Pashto Proverbs

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Topic: Friendship - ملګرتيا

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• Be either friendly or downright displeased
  لا يار شه، لا بيزار شه
   

• Its good to have a friend, though he be a ravenous dog.
  آشنا ښه دي که خوړونکښۍ سپي هم وي

   

• If I am good, it is owing to my friends
  که ښه يم، له يارانو سره ښه يم
   

• The brother is not of use to the brother, but the friend is to the friend.
  ورور ورور ته نه ګټي، خو مل خپل مله ته وګټي
  Brothers are often at variance, consequently, a man requiring help should apply to his friend rather than to his brother.
   

• I was with you to your house, but not to the grave.
  تر کوره اوم در سره، تر قبره نه يم در سره
  This is a rebuff to a presuming friend who asks too much.
   

• When the white cow licks the black, and the black does not return the favour, may her mouth rot! (literally "dry up")
  چې سپينه غوا ئې څټي او توره غوا ئې نه څټي خوله ئې وچه شه
  This is sometimes applied in cases where a rich man seeks a poor man's daughter in marriage, and his suit is refused. Generally, it means that favours must be reciprocated; if not, the person obliged deserves all manner of pains and penalties.
   

• Lighten if you are going to lighten. When Bada falls over the cliff, what will be the use of lightening?
  برېښوه که ئې برېښوې، خو چې بډه تر کمبر پرېوځي بيا به ئې څه ته برېښوې؟
  Bada; a Marwat, on a dark night is supposed to have thus addressed the clouds to give lightening. The meaning is, unless assistance is timely, it is of no use.
   

• A cousin is he, who in the morning sees your household's state, and in the evening your hearth fire burning.
  تربور دې هغه دې، چې صبا دې کور ځيروي، بيګا دې اور ځيروي
  That is, he first looks to see what you have in your larder, then drops in about dinner time. This is not very complimentary to the sincerity of a cousin's affection for his kindred.
   

• Friendship is good with the noble, not with the base.
  آشنائي په اصل ښه دې، نه په بې اصل
   

• A clever enemy is better than a stupid friend
  له کم عقله سجنړ نه هوښيار دښمن ښه دې

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