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The Maltese and Gozitans have kept their wisdom and tradition, not to mention humour, safe in the form of Proverbs that have survived from generation to generation. Here are listed a few, and their literal translation. RAGEL U MARA (Man and Woman) MARA SA DAHKET BIX-XITAN. ID-DBIELET TWAL IKARKRU T-TRAB, IMMA D-DBIELET QOSRA
JKARKRU L-ERWIEH. MARA GHANDHA SEBAT ERWIEH. RAGEL JAHLEF U MARA TIBKI TEMMINHOMX.
IN-NISA XAGHARHOM TWIL U S-SENS QASIR. SESS U MHABBA (Sex and Love) AHJAR XIH U GHAREF MILLI ZAGHZUGH U IBLEH. BAQRA TAJBA TINBIEGH F'PAJJIZHA. BEWSA MINGHAJR TAGHNIQA DONNHA WARDA MINGHAJR FWIEHA. META DDAHHAL IC-CURKETT TAT-TIEG, TGHADDAS RASEK
GHAL KULL M'HU MEHTIEG. JEKK IR-RAGEL JIKXEF KARUSU, IL-MARA TIEHDU GHAL
FLUSU. IL-GRAZZJA AQWA MILL-GMIEL. MIN IHOBB IBATI. L-IMHABBA GHAMJA. MIN JITBELLAH GHALL-MARA JKUN WASAL GHALL-HALA. IL-MARA LI MA TIFHIMX B'DAQQA T'GHAJN MA TIFHIMX
B'DAQQA TA' PONN. MIN JISMA MILL-MARA, WICC ALLA QATT MA JARA.
BOGHOD MILL-GHAJN, BOGHOD MIL-QALB. TIHUX GHARUSA SABIHA GHAX IKOLLOK THARISHA. FEJN THOBB IL-QALB JIMXU R-RIGLEJN. HU RAGEL AKBAR MINNEK U MHUX ZAGHZUGH JIXBA' MINNEK. IR-RAGEL TIGIEGA U L-MARA SERDUQ, ID-DAR TINQALEB
TA' TAHT FUQ. IZ-ZWIEG LAGHQA GHASEL, BITTIJA MRAR.
IL-BNIEDEM QATTA XEWK. KULHADD TAD-DEMM U L-LAHAM. ID-DINJA HMERIJA: DAK LI TARAH SABIH FIL-GHODU TARAH
IKREH FILGHAXIJA. FID-DINJA PINTA HELU U BITIJA MORR. MIN MA JGARRABX IL-HAZIN MA JAFX IT-TAJJEB. GAWDI GHAX MID-DINJA M'GHANDNA XEJN. ILLUM JIEN U GHADA INT. WARA L-MALTEMP JIGI L-BNAZZI. M'HEMMX WARDA BLA XEWK.
HADD MA JIEHU XEJN MIEGHU. IL-MEWT MA TAHFIRHA 'L HADD. MEWT TA WIEHED HAJJA T'IEHOR. QUDDIEM IL-MEWT KULHADD XORTA. IL-MEWT ISSEWWI KOLLOX. ZGUR IL-MEWT.
BIL-FLUS TAGHMEL TRIQ FIL-BAHAR. IL-FLUS TAGHMEL IL-FLUS, WIL-QAMEL TAGHMEL IL-QAMEL. BLA FLUS LA TGHANNAQ U LANQAS TBUS. BIL-FLUS HADD MA JIXTRI IL-GENNA.
IL-MISTOQSIJA OHT IL-GHERF. ILSIEN TA MARA JXOQQ IL-GHADAM. TRID TOQTOL IL-BRIMBA BIEX TNEHHI L-GHANQBUTA. GHALL-BEJJIEGH GHAJN WAHDA U GHAX-XERREJ MITT GHAJN. AHJAR WEGGHA MINN DEMGHA. IL-LIGI MHUX GHAS-SINJUR. KULL TAJRA TIFRAH BRIXHA. TAGHMILX ZALZA QABEL TAQBAD IL-HUT. TMIEM TAJJEB ISEWWI KOLLOX. |
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