# Provérbios árabes

Provérbios em língua árabe, principalmente da Arábia Saudita.
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- English ou tradução portuguesa (acompanhado do original em árabe)
* ابذل لصديقك دمك ومالك
** Give your friend your blood and money.
*** Tradução: "Dê ao seu amigo seu sangue e seu dinheiro."
* إبرة في كومة قش
** Needle in a haystack.
*** Tradução: "Agulha em um palheiro."
If you hear a person talking good about things that aren't in you, don't be sure that he wouldn't also say bad things about things that aren't in you.
* أصبر من حمار
* More enduring than a donkey
Seek education from the cradle to the grave.
* أغدر من ذئب
* More treacherous than a wolf.
*** Tradução: "Mais traiçoeiro que um lobo."
* أغزل من امرئ القيس
* more flirty than oumrou'o al kayss.
Time has eaten and drank upon it. (It's too old)
branches straighten
* إن لم يكن وفاق ففراق
* if no agreement, then separation
* إن مفاتيح الأمور العزائم
* the key to all things is determination
*** Tradução: "A chave para todas as coisas é a determinação."

## ب

* الباب الذي يأتيك بالريح سده واسترح
** Close the door from which the wind blows and relax.
* باب النجار مخَلَّع
** The carpenter's door is loose.
* باع كرمه واشترى معصرة
** He sold his vinyard and bought a squeezer.
* بالتأني تُدْرَكُ الفُرَصُ
** With carefulness you realize your opportunity.
* بالرفاء والبنين
** With rapport and offsprings. Said to congratulate newlyweds.
* البخيل عظيم الرواق صغير الأخلاق
** The stingy has a big porch and little morality.
* البعد جفاء
** Distance is disaffection.
* بعض العفو ضعف
** Some forgiveness is weakness.
* البعيد عن العين بعيد عن القلب
** Those who are far from the eye are far from the heart.

## ت

* تاج المروءة التواضع
* the crown of ... is modesty
* التجربة العلم الكبير
** Experimenting is the great science.
* تجري الرياح بما لا تشتهي السفن
** Winds blow counter to what ships desire.
* تركتهم في حيص بيص
** You left them lost and bewildered.
* تعاشروا كالإخوان وتحاسبوا كالغرباء
** Get together like brother, and keep each other in check like strangers
* تعاشروا كالإخوان وتعاملوا كالأغراب
** Get together like brothers, and work together like strangers.
* التكبر على المتكبر تواضع
** Arrogance over the arrogant is modesty.

## ث

* الثروة تأتي كالسلحفاة وتذهب كالغزال
** Wealth comes like a turtle and goes away like a gazelle.

## ج

* الجار قبل الدار
** The neighbour comes before the home. meaning: Treat your neighbour even better than you treat your own family/home. OR Know who your neighbours are before buying a home.
* الجنة بدون ناس لا تُداس
** Paradise without people is not worth living in.
* الجنة تحت أقدام الأمهات
** Paradise is under mothers' feet
* الجهل شر الأصحاب
** Ignorance is the worst acquaintance.
* الجهل موت الأحياء
** Ignorance is the death of the living.
* الجوع كافر
** Hunger is an infidel.
* جولة الباطل ساعة وجولة الحق إلى قيام الساعة
** Falseness lasts an hour, and truth lasts till the end of time.

## ح

* الحاجة تفتق الحيلة
** Need excavates the trick.
* حافٍ يسخر بناعل
** An unshod mocks a shoe.
* الحب أعمى
** Love is blind.
* حب الوطن من الإيمان
** Loving your country is pious.
* حبر على ورق
** Ink on paper.
* حبل الكذب قصير
** The rope of lies is short.
* حج والناس راجعون
** Went to Haj while pilgrims are coming back
** Refers to people who are late in doing things.
* حراك به وهن أضعف خلق الله إنسانا
* الحركة بركة
** Movement is a blessing.
* حسبه صيدا فكان قيدا
** Thought he was a great catch, turns out he is a shackle.
* الحسد ثِقْلٌ لا يضعه حامله
** Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer.
* حُسْنُ الخلق خير قرين
** Good manners is the greatest friend.
* الحصاة من الجبل
** The pebble comes from the mountain.
* حظ في السحاب وعقل في التراب
** Luck in the sky and brains in the ground.
* حفظ السر أمانة
** Keeping a secret is a commitment
* الحُمْقُ داء ولا دواء له
** Stupidity is a disease without a medicine.
* حنانيك بعض الشر أهون من بعض
* الحي أبقى من الميت
** The living is more important than the dead.
* حيلة العاجز دموعه
** The only trick the incapable has, are his tears.

