by Omkar
N. Koul
Ak' tsAT sum tI
sa:s gov k>li
One man cut the bund/barrage,
and a thousand people fell into the river.
Ak' sund kAsiya:n
beyi sund gIza:
One person's vomit
is another's food.
Someone lives on the
leftovers of others.
Ak' sund daza:n a:b,
tI beyi sund nI daza:n ti:l
One man can burn water,
whereas another cannot even burn oil.
A matter of luck.
Akis daza:n dA:r
tI b'a:kh chus vushIna:v:n athI
One man's beard is
on fire, and another man warms his hands on it.
To take advantage of
someone's misery.
Ach ongji Thukni
To strike the eyes
with fingers.
To tease someone.
Ach peTh nI mAch
zIrna:vIn'
Not to bear a fly on
someone's eye.
To take good care of
someone.
Ach vatshI tI ga:shI
rusI
May your eyes be opened
but see nothing (A curse).
To turn a blind eye
to something.
Achan paci ph'ur
gatshun
To turn one's eyes
away from someone.
To forget someone's
help.
AD' la:r AD' da:r
Half at Lar and half
at Dar.
Unmanageably scattered
property or assets.
Scattered relations.
Ati: sha:h tI Ati:
gada:h
A king for a moment,
and a beggar soon after
One's fortune can change
very fast.
Ath' ba:nas kh'on
tI Ath' ba:nas charun
To eat out of a vessel
and then defile it.
To receive someone's
hospitality and then slander him.
AdIr zAT h'uh aga:di
gatshun
To stick (to something)
like a wet cloth.
To be very adamant.
To keep on insisting.
To pester someone.
An' sInz k>lay kh>da:yas
hava:iI
A blind man's wife
is God's keeping.
Anim s>y, vAvIm s>y,
iAjim s>y pa:nIsIy
I brought the nettle,
sowed the nettle, and then the nettle stung me.
To be affected by one's
own deeds.
Ingratitude.
Anis mush ha:vin',
na chu g>na:h tI na sava:b
To show one's fist
to a blind man is neither a sin nor a virtue.
Advice is lost on stupid
people.
Andraman grand karIn'
To count (someone's)
intestines.
To know all secrets
about someone.
Ar' a:yi sA:ri: tI
or gav nI ka:~h
All people came (were
born) in good health, but none left (died) healthy.
A:b panun ma:sho:kh
A man loves his own
shortcomings.
A:shina:v gav po:shina:v
A relative remains
a relative, as long as relations are maintained.
You should not take
relatives for granted.
aki kanI bo:zun tI
beyi kanI tra:vun
To let it in by one
ear, and let it out from the other.
To hear but not to
act.
akh asun gav madI
vasun, b'a:kh asun gav kharas khasun
One kind of laugh is
to come down from high horse and another to get on an ass.
akh kara:n tachI
bachI, b'a:kh diva:n vachI vachI
One person earns his
living after working very hard, and another beats his chest (out of envy).
A person does not appreciate
the efforts of others, when he is (merely) jealous.
akh gav be:chun beyi
hAs'tis khAsith
One is to beg, and
that too riding on an elephant.
To ask for alms and
also to maintain status.
Trying to be a dignified
beggar.
akh go:mut yi:rI
tI vi:ri manga:n Tang
A drowning man asks
for pears from the willow tree.
A confused person.
One who doesn't know what is good for him.
akh tI akh gAyi ka:h
One plus one make eleven.
In unity there is strength.
Two heads are better than one.
akh buDI tI meThI,
b'a:kh buDI tI TeThI
One man is old and
sweet, another is old and bitter.
Some people age gracefully
others go sour.
akh vakur tI beyi
trakur
First, one is deformed,
and second, proud too.
One problem over the
other.
A pimple has grown
on the ulcer.
azmo:vmut gav pathar
po:vmut
A person who has been
tried is (as good as) prostrated (won over).
athI tshoT tI zevi
z'u:Th
With short hands and
long tongue.
