Words carried through generations
Balochi Batal
Traditional proverbs and sayings in Balochi, preserved in Balochi script, Latin Balochi and translation.
Balochi Wisdom
اتک پہ مہمانی، زاماتی لوٹیت
Atak pah mehmānī, zāmātī lōṭīt.
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Balochi Wisdom
اِنچو ڈھولی نہ نشتگ کہ سُرنائی ءَ جاگہ بہ بیت
Inchō dholī na nishtag ke surnāī-a jāgah bah bīt.
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Balochi Wisdom
تولگ ءَ کہ انگور نہ رست اَنت، گُشی ترپش اَنت
Tōlag-a ke angūr na rast ant, gushī tarpush ant.
The fox says the grapes it cannot reach are sour.
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Balochi Wisdom
پیر بئے، میر نہ بئے
Pīr bē, mīr na bē.
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Balochi Wisdom
برات ءَ بگند، گوھارءَ بگر
Barāt-a bigand, gowhār-a bigar.
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Balochi Wisdom
پونزءِ سرءَ نندءِ چمءَ کشئے
Ponz-e sarā nand-e chamā kashay.
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Balochi Wisdom
دریا پہ کُچک ءِ چلپگءَ ھلاس نہ بیت
Daryā pah kuchak-e chalpagā halās na bīt.
The river is not emptied by a dog's licking.
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Balochi Wisdom
ڈگار پہ فصل، مرد پہ نسل
Dagār pah fasl, mard pah nasl.
A field is known by its crop, and a man by his lineage.
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Balochi Wisdom
آزالءَ کہ ترا بچ نہ بیت، کار پہ گنوکی شر نہ بیت
Āzāl ke tarā bach na bīt, kār pa ganokī shar na bīt.
Everything happens according to destiny; no task is accomplished properly through haste or stub...
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Balochi Wisdom
مرد په نام مریت نامرد په نان
A brave man dies for his name and a coward for his bread
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Balochi Wisdom
شُدءَمرد گوں مزارءَميڑينتگگ
Hunger has made man fight with the lion
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Balochi Wisdom
آ گوهار ء َ کہ تنگئيں برات نيست، چو کلات ء کہ واجہ يے ماں نيست
If a sister is without a brother, she is like that fort which is without king
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