A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
库尔德谚语
Kurdish Proverbs
The fox did not reach the grape, said it's unripe.
狐狸没有够到葡萄,说葡萄还没熟。
Only by falling do you learn how to mount a horse.
只有从跌倒中你才能学会骑马。
If God closes one door, He opens a thousand others.
如果上帝关上一扇门,他就会打开另一扇门。
When Madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise.
当夫人放下茶杯时,没有声音。
Better a calf of one's own than a jointly owned cow.
自己养一头牛犊,胜过共同拥有一头母牛。
God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.
神为不能飞的鸟找了一根低枝。
One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God.
一个人对他的老师和上帝同样感激。
Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot.
即使是最高的树,脚下也有一把斧头。
In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.
在平坦的乡村里,一座小山自认为是一座山。
Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.
不要把箭射回去,箭必反射你。
What is loaned goes away smiling but returns weeping.
借来的东西,含笑而去,哭着回来。
One beats one's breast who does not beat one's child.
不打自己孩子的人打自己的心。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.
与你的朋友一起吃喝,但不要与他们交易。
Work as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.
工作吧,就像你将永远活着一样;活得好像你明天就要死了一样。
A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man, of happiness.
傻瓜梦想财富,智者梦想幸福。
A kind word warms a man through three winters.
一句良言温暖一个人度过三个冬天。
Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
忍耐是痛苦的,但它能结出甜蜜的果实。