Quotes: Diamantine Advice (Part Four)

 

 

 Originally written in Balochi by: Saeed Sahil

Translated into English by: Uzair Mehr

 

 

120.    The Adversity

“Don’t change the place for the convenience of life. Bear the adversity of that place and you will not be placeless.”

 

121.    The Aftermath

“I heard the clamor. They made us fight yesterday, and fought with each other today. It is the aftermath of the double-dealers.”

 

122.    The Egocentric

“Make your comrades gallant and pave a path for yourself. At present time, the egocentric people oust from the inhabiting abodes.”

 

123.    The Careful

“A friend undertakes a great deal of troubles for his friend even in inevitable situation. However, the friend should also be careful of his friend. As they say, ‘It makes two to quarrel.’”

 

124.    The Problem

“Don’t rush, don’t hurry. Don’t waste your time in figuring out the trivial problems of life otherwise you’ll undergo substantial problems and your time will be wasted as well.”

 

125.    The Suggestion

“If you want to be successful in the world, so seek suggestions and advice from that person who tells your weaknesses impartially.”

 

126.    The Martyr

“The desire of a martyr is freedom.

“The ideology of a martyr is awareness.

“The movement of a martyr is a straight line.

“The footsteps of a martyr are the guide of nation.

“The struggle of a martyr is the symbol of knowledge.

“The words of a martyr are a slogan of war.

“The attire of a martyr is a flag of homeland.

“The body of the martyr is the symbol of victory.

“The blood of martyr is the cornerstones of the country.

“Without a martyr, there will be perpetual slavery.”

 

127.    The Procrastination

“The today’s procrastinated work will be the reason of tomorrow’s restlessness.”

 

128.    We

“Neither you can hold me nor can I hold you. However, in this fast-paced time, we can hold each other’s hand.”

 

129.    The Meaningless

“The abstruse responses of the abstruse queries will be in the minds of geniuses. Asking every question to all and sundry is futile and meaningless.”

 

130.    The Decision

“It is not necessary that the bad person’s every word should be a lie. Before taking a decision, cerebrate well.”

 

131.    The Bootless Task

“Springing oneself into every task without a purpose and aim is a bootless task.”

 

132.    The Embarrassment

“Sometimes people embarrassingly scoff others out of ruefulness.”

 

133.    The Pace

“The path where you have planted thorns in every pace, take away those thorns of every pace and come back.”

 

 

134.    The Exemplary

“Don’t be a person to whom an example of another person is given, rather be a person to others you will be given of as an example.”

 

135.    The Place in Heart

“You have done such a work that you’ve got out of my heart. Now do such a work that you’ll regain your place in my heart.”

 

136.    The Eagerness

“It is easy to forget and hard to recall something. However, if a heart is eager, recalling will also be an easy task.”

 

 

137.    The Grace

“Life without anguish and pain, and gardens without desiccated leaves are graceless.”

 

138. “If a rich person is not concerned of his nation, he will be disappeared from the history. If a poor person is concerned of his nation, he will be immortal in the history.”

 

 

139. “When you praise a person, you are considered good, and when you criticize his weaknesses, you are considered bad. It is the nature of self-centered people.”

 

140. “Alas to the nation which is content with its slavery and dances exultantly.”

 

141. “You are always smiling. You don’t hurt anyone’s heart. Your words delight people. You are the gracious person of the world.”

 

142. “If the earth was of glass, you’d see there lie better people than you in its bosom and your vanity would shatter.”

 

143. “A person will not be clean and fair by dressing white clothes. Whiten your character, you will be embellished.”

 

144. “A friend is the one who plunges into the fire of affliction for the sake of friend’s happiness. Friend is not the one who casts away the friend in the fire of affliction for his own happiness.”

 

145. “Don’t be indebted to your enemy that you will be flouted in the history.”

 

146. “When you speak up, you are culpable in front of the world, and when you don’t, you are culpable within yourself. Better to speak up then!”

 

147. “It is said that after every misery, there will come a happiness but without friends every happiness is insipid.”

 

 Reference:

 Arjale’n Panth [The Diamantine Advice]

(Balochi Quotations Book which was published by Institute of Balochia in 10 October, 2020.)