Pashto Proverbs

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Topic: Bravery – بهادري

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• To a true man his sickle is an Afghan knife.
  ميړه چه ميړه وي، لور ئي چاړه وي
   

• May you rather die in fight, my son, than be disgraced before the enemy.
  په تورو مړ شي ځويه نه چه دښمن ته خړ شي ځويه
   

• The tiger rends his prey, the jackal, too, benefits by it.
  زمري ما ته وکه د ګيدړ هم په ښه شي
  The jackal is a tiger's attendant, and eats his leavings. The meaning is that a strong man both maintains himself and his dependents.
   

• The load which the ass won't carry, you yourself will carry.
  بار چه خر نه وړي نو په خپله به ئي وړي
  When a brave man can't get assistance readily, he sets to work and does without it.
   

• I would rather be a childless mother, than that you should run from the battle-field
  زه د بوره يم خو چه ميدان پرينږدي
  Said by a mother to her son.
   

• Other brave men do not seize on the wealth of him who binds on his arms.
  چه و تړي برګونه مال ئي نه خوري نور ميړو نه
   

• Who passes through in one (case), becomes a lion in another
  چه په يوه تير شي په بله شير شي
   

• Who has the power to fight lays conference aside.
  چه اختيار د جنګ لري پوښتنه په څنګ لري
   

• Although there are many roads, for men there is only one (i.e., the straightest)
  لاري ډيري دي خو د ميړو لار يوه ده
   

• True men are not God, but are not without God either.
  ميړونه که خداي نه دي، بي خدايه هم نه دي
  That is, though not equal to God, yet receive help from him.

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