334 LIEUT.-COLONEL D. C. PHILLOTT : 



315. " Wherever a spring of good water is found there gather men and animals." 

 Cf. ' Rich folks hae routh (plenty) o' friends.' 



316. " The end of the Shdh-Nama is good" (=Letus see whether he'll continue 

 in this good path). ' Cf. Ruse (praise) the fair day at e'en,' and ' Praise the ford when 

 jou're over it.' 



317. " Lying requires no stock-in-trade." Cf. ' Words pay no toll. 



318. " Send you to the sea and ye'll no get saut water." 



319. " Lookers on see more than the players." 



320. "A thousand blessings are equal to one health." Cf. ' Health is wealth.' 



321. " He who has knowledge has power." 



322. "A rolling stone gathers no moss." 



323. (a) " Donkeys don't — dates everyday. 1 " 



(6) " Everyday is not ' Id that one should get halva [ to eat." 

 (One can't expect nice things everyday). 



324. " You can't have both God and dates." 2 Cf. ' You can't have your cake 

 and eat it.' 



325. " Bad goods will stick to the seller's beard." Cf. * Bad goods find no 

 purchasers. ' 



326. (a) " A blow with the fist after being gelt." s 



(6) " Hump upon hump," (i.e., misfortune upon misfortune). 

 Cf. ' Piling Pelion upon Ossa.' 



327. " You were joking with me ; do you now joke with my grandfather f" (i.e., 

 You were joking about trifles, do you now joke with great matters ? The moral of the 

 fable of the boy who cried " Wolf! Wolf!") 



328. (a) "None scratches my back but my own fingernail."* 



(It's one's own relations that injure one). Cf. ' Save me from my friends.' 

 (b) " We are our own misfortunes." 



329. " His kulah has no wool " (i.e., it is threadbare). (He is no longer of any 

 account.) * 



330. " How easy to be a Preacher, how difficult to have sense. " 



331. " His hand is not tied to anything special," (i.e., he is out of work). 



332. " His wallet is empty. (Same as No 329). 



333. " Driven from the monastery and exlcuded from the haram of Mecca." 5 

 (Neither one thing nor the other.) 



334. " If you want to die (i.e., if you want worse) go to GtZdn." 6 (Might be said 

 to a man demanding more than his fare.) 



335. " All the water fell from the mill-wheel," (i.e., all was still.) 



336. " What good can come from that household in which hens crow like cocks?" 

 Cf. ' It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.' 



1 Sweets are in every house on 'Id. 



2 An allusion to the Khar-i-Dajjnl that will appear with its rider before the Day of Resurrection and Bi-jd-yi sarg'in khurmd 

 mi-andazad. Men will follow the Antichrist for the sake of the dates and so be led into Hell. 



3 After a goat is gelt it is struck on the quarters to make it rise. 



* In Arabic the same proverb signifies 'None helps me like myself.' 



6 Dhobi ka kuttd na ghar ha na ghiit kit. 6 Gilin is damp and unhealthy. 



