proverbs

454. Àbb, delloo ca gën. (7)
It is better to return that which is borrowed than to borrow.
Love
455. Bëgg naa la, maa la raw mënu koo fey. (6)
“I love you” is not repaid by “I love you more.”
It is not by saying “I love you more” that you can outdo the person who says first “I love
you”.
456. Xédd, dug bëgg. (11,12)
Lust is not love.
“Love” based on lust is not real love.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It
is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of
wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7
NIV)
457. Bëtub mbëggeel, jéll nab gàkk. (2,3,5,11,12)
Bëtu mbëggeel jéll na ab gàkk. (6)
Bëti mbëggeel, jéll na gàkk. (19)
The eye of love passes over faults.
“Love is blind.”
The person who loves you ignores your faults and accepts you as you are, warts and all.
458. Bëtu mbëggeel du gis melo. (9)
Bëtub mbëggeel du xool melo. (19)
The eye of love does not see appearances.
“Love is blind.”
The eye of love does not take into account what you look like.
Luck
459. Wërsëg dina jóge ci njoñ. (15,19)
Opportunities can come from one's restraints.
One can learn good lessons by going through difficulties.
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it
produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained
by it. (Hebrews 12:11 NIV)
460. Melax gaaw na, waaye yóbbuwul wërsëgu kàkkatar. (18,19)
Melax a gën a gaaw, waaye du yóbbu wërsëgu kàkkatar. (7)
Gaaw taxul yelaana dunde wërsëgu kàkkatar. (2)
Lightning is certainly fast, but it does not take away the luck of a chameleon.
Adversity cannot stop the man who was born under a lucky star.
Regardless of the things he might deprive us of, a thief cannot deprive us of our luck or
prevent us from knowing other opportunities.
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