## خ

* خادم سيدين يكذب على أحدهما
** A servant who has two masters, lies to one of them.
* الخاذل أخو القاتل
** The deserter is the brother of the murderer.
* خالف تُعْرَفْ
** Dissent and you will be known.
* خالف هواك ترشد
** Oppose your affection to find rationality.
* خذو الحكمة من أفواه البسطاء
** Words of wisdom comes out of simple people mouths.
* خرج من المولد بلا حُمّص
** Literal meaning: He left the party without having Hommos.
* خير الأشياء جديدها
** The best thing is the newest thing.
* خير الأصدقاء من ترك المزاح
** The best friend is the one who does not joke around.
* خير الخلال حفظ اللسان
** Watching what you say is your best friend.
* خير الكلام ما قل ودل
** The ideal phrase is that which is short and to the point.
* خير مالك ما نفعك
** The best of the things you own, is what is useful to you.
* الخَيْرُ يُخَيِّر والشر يغَيّر
* الخيل أعرف بفارسها
** The horse knows its knight the best.

## د

* دخان الأقارب يُعمِي
** Smoke of the neighbours renders you blind
*** Tradução: "A fumaça dos vizinhos é a que te cega."
* الدراهم مراهم
** Money is a Cure
* دع الأيام تفعل ما تشاء وطب نفسا بما حكم القضاء
* الدم لا يصير ماء
** Blood can never turn into water.
*** Tradução: "Sangue nunca se transforma em àgua."
* الدهر يومان حلو ومر
** Life is made of two days. One which is sweet and the other is bitter.
*** Tradução: "A vida é feita de dois dias. Um que é doce e outro que é amargo."
* دواء الدهر الصبر عليه
** the cure for fate is patience.
*** Tradução: "A cura do destino é a paciência."
* الدين النصيحة
** A good advice is part of the Religion. (In reference to a good Muslim has to give an advice when needed).

## ذ

* ذكر الفتى عمره الثاني
** Remind the youngster of his next life.
* ذل من لا سيف له
** The one without a sword gets humiliated.
*** Tradução: "Aquele que não tem espada é humilhado."
* ذنبه على جنبه
** His fault is besides him.
* الذي لا يعرف الصقر يشويه
** He who does not know the falcon would grill it.
* الذي لا يعرفك يجهلك
** He who does not know you is not informed of you.

## ر

* راحت السكرة وجاءت الفكرة
** The idea came after the drunkness passed away.
* الرأي قبل شجاعة الشجعان
** Opinion comes before the bravery of the braves.
* رأيت الناس قد مالوا إلى من عنده مال
** I saw people tending to the one who has money
* رب عذر أقبح من ذنب
** An excuse is sometime more ugly than a guilt
*** Tradução: "Uma desculpa, por vezes, é mais feia que uma culpa."
* ربك رب قلوب
** Your lord is the lord of hearts.
*** Tradução: "O teu senhor é o senhor dos corações."
* ربما أراد الأحمق نفعك فضرك
** The stupid might have wanted to help you, but ended up hurting you.
*** Tradução: "O estupido provavelmente tentou ajudar-te, mas acabou por te aleijar."
* رجع بخفي حنين
** Came back with Hunain's shoes. meaning: Came back with nothing.
* رجعت حليمه لعادتها القديمة
** halima came back to her old habits
* رمية من غير رام
** A throw without a thrower.

## ز

* زرع آباؤنا فأكلنا ونزرع ليأكل أبناؤنا
** Our parents planted so we ate, and we plant for our children to eat.
* زرعوا فأكلنا ونزرع فيأكلون
** They planted so we ate, and we plant so they would eat.
* زمَّارُ الحي لا يُطْرِبُ
** The village's piper does not exhilarate.

