Pashto Proverbs

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Topic: Boasting
 

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• You have plundered the country, oh Kite! by your blustering; you will not let me seize you.
  وطن دي لوټ که په ټس  او ټوسه، په لاس به را نشي ټپوسه
  The words rendered "blustering" mean literally, the swishing noise made by a large bird when making a swoop. The meaning is, that a cowardly bully robs one, and, before the victim can recover from his first surprise, runs away.
   

• Is a dog or a soldier the better? Confound the soldier who praises himself.
  سپي ښه دي که سپاهي، ورک شه سپاهي چه په خپله ځان ستايئي
  Meaning that, in respect of modesty, a vain-glorious soldier is inferior to the unclean dog, which never boasts.
   

• He eats greens, and breathes Pulao
  خوري ساګ او پسکئي د  پلاؤ اچوي
  Said of a man who is "vox et praeterea nihil"
   

• A great sound is given forth from the empty vessel.
  له خالي لوښي لوي اواز خيژي
  So in English, "Empty vessels make the loudest sounds;" and in the Scriptures, "A fool's voice is known by the multitude of words."
   

• Here is a yard measure, and here is some level ground.
  دغه ګز دغه ميدان دي
  Now said to any boaster, when means of testing his assertions are at hand; first said to a Marwat, who was talking of some impossible jump he stated he had done.
   

• When a man praises his own greatness, why does he make himself equal to heroes ?
  چه په خپله بډائي که له شاغليو سره څه لره سيالي که
  By doing so he shows he is none, as heroes never vaunt their own deeds.

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