One who merely talks,
but doesn't really work.
athIva:s chu mohrI
sa:s
Unity is equal to a
thousand golden coins.
an mana: kar phana:
rachun chuy boD g>na:
Bring a mound and finish
it. It is a great sin to save.
A spendthrift. One
who does not think about tomorrow. Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow
you may die.
anIhA:ren arIma:n,
kAr'mit' pashe:ma:n
The bachelors crave
to get married, and the married ones regret why they got married.
Marry in haste and
repent at leisure.
apzis koTh' kati.
The lie doen't have
knees to stand on.
A lie doesn't have
a foot to stand on.
A lie doesn't last
for long.
alIkulis tulIkul
bana:vun
To make a mulberry
tree out of a pumpkin plant.
To make a mountain
out of a mole hill.
alan hIndi da:di
va:~gnan sag
When pumpkins are watered,
brinjals also get watered.
Some small people are
often benefited when the benefit is given to the big ones.
asma:nas sI:th' buz'
buz' ga:DI kheni
To roast fish on sky
and to eat them.
To talk big.
To think too much of
oneself.
a:gI kara:n ne:thIr
tI parzun nI ma:na:n
The master gets married,
but the servant does not accept it.
How does it matter
if reality is ignored?
a:bas andar krAnD
A basket in water.
To thrive under patronage.
a:men Ta:ken ti:l
phe:run
To pour oil in raw
clay pots.
To waste one's efforts
on a naive person.
a:rIm' kAd nI muj,
tI pheki:ran do:rus halam
The gardener had not
yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the
alms-bowl in front
of him.
To ask for the chicken
before it is hatched.
a:li ditso:n ta:li
ga'v, z>vi korun l'av tI l'av
Ali greased her head
with ghee, but the lice licked it up.
Money in the hands
of a spendthrift.
a:v tI s>nIsund tI
gav tI ga:suv
If it comes, it is
golden; if it doesn't, it was made of grass.
Welcome an opportunity
as it comes, call it a trifle if it doesn't.
Neutral attitude.
a:sun chu hechIna:va:n
na a:sun chu mandIcha:va:n
Prosperity teaches
one, and poverty puts one to shame.
Prosperity improve's
one's personality, adversity cripples it.
utIni bala:yi tut
One innocent person
is punished in place of someone else.
One pays for someone
else's fault.
Justice miscarried.
on k'a: za:ni pron
batI
A blind person doesn't
know what the white rice looks like.
A blind man is no judge
of colours.
A stupid person doesn't
know what is good or bad.
o~glas peTh bAnglI
A banglow (is constructed)
upon an inch of ground.
A baseless matter which
does not last for long.
To build castles in
the air.
kIji peTh ka:jIvaTh,
vilinji peTh v>khul
A pestle upon a peg,
and a mortar upon a clothes line.
Unorganized system.
Impossible things.
kAmi:nas khIdmath
chi zAmi:nas cho:b
To serve a mean person,
is to beat the earth.
To serve a mean person
is an unprofitable business.
kathi kotsh, vati
pakIvIn'
Bribe for a word, and
road toll for the walking
Maladministration and
corruption.
kani kapas kaDIn'
To obtain cotton from
the stone.
An impossible task.
kanas batI ladun
To stuff the ear with
food.
To over feed someone.
Advice to a stupid
person is wasted.
kandas tI muji kunuy
s>:d
The sugar-candy and
the raddish taste alike.
All the same to a person
whether good or bad.
When good and bad persons
are not distinguished.
kalI peThI' sA:la:b
A flood over one's
head.
Deep in trouble.
kalas peTh gA:r'
phuTIrA:vith khen'
Breaking water nuts
on someone's head and eating them.
To make living with
difficulty.
To keep the wolf off
the door with difficulty.
ka:kun ha:put, me
tra:ya:v tAm' tro:vus nI
Father's bear. I left
him but he did not let me free.
To take up a quarrel
with someone and to be in more trouble.
ka:v chajo:k sati
sa:bni tas tsol nI panun krehn'a:r
A crow was washed with
soap several times, but its own black colour did not go.
ka:vI yenivo:l
A crows wedding party.
