The Ka'aba is (only) a place of pilgrimage for distant countries, so people come to see it from afar.
29. Qabútar ha qabútar, báz ha báz,
Kunad ham jins bá ham jins parwáz.
Pigeons with pigeons, falcons with falcons,
Class with class take flight: (birds of a feather flock together).
30. Má púr az gunáhem, wa Tú Dariyáe rahmatí.
We are full of sins, and Thou (O God) art an Ocean of mercy.
31. Ham chunán dígare n'est.
There's no one like me.
32. Mará az ín che kár, gáu ámad ki khar raft?
What care I if the cow has come or the ass has gone?
33. Agar 'arsh jummad, na míjummad guli Muhammad.
Heaven may move, but not the faith of Muhammad.
34. Kamál rá zawál.
A fall to the proud.
35. Khud karda rá chára n'est.
There's no redress for your own folly.
36. Zubáni khalaq naqárae Khudá ust.
The voice of the people is the drum of God. (Vox populi vox Dei.)
37. Khufta rá khufta kae kunad bedár?
Shall the sleeping wake the sleeping?
Urdu Proverbs.
1. Mudda'í sust gawáh chust.
The plaintiff is careless, but his witness his sharp.
2. Díwár se saláh kar lená hihtar hai.
It is as well to consult the wall : (look before you leap).
3. Zahardast ká bís biswe.
The bully takes twenty twentieths: (the lion's share).
4. Nekí barbád gunáh Idzim.
Goodness has gone to the winds and wickedness has become the proper thing.
5. Behunar ke age hunar dikhláná.
Showing off one's skill before the unskilful.
