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 20 NORTH INDIAN PROVERBS.

The Ka'aba is (only) a place of pilgrimage for distant countries, so people come to see it from afar.

29. Qabutar ha qdbutar, hdz ha hdz, Kunad ham jins hd ham jins parwdz. Pigeons with pigeons, falcons with falcons,

Class with class take flight : (birds of a feather flock together).

30. Md pur az gundhemy wa Tu Dariyde rahmati.

"We are full of sins, and Thou (O God) art an Ocean of mercy.

31. Ham chundn digare n^est. There's no one like me.

32. Mard az in che kdr^ gdu dmad ki khar raft ? What care I if the cow has come or the ass has gone ?

33. Agar ^arsh jummad, na mijummad guli Muhammad. Heaven may move, but not the faith of Muhammad.

34. Kamdl rd zawdl. A fall to the proud.

35. Khud Icarda rd chdra n^est. There's no redress for your own folly.

36. Zubdni khalaq naqdrae Khudd ust.

The voice of the people is the drum of God. ( Vox populi vox Dei.)

37. Khufta rd khufta kae kunad heddr ? Shall the sleeping wake the sleeping ?

Urdu Proverbs.

1. MuddaH sust gawdh chust.

The plaintiff is careless, but his witness his sharp.

2. Diwdr se saldh kar lend hihtar hat.

It is as well to consult the wall : (look before you leap).

3. Zahardast kd his hiswe.

The bully takes twenty twentieths : (the lion's share).

4. Neki harhdd gundh Idzim.

Goodness has gone to the winds and wickedness has become the proper thing.

5. Behunar ke age hunar dikhldnd. Showing off one's skill before the unskilful.