(Jihi karni tehi bharni)
Panjabi Proverbs
(Jinhi chader hovey onhey peir psaroo)
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
(Jinhaa gurr pavoogey onhaa hee mithha hovega)
The deeper the well, the cooler the water.
(Joo sukh shajoo dey chubarey ouh balkh naa bukhrey)
Home, sweet home
(Joo sukh shajoo dey chubarey ouh balkh naa bukhrey)
East or West, home is the best.
(Joo sukh shajoo dey chubarey ouh balkh naa bukhrey)
There is no place like home.
(Joo sukh shajoo dey chubarey ouh balkh naa bukhrey)
One’s own cottage is the most comfortable place
(Jorr jorr mar janngey tey maal jvaeii khanngey)
Hoarding is nothing but taking pains for others.
(Takka seir bhaji takka seir khaja)
A cheap way of working that leads to ruination
(Dhanda peer hei vigrriea tigrriea daa)
Rod is the logic of fools.
(Dhig dhig key asvaar hoi daa hei)
Failures are pillars of success.
(Dhubdey noo teeley daa sahaara)
A drowing man catches at a straw.
(Dhuliea’n beraa’n daa kujh nahi vigrriea)
It is never too late to mend.
(Talvaar daa jakham mit janda hei par boli daa nahi)
Wound heal but not ill words.
(Tarri dohaa’n hathaa’n naal vajdee hei)
It takes two to make a quarrel.
(Titer dey moo vich lashmii)
Great issues wait on the words of small men
(Titer naa bteir ilh naa kukrr)