A bad wedding arrangement.
Noise.
ka:van hecha:v kakIv
sund pakun, panInuy pakun moThus
A crow learnt to walk
like a partridge and forgot its own style of walking.
Useless imitation.
ka:han ka:h vatI
Eleven persons take
eleven paths.
Pulling in diverse
directions.
Disunity.
ka:han ga:v rA:vmIts
Eleven persons have
lost their cow.
A great loss, but many
to share it.
Too many masters cannot
manage a simple thing.
Disunity in a household.
Too many cooks spoil
the broth.
kun' zin'hAr chanI
gaji ti daza:n
A single log of wood
does not burn even in an oven (fireplace).
A single person cannot
do much.
kuni gabi muTh' lej
A vessel full of soybeans
for a single sheep.
One who does not share
his resources with others.
A pampered child.
kunis po:sha:n sA:ri:,
kun nI po:sha:n kA:~si
Everyone takes an advantage
of a single person but the single person cannot face anyone.
kulis khAsith g>DI
rab
To climb a tree and
smear mud on the trunk to make it slippery.
To engage someone for
some task and then back out.
ku:ri: vonImay, noshi
tsI bo:z
O daughter, I'm telling
you. O daughter-in-law, listen to it.
To communicate indirectly.
Message communicated
to one is meant for someone else.
kobis lath dava:
A kick works as a treatment
to a hunch backed person.
ko:ri hund batI gav
gA:v hund guh
The food eaten at one's
daughter's place is like eating cow dung.
k>kIr tacha:n tI
pu:t' hecha:n
The hen scratches and
the chicken learns.
The yound ones imitate
elders.
k>kath nay tI kAn'
kath k'a:?
If it is not a gossip,
why to say it in someone's ear (or whisper)?
Secrets are not narrated
loudly.
k>karan m>khtI chakun
To scatter pearls for
the cocks.
To waste good advice
on the foolish.
k>kras kuni: zang
There is only one leg
to the cock.
An adamant person.
k>li graza:n kavay
chakh? a:gur vuchith
"O river, why are you
roaming? "On seeing my source."
The importance of background.
kranjili kranjili
po:n' sa:run
To carry water in baskets.
A futile exercise.
To waste energy.
khIzmath/khIdmath
cha azmath
Service is greatness
khamithe: gur tI
khama:n cha gunI
It could be genuine
for horses to complaint, but (instead of horses) complaints are made by
the load sacks (or saddle bags).
khar k'a: za:ni za:phra:nIc
kadIr?
An ass does not know
the importance of saffron.
A stupid person does
not know the importance of quality.
kharas go:r a:prun
To feed jaggery to
an ass.
To give advice to a
stupid person.
kha:nImA:lis nI ko:j
tI parzanan mimuz
No breakfast for the
dear one, but a luncheon for the strangers.
khenI kheva:n tI
venI DA:l' DA:l'
Someone is eating his
meals, as though picking vena (a kind of green) plant.
Eating but pretending
as if one doesn't want to eat.
Mannerisms in eating
to show off.
khenI manz v>kus
Unnecessary conflict
while eating.
An unnecessary quarrel
in the family.
khemas kha:r tI ho:ras
nI ha:r
I will usurp his kharwar
and will not pay him a penny.
A selfish person.
kh>jI b'u:Th va:n
tI lejav sa:n
The Khwaja (shopkeeper)
opened a shop alongwith all his pots (which are empty).
kh>da:yi sInz khAr
tI nA:ydI sInz tsheph
God has given the scab,
and the barber causes a wound (in it).
One misery followed
by another.
Calamity followed by
catastrophe.
Misfortunes never come
alone.
kh>ran nI khra:v
tI padma:n na:vI
Not even wooden shoes
to wear for her feet, yet she is called Padmini (a queen).
gagra:yan chunI ru:d
The thundering does
not cause rain.
Barking dogs seldom
bite.
Empty vessels make
much noise.
gabi buthi ra:mI
hu:n
A sheep in appearance,
but a wolf at heart.
