Hazaragi Proverbs
Author: Dr. Akbar M Shahristani
کم اولادی بیغمی استه
[Less children, less care. ]
Little wealth, little care.
He has nothing need fear to lose nothing.
نه گال دروم نه گنجشکو ره کیش مونوم
[Neither I have millet farm, nor whisk away sparrows] A beggar can never be bankrupt.
If we have not the world’s wealth, we have the world’s ease.
دوز دَ کوی خو چم نموشه
[ The thief will not fit to his/her homevillage]
A thief doth fear each bush an officer. (W. Shakespeare)
کالا ره قدر جان شی ببرو
[cut his/her clothes according to his/her body size]
Cut your coat according to your cloth;
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
ساده بیرار دیونه یه
[ A simpleton is brother of fool ]
The receiver is as bad as the thief.