Pashto Proverbs

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Topic: Death - مرګ

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• When the world is passing from me, O God! give me not wealth
  چې ځما تر سر شي تيره، خدايه مه کړې دنيا ډيره
  Meaning, give it to me now when I can enjoy it, not when I am dying., or it could also mean that at the time of death, It is not wealth that I need, but your forgiveness.
   

• Mayest thou (God) not leave my children to any one, nor any one's children to me
  مه مې چا ته پاتې کړې، مه د چا را پاتې کړه
  That is, may I not die until my children are grown up and able to take care of themselves
   

• Should you live one hundred years, at last you must die, my love
  که دې عمر شي زر کاله، آخر به مرې ځما لالا
   

• May God not even give a man a narrow grave
  تنګ دې خدائ قبر هم د چا مه کړه
  Whether a man's grave be narrow or wide matters little; still, may God give a man a wide one, that is, plenty of everything both in life and hereafter.
   

• If you do not die of poverty, at last you will die of old age
  که له خوارئي نه مرې، آخر به د بډاتوب نه مړ شې
   

• The fly said, "Had I died on the maiden's face, it would not have been death"
  مچ ويل که د پيغلې په مخ مرم، مړ به نه يم
  That is, a honourable end deprives death of its sting. The origin of the saying is said to be this:  a fly alighted on a girl's face, and the girl flipped it off with her hand, and slightly hurt it, whereon another fly condoled with his wounded brother, but was met by the above gallant little reply.
   

• A sleeper is a brother of the dead
  خوبېدلي د مړه ورور دي
  Shelley writes of "Death and his brother sleep". To many a Bannuchi, this saying has proved literally true, for stabbing during sleep is the commonest form of assassination practiced in Bannu. (Note from Webmaster: The British had a tough time with the Bannuchis because the Bannuchis and other tribes would always attack them when they would be asleep)

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