A wolf in sheep's clothing.
garI vanday garI
sa:sa:, barI nebar ne:ray nI za:~h
O home, I would sacrifice
a thousand houses on you, and would never step out of the door.
No place like home.
East or west, home
is the best.
garas manz ganga:
Ganges in one's own
home.
Everything available
at home.
gari gaTi tI mAshi:di
tso:~g
Darkness in the home,
but a light in the mosque.
Darkness in the hearth
and light in the church.
gari ti ha:kh, pari
ti ha:kh, na:khay zuva: gari: dra:kh
The same swede (a green
vegetable) in my home, the same in another's house. O myself, you should
have not come out of your own house.
When one doesn't get
better food at other's place.
gursas mA:l, tsoD
heth patI kani
One wants to have buttermilk,
but has hidden the pot (which has been brought for it) behind one's back.
A person who wants
to have something, but is feeling shy in asking for it.
gu:r' gari cha: votsh
ra:va:n?
Is a calf ever lost
in a milk vendors' house?
g>DI gav pa:nas,
patI gA:r za:nas
First for self, then
for the stranger.
Charity begins at home.
cA:nis ha:kas chunI
pa:kh dinuk ha:jath
There is no need to
cook your swedes.
A perfect worker.
chAn' mAT cha vaza:n
Empty vessels make
much noise.
chAl' chAl' z'un
za:lun
To burn wood after
washing it.
To be over careful.
cham chiTh tI cha
ma: kA:~si
I have a printed cloth,
which no one else has.
To show off. A dandy.
A snob.
cha:nI kIj
The carpenter's wooden
wedge.
To keep some lacuna
in the work.
cha:v yith batI,
tI da:v yith kathI
Rice tastes good when
it is properly cooked, and talking is good when opportunity is ripe.
Strike when the iron
is hot.
ch>kas nu:n tra:vun
To rub salt on the
wound.
To add insult to injury.
ch>n'a: T>n'a: karun
To enjoy at any cost.
To spend lavishly and
not to think about future.
jandInIy cha z>vI
a:sa:n
Lice flourishes in
rags.
tsAris ga:Tas chu
tsor khur
The wiser the man,
the more in trouble.
tsari chu kAnd' thari
peTh ra:hat
The sparrow feels comfortable
upon the thorn bush.
Everyone feels comfortable
at his or her own place, no matter how small or bad it is.
tsu:~Th chu tsu:~This
vuchith rang raTa:n
An apple gets colour
on seeing another apple.
A person is influenced
by the company he/she keeps.
ts>civari AndrI ne:r'a:
Anz?
Would a goose come
out of a cake?
tshalas tal chu hos
ti band
Even an elephant is
caught in the trap.
Anyone can be trapped.
tshopuy gupun gudA:m'
kha:v
The silent animal eats
its tether.
One must be afraid
of the person, who keeps quiet all the time.
tsh>pI chay r>pI
sInz
The silence is silvery
(as good as silver).
zakhman nu:n chakun
To sprinkle salt on
wounds.
To add fuel to fire.
zacan paci ph'ur
To turn and mend old
clothes.
To economize expenditure.
za'v cha shamshe:r
The tongue is a sword.
z'a:dI kathan nI
su:d
It does not pay to
talk a lot.
Brevity is the soul
of wit.
za:n cha jaha:n
Acquaintance is the
world.
Good connections pay.
zindI nI su:r tI
mArith Atla:s
While alive not even
ashes, but when dead, satin to cover the body.
zi: cha hi:
The income is like
jasmine.
Money makes the mare
go.
zuv or tI jaha:n
or
If one is healthy,
the world is healthy.
Health is wealth.
Thu:lI tsu:ruy chu
bana:n mulI tsu:r
One who starts off
by stealing eggs end as a professional thief.
Evil means have evil
ends.
DAmbinen kong
To put saffron in cooking
sheep's paunch.
A wastage of resources
or talent.
tatsar chu matsar
Anger is madness.
ta:bas chu la:b
The patience pays.
Slow and steady wins
the race.
teli to:sh, yeli
n>sh garI va:ti
Be glad only when the
bride reaches home.