## س

* سافر تجد عوضا عما تفارقه
** Journey and you will find replacement to the ones left behind.
* ساقي القوم آخرهم شراباً
** The person who pours water to other is the last one to drink.
*** Não joga pérola aos porco irmão, joga lavagem.
* الساكت عن الحق شيطان أخرس
** A person who does not speak out against the wrong is a mute devil.
*** Tradução: "A pessoa que não fala contra o mal é um diabo mudo."
* سبق السيف العذل
** Blame comes before swords.
* ستبدي لك الأيام ما كنت جاهلا
** Life will show you what you did not know.
*** Tradução: "A vida irá te mostrar aquilo que tu não sabes."
* سر النجاح على الدوام هو أن تسير إلى الأمام
** The secret to success is to walk forward.
* سرك أسيرك
** Your secret is your captive.
* السكوت علامة الرضا
** Silence is the sign of approval.
*** Tradução: "O silêncio é um sinal de aprovação."
* السلاح ثم الكفاح
** The weapon first, fighting second.
* السماء لا تمطر ذهباً ولا فضة
** The sky does not rain gold or silver.
* سمن على عسل
** Literal meaning: Cooking fat on honey.
** Translation: To get along very well.
* سيد القوم خادمهم
** Literal meaning: The people's lord is their servant.
* سيف السلطان طويل
** Literal meaning: The sultan's sword is long.

## ص

* صاحب القرش صياد
** Literal meaning: The fisherman is the shark's friend.
* الصديق وقت الضيق
** Literal meaning: The friend in tight times.
** Translation: A friend is the one that lends a hand during the time of need.

## ض

* الضحك بلا سبب من قلة الأدب
** Laughing for no reason is rude.
* الضرب في الميت حرام
** Beating the dead is a sin.
* ضربني وبكى وسبقني واشتكى
** He beat me and cried, and went before me to complain.

## ط

* طفح الكيل
** Literal meaning: The gauge has overflown.
** Translation: To run out of patience.
* الطيور على أشكالها تقع
** Literal meaning: Birds falls on its form.

## ق

* القدوة الحسنة خير من النصيحة
** Leading by example is better than giving and advice.
* القدوة الحسنة خير من الوصية
** Leading by example is better than commandments.
* القرد في عين أمه غزال
** The monkey in his mother's eye is a gazelle.
* القرش الأبيض ينفع في اليوم الأسود
** The white penny will become useful in your dark days.
* القناعة كنز لا يفنى
** Content is an everlasting treasure.
* قيل للبغل: "من أبوك" قال "الفرس خالي"
** The mule was asked: "Who is your father?" It responded with: "The horse is my uncle."
* قَيِّدُوا العلم بالكتابة
** Inscribe science in writing.

## ك

* كاد الفقر أن يكون كفراً
** life's a bitch

## ل

* لا تؤجل عمل اليوم إلى الغد
** Don't delay today's work until tomorrow.
* لا تأكل خبزك على مائدة غيرك
** Don't eat your bread on someone else's table.
* لا تقول للمغني غني حتى يغني لحالو
** Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself.
* لا يُشَقُّ له غبار
** Dust does not burden him.
* لا يشكر الناس من لا يشكر الله
** People don't thank someone who doesn't thank God.
* لا يلدغ المؤمن من جحره مرتين
** Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man.
* لسانك حصانك إن صنته صانك، وإن هنته هانك
** Your tongue is your horse— if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you betray it, betrays it will.
* لكل داء دواء إلا الموت
** Every disease has a medicine except for death.
* اللي بشوف مصائب الناس بتهون عليه مصيبته
** He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.
* اللي بيمشيش معاك,امشي معاه
** Who does not go with you, go with him.
* اللي استحوا ماتوا
** They whom got shy, died.

## ن

* النار أهون من العار
** Fire is more bearable than disgrace.
* النار تأكل بعضها إن لم تجد ما تأكله
** Fire will burn itself out if it did not find anything to burn.
* النار قد تُخَلِّفُ رماداً
** Fire could leave ashes behind.
* الناس أتباع من غَلبْ
** People follow the winner
* الناس أعداء ما جهلوا
** People are enemies of that which they don't know
* الناس سواسية كأسنان المشط
** People are equal like the teeth of a comb.
* الناس عبيد الإحسان
** People are slaves (i.e. indebted) to charity/ good deeds
* الناس على دين ملوكهم
** People follow the religion/ ways of their kings
* الناس لبعضها
** People are for each other.
* الناس لولا الدين لأكل بعضهم بعضا
** If not for religion, people would've killed each other.
* النظافة من الإيمان
** Cleanliness is out of faith
* نعم الجدود ولكن بئس ما خلفوا
** How great the grandfathers are, but how regretful what they left behind
* نومة أهل الكهف
** People of the cave's slumber (i.e. very long)

## ه

* هذا الشبل من ذاك الأسد
** This cub is from that lion.
* هذا الميت لا يساوي ذلك البكاء
** This dead person is not worth all of this grief.
* الهزيمة تحل العزيمة
** A debacle demolishes the will.

