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Rh 62. Jíte bát napuchchhe: mare dá sarádh kardá!

Alive you cared not for them, dead you mourn them!

63. Pind basá na uchakke agge hí hain.

The thieves have arrived before the city is populated.

64. Nání khasm kítá dohte nún chattí páí.

The grandmother marries at the grandson's expense: (oppression).

65. Apní galí vich kuttá ví sher hundá hat.

Even a dog is a lion in his own lane.

66. Bigre-tigre dá sotá ustád.

A fool's teacher is a stick.

67. Bolí káj bigariá san múlí patte.

A bitter word spoils the whole business.

68. ''Rabb wadá beparwáh! Pall vich kardá jall ton thall.''

God is very wondrous! making a desert out of water in a moment.

69. Ambán de amb te gitkán de dam.

A mango out of the mango and money out of the stone: (i.e. something to eat out of the fruit and to sell out of the stone: a really good bargain).

70. Do paián, bisar gaián, yárán diá dúr baláín.

Beat him twice and he forgets and thinks his wickedness is forgiven.

71. Apní tor nibáhíye, oh dí oh jáne.

Keep up your friendship, he knows about his.

72. Sájan chhoríye rang se bahor vi áven mít.

Break up a friendship gracefully that you may still be friends.

73. Gharíbán roze rakhe din wadde hoe.

When the poor fast the day is long.

74. Sir munaundiá gave pae.

Hail fell on his shaven head.

75. Jatt gárí ját gárí, Náí gárí kuját gárí.

The Jatt's cart is a proper cart, the barber's cart is an improper cart: (every cobbler to his last).

76. Khandá, ghorá, istrí, tinne ját kuját.

A sword, a horse, a woman, are three inferior things: (always in another's power, so don't trust them).