There is a slip between
the cup and the lip.
Don't count your chicken
before they are hatched.
tul palav v>th tsalav
Pick up clothes and
let us run away.
A wandering life.
trukis katha:, mu:Das
lo:ri hatha:
A word to a wise, and
hundred lashes to the stupid.
dAhi vIhIr' dashIha:r
The festival of Dash-har
after ten years.
Long awaited happiness
in a family.
Once in a blue moon.
dab chunI kA:~si
hund bab
The fall is nobody's
sire.
Anyone can fall or
slip at any moment.
damas sI:t' chu namaska:r
As long as one is rich,
one commands.
"Good day" to rich
person.
darya:vIK' malakh
gAnzrIn'
To count the waves
of the river.
To attempt an impossible
task.
To waste time in futile
pursuits.
di thaph tI ni dasta:r
Catch him, and take
his turban.
dushman nay chuy
pitur ti chuyna:
If you don't have an
enemy, don't you have a cousin?
du:ri du:ri chu marIts
me:Tha:n, nakhI nakhI chu na:bad TeTha:n
From a distance even
black pepper becomes sweets, near at hand sugar becomes bitter.
Distance lends enchantment,
and familiarity breeds contempt.
d>das kAnD' tsa:rIn'
Searching thorns in
the milk.
To criticize without
justification.
d>n sala:h tren va:hvela:
Agreement with two
people, lamentation with three.
Two are a company,
and three are not.
Two make a company,
three make a row.
nAv kath cha navan
d>han
A new matter lasts
only for nine days.
Nine days wonder.
Things are forgotten
fast.
nAsi:bI chu ha:put
The fortune is (like)
a bear.
Impossible tasks are
accomplished by good luck.
na tren manz, na
truvIha:n manz
Neither in three, nor
in the thirteen.
One who doesn't have
any importance.
name:da:nam chuy
rAhti-ja:nam
Ignorance is the peace
of life.
na:gI ga:DI, vachini
hala:l, tI kheni hara:m
The fish in the spring
are lawful to look at but unlawful to eat.
One can look at the
beauty at a distance but cannot enjoy it.
na:da:nas nAsiyath
karIn' go:ya: ki panzen nu:n d'un
Giving advice to a
stupid person is like feeding salt to monkeys.
Good advice is lost
on stupid persons.
na:ni rus shur gav
pa:ni rus da:ni
A child without a grandmother
is like paddy without water.
na:rI dra:v s>n h'uh
Like gold which has
come out of the fire.
Well tested proposition.
na:v thod tI nasti
zod
The name is high, but
the person has a hole in the nose.
Even the great ones
have flaws.
nendIr chay mo:tIn'
beni
The sleep is the sister
of the death.
One is totally unaware
of what happens during sleep.
me:ko: ni:ki: kar,
bad labi pa:nay
O good man, do good;
the wicked will receive his own due.
Be good and do good.
pAtim gAr che sakh
The last hour is a
hard time.
Death day is doom's
day.
paknas gatshi a:sun
Takun
For walking it is important
to have something to eat.
Those who eat can take
up physical work.
panIn' athI chi palza:n
One's won hands help
one.
One who has done good
to others is always helped by them.
panIni gari ha:kh
vugrI, beyi sIndi gari p>la:v
Simple vegetables and
rice at one's own home is as good as a delicious dish at someone else's
place.
panIni bebi mIshIk
h'on
To smell one's own
bosom.
Self introspection.
panInuy rath pa:nIsIy
math
To rub one's own blood
on oneself.
To do any work for
the benefit of one's self.
panun muhim chu ha:va:n
pa:nay vath
Each problem is solved
in its own way.
Whenever there is a
problem there is way out.
panun yazath chu
pa:nas athi
One's honour is in
one's own hands.
One can oneself earn
and maintain one's respect.
pashmi:nas cha narmi:
The pashmina is soft.
Good people are gentle.
pilis na tI tsoki:
ga:s
One could not reach
the fruit, and therefore he said that they were sour.
