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"Agar firdause bar rū-e-zamīn ast
Hamen ast, hamen ast, hamen ast."


No. 121. "If there be a Paradise upon earth, it is this, it is this."


"Dar-i-khānah-e-khudā dāim bāz ast."


122. "The gate of the house of God is always open."


"Jitnā chhota itnā khota."


123. "Vicious as he is little."


"Tārīkī-i-shab surmah-e-chashm-i-mūsh-i-kūr ast."


124. "The darkness of the night is collyrium to the eyes of the mole."


"Sabz bar sang na-rawad chi gunah-e-bārānrā?"


125. "If grass does not grow upon stones, what fault is it in the rain?"


"Ek jorū sāre kumbe ko bas hai."


126. "One wife is enough for a whole family."


"Murdah ān ast ki nām ash ba nikūī na burand."


127. "He only is dead whose name is not mentioned with respect."


"Roz-i-tangī siyāh ast."


128. "The days of distress are black."

i. e. White and red amongst the Persians denote good.


"Shutur-ghamze karte hain."


129. "They cast camels' glances."


"Chhīnkte khāē, chhīnkte nahāe chhīnkte par ghar na jāe."


130. "After sneezing you may eat or bathe, but not go into any one's house."


"Astarrā guftand, pidar ast kīst? Guft asp khāl-i-man ast yā mādar-am mādiyān ast."


131. "The mule was asked 'Who is your father?' he answered, 'The horse is my maternal uncle, and the mare is my mother."


"Wahm kī dārū hī nahīn."


132. "There is no physic for false ideas."