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24 54. Saís há ham dariyái 'ilm hai.

A groom's work is unfathomable. (They consider themselves a very hard-worked body.)

55. Watan chhor de agar chahtá hai izz o viqár: Sadaf men dehh le qadri gauhar nahin hotá.

Leave your country if you want glory and honour. The pearl has no value in its own shell.

56. Waqt par apná golá b{árut kám átá hai.

Powder and shot are of value in the time of need.

57. Jab tah nuqsán nahán ho 'aqal nahín áti.

Sense comes only after damage.

58. Tukhm kí tásír hotí hai.

The produce is of the seed.

59. Táqí rakhe na báqí.

Keep a wall-eyed horse and be ruined : (a superstition).

60. Niyat sáf aur khíaá pur.

Uprightness means a full purse.

61. 'Isá paighambar, Músá paighambar, dandá sab ká pitandar.

Jesus is a prophet, Moses is a prophet, but the master of all is a club: (forcible conversion).

62. Postí kí pagrí.

The drunkard's turban : (restlessness).

63. Hissáb jau jau, bakhshí sau sau.

In accounts look to the grains, in charity spend hundreds.

64. Sakhi súm ká hissáb sál men barábar hotá hai.

The accounts of the extravagant and the niggardly all balance in a year.

65. Aí to 'íd nahín to fáqá.

Come feast or else fast : (improvidence).

66. 'Ajab Terí gudrat, 'ajab Terá khel! Baniyen hare nauharí, parhen beche tel!

Wondrous Thy power, wondrous thy caprice (O God !) The tradesman is a public servant and the literate sell oil.

67. Agar ghorá kare ghás se ashnái, to bhúkhá mare.

If a horse fall in love with his grass he will die of hunger.

68. Agar gadhá jíte sangrám, káhe kharche ghore pe dám? If asses could win battles who would buy horses ?