The grapes are sour.
pish kAr' g>na:h,
vagvis co:b
The flea sinned, but
the reed-mat got the beating.
One person commits
a crime, and another gets punishment for it.
pu:chukh ti nay tsolukh
ti na:?
If you couldn't win,
why didn't you run away?
If one cannot face
a situation, one should give it up.
potrI bochi, hu:n
k>chi
To crave for a child,
and to hold a dog to one's lap.
pormut chu gormut
An educated person
is a nicely cut (stone).
An educated person
is well groomed.
praya:gIc bu:n',na
thada:n na baDa:n
The chinar of Prayag,
neither does it become tall nor big.
A child who doesn't
grow.
phari tsu:ras chu
da:ri konD lo:r
A thorn is struck in
the beard of one who stole a fried fish.
A thief has a guilty
conscience.
phal kuluy chu nemith
The tree laden with
fruit always bows low.
A great person is always
polite.
phirith pheran tshunun.
To put a pheran (a
Kashmiri loose dress) inside out.
The guilty blaming
the accuser.
bA:tsan yi:za: tI
p>tlen pu:za:
The members of the
family are in distress, but the idols are worshipped.
To ignore one's family
and to worship stone idols.
baji kani talIy cha
l>kIT kAn' vepa:n
A small stone can be
hidden under a big one.
baTas tseD, musalma:nas
yaD, tI rA:phizas h>D
Endurance to the Hindu,
stomach to the Muslim and cry to a Shia.
A Hindu endures, a
Muslim fills the belly and a Shia mourns or resists.
batI gardan gAyi
bAD gardan.
The path to heart lies
through one's stomach.
batI natI bata:s,
chiTh naTI atla:s
A poor man with rich
dsesires.
If wishes were horses
beggars would ride.
bandI chu bashar
To err is human.
bandIy chu be:sabar
A human being is quite
impatient.
babI buDtam tI khIdmatha:
kartam
O father, grow old
and serve me.
When youngsters expect
their elders to serve them.
bi:mI ros shur gav
la:kmi ros gur
The child who is not
afraid of anyone is like a horse without a bridle.
Spare the rod and spoil
the child.
beka:ras chi tre
ka:r
An idle person has
three tasks: sleeping, eating and quarreling.
beyi sund do:d chuy
be:ma:ne:
yas Akis bAnith a:v
suy za:ne:
Another person's pain
is meaningless. He only knows who suffers.
Only the wearer knows
where the shoe pinches.
boch gatshi nI n'un
va:zIva:n, tI non gatshi nI n'un baza:zi va:n
The hungry should not
be taken to a feast, and a naked person should not be taken to a cloth
shop.
It is difficult to
control desire of someone who is in great need.
bro:r vuchith gatshi
bishtI pho:run
On seeing a cat, one
should be able to utter bishtI (for driving it away).
One must be courageous
enough to show displeasure in presence of the person concerned, and not
in his absence.
mA:j kara:n "ku:r'
ku:r'", ku:r kara:n "rA:ni rA:ni"
The mother keeps on
caring for her daughter, while the daughter keeps on craving for her husdand.
"mA:j vohva:n chumnI
ka:~h."
"potrI vati peTh
beh."
"O mother, no one abuses
me."
"Go and sit on the
roadside."
Ask for problems and
you will get them.
matev An' n>sh s>
ti dra:yi mAtsIy
The family of madmen
brought a daughter-in-law, she also turned out to be mad.
Birds of the same feather
flock together.
manTini leji pa:~zuv
To cook six pounds
in a pot which has capacity for three pounds only.
Mismanagement.
mandn'an sha:m gatshun
To turn the afternoon
into an evening.
To be caught in a complex
problem.
A hard blow.
ma:ji nI lakcI, tI
se:ta:ras gila:ph
The mother hasn't a
piece of cloth to put on, but the sitar has a covering.
Inappropriate expenditure.
ma:ji hund nI bo:y,
ko:ri hund ma:m
If one is not mother's
brother, how can he be the daughter's (maternal) uncle?
Relations are to be
maintained and not just imposed.