## و

* الوقت كالسيف إن لم تقطعه قطعك
** Time is like a sword. If you did not cut it, it will cut you
* الوقت من ذهب
** Time is made of gold.

## ي

* يا ظالم لك يوم
Oh tyrant, your day will come.
* يا مستعجل عطلك الله
Oh hasty one, God will delay you.
* يا مأمنة بالرجال ، متل ياللي مأمنة بالمي في الغربال
** O! my sister that depend on men; you are believing in water in a sieve.
* ياما تحت السواهي دواهي
** Often, under the unseeing hide the cunning.
* ياما في السجن مظاليم
** So many in the jail while innocent.
* ياما القمر عالباب
** O! mother, the moon is at the door.
* يبني قصراً ويهدم مصراً
He builds a castle by demolishing a country (Egypt).
* يخاف من خياله
** Afraid of one's shadow.
* يخاف من ظله
** Afraid of one's shadow.
* يخلق من الشبه أربعين
** God creates 40 people with the same looks.
* يد الحر ميزان
He who is free to do what he wants will use his hand as a balance.
* يد الله مع الجماعة
** God's hand is with those who work in groups.
* يد واحدة لا تحمل بطيختين
One hand can't hold two watermelons.
* يد واحدة لا تصفق
** One hand cannot clap.
* يُدْخِلُ شعبان في رمضان
He mixes Ramadan with Sha'ban (2 of the lunar months). Meaning: He confuses the issue.
* يذبح الطاووس لجمال ريشه
He kills the peacock for the beauty of its feathers.
* يساعد الله الذين يساعدون أنفسهم
God helps those who help themselves.
* يسرق الكحل من العين
** He steals the mascara from her eyes.
* يصطاد في الماء العكر
** He fishes in unclear water.
* يصوم يصوم ويفطر على بصلة
He fasts and fasts, then he breaks his fast with an onion.
* يضحك كثيرا من يضحك أخيرا
He laughs most he who laughs last.
* يعمل من الحبة قُبَّةً
He makes a dome out of a grain. Meaning: He worries about a small problem as if it is a big one.
* يقتل القتيل ويسير في جنازته
** Kiils the victim and walks in his wake.
* يمشي رويدا ويكون أولا
He walks slowly and arrives first.
* يناطح بقرني طين
He fights (headbutts) with horns made of clay.
* يوم السرور قصير
The day of happiness is short.
* اليوم خمر وغدا أمر
* Today is wine, and tomorrow is an assignment. Today we will drink wine, and tomorrow we will work hard.
* يوم لنا ويوم علينا
** One day is for us, and the other is against us.

