Raagam Thaalam Pallavi - ராகம் தாளம் பல்லவி - Theerppugal Thiruththapadalaam

 Raagam Thaalam Pallavi 

ராகம் தாளம் பல்லவி 

Theerppugal Thiruththapadalaam

Movie - Theerppugal Thiruththapadalaam

Music - Shankar Ganesh

Singers - SPB & Vani Jayaram

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55wnZiO80l0

Kadal Alai Kaalgalai (கடல் அலை கால்களை)

 கடல் அலை கால்களை முத்தமிடும் புதுகலை

'பொம்பள மனசு' (1987) என்ற வெளிவராத படத்தின் அருமையானப் பாடல்.... இசை 'காஞ்சி ரத்தினம்' என்கிற 'ரத்தின சூரியன்', பாடல் வரிகள் கவிஞர். அமரர். தமிழ்மணி. P.ஜெயச்சந்திரனின் தேன்க்குரலில்...

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கடல் அலை கால்களை முத்தமிடும் புதுகலை சத்தமில்லாத முத்தங்களை கற்று தந்தாள் இந்த கன்னி அலை சத்தமில்லாத முத்தங்களை கற்று தந்தாள் இந்த கன்னி அலை கடல் அலை கால்களை முத்தமிடும் புதுகலை காதலென்னும் ஒரு ஆல விதை கருகியே போவது நியாயமில்லை காதலென்னும் ஒரு ஆல விதை கருகியே போவது நியாயமில்லை ஏங்கியே கேட்கிறேன் கோடி முறை ஏங்கியே கேட்கிறேன் கோடி முறை ஏனடி நமக்குள்ளே வெட்க திரை

கடல் அலை கால்களை முத்தமிடும் புதுகலை உள்ளத்தில் நினைக்கையில் இனிப்பு தந்து உதட்டினில் மட்டும் ஏன் உப்பு தந்தாய் உள்ளத்தில் நினைக்கையில் இனிப்பு தந்து உதட்டினில் மட்டும் ஏன் உப்பு தந்தாய் தித்திக்கும் தேன் தமிழ் புதுக் கவிதை தித்திக்கும் தேன் தமிழ் புதுக் கவிதை நீயே சொல்லடி ஓர் பதிலை கடல் அலை கால்களை முத்தமிடும் புதுகலை கன்னத்தில் நான் இட்ட முத்தங்களை கை கொண்டு நீயோ துடைத்து விட்டாய் கன்னத்தில் நான் இட்ட முத்தங்களை கை கொண்டு நீயோ துடைத்து விட்டாய் உன் எண்ணத்தில் நான் இட்ட முத்தங்களை உன் எண்ணத்தில் நான் இட்ட முத்தங்களை எது கொண்டு நீயும் துடைத்திடுவாய் கடல் அலை கால்களை முத்தமிடும் புதுகலை சத்தமில்லாத முத்தங்களை கற்று தந்தாள் இந்த கன்னி அலை கடல் அலை கால்களை முத்தமிடும் புதுகலை.

https://youtu.be/w3l7U8GHWlE

சாகீர் உசைன் (இசைக் கலைஞர்)

ஜாகீர் ஹூசைன் (ஆங்கிலம்: Zakir Hussain இந்தி : ज़ाकिर हुसैन) (9 மார்ச் 1951 - 15 திசம்பர் 2024) இந்தியாவைச் சேர்ந்த தபேலா இசைக் கலைஞர் ஆவார். இவர் தபேலா இசைக் கலைஞர் அல்லா ரக்காவின் மகன். இவர் இசையமைப்பாளராகவும் நடிகராகவும் அறியப்படுகிறார். மும்பையில் பிறந்தார். தனது ஏழாவது வயதில் தபேலா வாசிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். 1970 ஆம் ஆண்டு இசை நிகழ்ச்சி நடத்துவதற்காக அமெரிக்கா சென்றார். ஆண்டிற்கு 150 இசை நிகழ்ச்சிகளுக்கு மேல் நடத்தியுள்ளார்.