Strained relations.
ma:li muphut tI dili
be:rAham
Property by gift and
a heart without mercy.
One does not value
items received free or in gift.
muphtuk shara:b chu
ka:zev co:mut
The free liquor has
been taken even by religious judges.
Free things, good or
bad, are accepted by all.
yakur mA:rith athan
phakh
After killing a yakur
(a kind of bird), hands will stink.
A bad deed leaves a
bad taste.
yath lachas ti carsIy
Let us have hashish
for this Lakh as well.
A spendthrift does
not have a second thought while spending money.
yas vAtsh nAr, tAm'
kheyi lukIhInz lAr
One who lifts an arm,
does grab someone else's house.
yi tse chuy v>ndas,
ti chuy nI candas
Whatever is in your
heart, it is not in your pocket.
One may be generous
at heart, but may not be able to afford it.
yirIvIn' na:v tI
cirvun D>r
A boat adrift.
Disaster all around.
yi:t' tsA:~g' t'u:t
ga:sh
As many lamps, as much
illumination.
The more the merrier.
yeth' kor to:bI,
tiy a:v ro:bI
Whatever one didn't
want to do, one is forced to do the same.
yem' von poz, tas
kADIkh Ach
He who speaks the truth,
his eye is gouged out.
Truth is bitter.
yem' h'ot, su hot
The one who worries
a lot, rots.
If you weep, your troubles
heap.
yus phol su phol
g>Day
Whatever has bloomed,
has bloomed from the very bud.
Coming events cast
their shadows before.
yus yuth a:si, tas
t'uth ba:si
Everything appears
of the same type as one would like it to be.
yusuy rochum tAs'
nish rachtam kh>da:yo:
May God save me from
the one, whom I saved (or brought up).
yot ta:m dam, tot
ta:m gam
Worries last as long
as life lasts.
rath vanday tI puj
va:nuk
I will offer you the
blood but of the butcher's shop.
To be kind at another's
expense.
ru:d penay cha: rab
v>tha:n?
There is no mud, unless
it has rained.
There is always a reason
behind every dispute.
log natI jog a:v
pot phi:rith
The stupid fellow could
not do the work and returned empty handed.
l>kca:r chuy m>kja:r
Childhood is freedom.
l>ti kh>tI lot chu
nanIvo:ruy
The lightest is to
be bare footed.
No property, no worries.
vA:nis chi gra:kh
vani
The customers are known
to the shopkeeper.
vadnas kh>sh, tI
asnas v>sh
One who expresses hapiness
on someone's cry, and sighs on someone's laughter.
A very jealous person.
vanIcan ya:ren kh>da:yi
sund sag
God waters the pines
of the jungle.
God takes care of the
people who need it.
vav ba: vav tI lo:n
ba: lo:n
As you sow, so shall
you reap.
shAstaras chu shashtarIy
tsaTa:n
The iron is cut only
by iron.
Diamond cuts diamond.
sAndiji diva:n zA:l'
tI hendIvendI tsala:n ni:rith
Saving mustard seeds
in hand, and a watermelon escapes.
Penny wise pound foolish.
sezi ongji chhunI
g'av khasa:n
The ghee (clarified
butter) cannot be taken out (of a pot) with a straight finger.
Certain things cannot
vbe achieved unless force is used.
Crookedness also pays
sometimes.
su:r mAlith tsu:rI
jama:th
A gang of thieves in
the garb of saints.
A fake saint. A quack.
s>nas m>l kanas tal.
The gold (an ornament
made of gold) is precious when it is worn in the ear.
haTi khash tI h>~gni
mi:Th
To cut someone's throat
and kiss his chin.
To show affection outwardly
and to harm when an opportunity arises.
han han gAjiyo:,
panIn' ha:n nI tsAjiyo:
Though one has reduced
to nothing, but the habits have not changed at all.
An adamant person.
huni mAshi:di hund
jin
The ghost of the deserted
mosque.
A lonely fellow in
the house.
hu:nis athi o:T manDIna:vun
To get flour kneaded
by a dog.
To get skilled jobs
done by unskilled workers.