## English ou tradução portuguesa (acompanhado do original em árabe)

* Um livro é como um jardim carregado no bolso.
* A melhor opção para todas as vezes que se sentar é um livro.
** وخير جليس في الزمان كتاب
* Muito tem o corvo de sua mãe.
* A monkey that amuses me is better than a deer astray.
* Uma boca que reza e uma mão que mata.
* Uma promessa é como uma nuvem; concretização é chuva; e a melhor promessa é que tal foi provado pela chuva.
** الوعد سحابة والإنجاز مطر وأحسن المواعيد ما صدقه الإمطار
* Um segredo é como uma pomba: quando deixa a minha mão, cria asas.
* A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.
* A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being.
* All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are moveable, and those that move.
* All sunshine makes a desert.
* An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
* Arrogance diminishes wisdom.
** التكبر يضعف الحكمة
* Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill.
* A bite from a lion is better the look of envy.
* Ask the experienced rather than a doctor (the learned).
** اسأل مجرب ولا تسأل طبيب
* Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy.
* At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend.
* Believe what you see and not all you hear.
** صدق ما ترى ولا تصدق كل ما تسمع
* Better safe than sorry.
** في العجلة الندامه وفي التأني السلامه
* Better late than never.
** أن تأتي متأخرا أفضل من أن لا تأتي
* Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.
* Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out.
* Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
** الكلاب تعوي والقافلة تسير
* Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
* Eat whatever thou likest, but dress as others do.
* Eat whatever you like, but dress as others do.
* Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.
* Every day of your life is a page of your history.
* Every sun has to set.
** مصير كل شمس الغروب
* Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
* Example is better than precept.
* For every glance behind us, we have to look twice to the future.
* For the sake of the flowers, the weeds are watered.
* Give a man some cloth and he'll ask for some lining.
* Goha said to his son that he wont sleep beside him. Said: Saved us your farts.
* Had the monkey seen its ass, it wouldn’t have danced.
* He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion.
** مثل اللي صام سنة وافطر على بصل
* He Said where are you going grape, She sighed : I am staying on the couch.
* He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
* He who peeps at the neighbor's window may chance to lose his eyes.
* He who got out of his home lessened his value.
* He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
* He who speaks about the future lies, even when he tells the truth.
** كذب المنجمون ولو صدقوا
* He who was left by the bald is taken by the hairy. (Not the comb)
* I tell no, I don’t you no but the habit in you prevails. AND the tail of the dog never straightens up even if you hang to it a brick.
** ذيل الكلب ما ينعدل
* If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.
* If the hair was precious, wouldn't grow on the ass.
* If thy beloved was honey, don’t lick all of him.
** ان كان محبوبك عسل ما تلحسه كله
* If you conduct yourself properly, fear no one.
* If your house is of glass, don't throw rocks at others.
ان كان بيتك من زجاج فلا ترم الناس بالحجارة
* Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
* Make your bargain before beginning to plow.
* Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart.
* Meaningless laughter is a sign of ill-breeding.
* Measure your quilt, then stretch your legs.
** على قد لحافك مد رجليك
* Meat and mass never hindered man.
* Never give advice in a crowd.
* Never speak ill of the dead.
* No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience.
* No cure, no pay.
* O! my brother Flip the pot on its mouth, the daughters turn into their mums.
** اقلب الجرة على فمها تطلع البنت لامها
* O! my sister close thy door, and enough what happened to you.
* O! my sister Your son is like how you raised him. And your husband is like how you trained him.
* O! Count thy sheep Goha. Goha said one is asleep and the other is awake.
* O! Count the waves of the sea Goha. Goha said the comings are more than what passed.
* O! You sitting, may God protect you from the evils of the comers.
* On the day of victory no one is tired.
* One hand for oneself and one for the ship.
* Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand.
* Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change.
* Proverbs are the lamp of speech.
* Said: What would the blind want ? Said: A bag of eyes.
* Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.
* Seven trades but no luck.
* سبع صنايع والبخت ضايع
* The ant shall never crawl on its knees.
* The ass went seeking for horns and lost his ears.
* The devil is cunning.
** الشيطان شاطر
* The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on.
الكلاب تعوي والقافلة تسير
* The end of the HONK is BEEP. (Sounds)
* The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
** عدو عدوي صديقي
* The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.
** جواب الأحمق على رأس لسانه
* The fruit of silence is tranquility.
* The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.
* The knife of the family does not cut.
* The man and his woman is like the grave and its dead.
* The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.
* The onion of the beloved is a sheep.
* The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind.
* The sinning is the best part of repentance.
* The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.
* The wound of words is worse than the wound of swords.
* The wound that bleeds inwardly is the most dangerous.
* The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish.
* They did not find a fault in the rose, they said O! you are red checked.
* Think of the going out before you enter.
* I got you, O! worshiper of the helper, to help me but you are in need of help.
* Tomorrow we sit by the wall and here it all.
* Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.
* We were silenced by our patience, he entered with his donkey.
* What is learned in youth is carved in stone.
** العلم في الصغر كالنقش في الحجر
* Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. (Meaning: Seek knowledge from the day you are born till the day you die)
** اطلبوا العلم من المهد إلى اللحد
* What starts with a condition ends with out any oppression.
* When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
* When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does.
* When you are dead, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will cease in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until she dies.
* While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you.
* Wishing does not make a poor man rich.
* Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it.
* Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
* He whose ace gets cut on, gets his underpants off. When you cut, cut high. The Third Hand is the highest hand.