL ORDER.
MEANING: Spare the rod and spoil the child; or, a pet lamb makes a
cross ram.
********************
DON'T DIG WELLS FOR OTHERS FOR YOU WILL FALL INTO ONE YOURSELF.
MEANING: Evil begets evil.
********************
WITHOUT INVESTIGATING THE WATER, DON'T TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES (TO WALK
THROUGH IT).
MEANING: Look before you leap.
********************
HE RAN OUT FROM UNDER A LEAKING ROOF AND SAT IN THE RAIN.
MEANING: Out of the frying pan into the fire.
********************
FIVE FINGERS ARE BROTHERS BUT ARE NOT EQUALS.
MEANING: Although people may be related by family or nationality each
person nevertheless is different.
********************