ஜாகீர் ஹூசைன்
ஜாகீர் ஹூசைன்
பிறப்பு	9 மார்ச்சு 1951 (அகவை 73)
இறப்பு	15 திசம்பர் 2024
செயற்பாட்டுக் காலம்	1963 முதல் இன்று வரை
வலைத்தளம்

விருதுகள்

• பத்ம பூஷண் விருது, 1988
• சங்கீத நாடக அகாதமி விருது, 1990
• பாரம்பரிய இசை மற்றும் இசையமைப்பாளருக்கு அமெரிக்காவால் வழங்கப்படும் நேசனல் எண்டோவ்மண்ட் ஃபார் த ஆர்ட்சு நேசனல் கெரிட்டேஜ் பெல்லோசிப் (National Endowment for the Arts's National Heritage Fellowship), 1999

நோய்மையும் மறைவும்

சாகிர் இதயக் கோளாறுகள் காரணமாகத் தீவிர சிகிச்சைப் பிரிவில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தார். அவரது நெருங்கிய நண்பரும், புல்லாங்குழல் கலைஞருமான ராகேஷ் சௌராசியா இந்தச் செய்தியை உறுதிப்படுத்தினார். மேலும், சாகிரே தனது சமூக ஊடகப் பக்கத்தில் இத்தகவலைக் கூறி இருந்தார். இதய நோய்களுடன் போராடி வந்த சாகிர், இறுதியாக 2024 டிசம்பர் 15 அன்று அமெரிக்காவில் காலமானார்.

Ulagam Ippo Engo poguthu * Azhagar Malai -Ilaiyaraaja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs3zLu6eccg

கனவே கலைகிறதே - Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu Yuvan

 கனவே கலைகிறதே

காற்றென வழிகள் நுழைகிறதே தேவதை சிறகில் இறகாய் உயிரும் உதிர்கிறதே…..ஏய் ஆண் : காதல் இது தானா உலகெல்லாம் வழிகள் பொதுதானா மனசுக்குள் அணில்பிள்ளை போல அழுவதும் அதுதானா…..ஆ ஆண் : வார்த்தைகளை மௌனம் கொன்று தின்றதில் தனிமையிலே தினம் கத்தி கத்தி உந்தன் பெயர் சொல்லி அழுதேனே….ஏன் காற்று வந்து காதல் சொன்னதா……ஆஅ….

ஆண் : இது தானா காதல் இதுதானா வேர் அரும்பே வீசும் புயல்தானா இது தானா காதல் இதுதானா அணு அணுவாய் சாகும் வழிதானா . ஆண் : கனவே கலைகிறதே காற்றென வழிகள் நுழைகிறதே தேவதை சிறகில் இறகாய் உயிரும் உதிர்கிறதே…..ஏய்

ஆண் : காதல் இது தானா உலகெல்லாம் வழிகள் பொதுதானா மனசுக்குள் அணில்பிள்ளை போல அழுவதும் அதுதானா…..ஆ பெண் : ஆஅ….ஆஅ..ஆஆ….. ஆஅ….ஆஅ..ஆஆ….. ஆண் : அழைப்பதை கானல் நீரா அறியாது பறவை கூட்டம் தொடுவானம் போலே காதல் அழகான மாய தோற்றம் ஆண் : உனக்கான வார்த்தை அடி ஆயுள் சிறையில் வாழ்கிறதே நமக்கான விண்மீன் நீ அறியும் முன்பே உதிர்கிறதே

ஆண் : தரையில் மோதி மழைத்துளி சாகும் விரலினை தேடி இமையோடு கண்ணீர் காயும் வலிக்கின்ற போதும் சிரிக்கிற நானும் உனக்காக நாளும் தேய்கிறேன் ஆண் : சரிதானா காதல் பிழைதானா ஆயுள் வரை தொடரும் வலி தானா இது தானா காதல் இதுதானா ஐம்புலனில் ஐயோ தீ ஆனால் ஆண் : மழை நீர் சுடுகிறதே மனசுக்குள் அணில்பிள்ளை அழுகிறதே தேவதை சிறகில் இறகாய் உயிரும் உதிர்கிகிறதே….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Y6XD2wsn4

Idarinum Song with Lyrics | Thaarai Thappattai | Ilaiyaraaja | Bala -இடரினும் எனதுரு நோய் தொடரினும்

 இடரினும் எனதுரு நோய் தொடரினும்

நின்கழல் தொழுதெழுவேன் வாழினும் சாவினும் வருந்தினும்போய் வீழினும் நின்கழல் விடுவேன் அல்லேன். தாழிளந் தடம்புனல் தயங்குசென்னிப் போழிள மதிவைத்த புண்ணியரே என்னுள்ளம் கோவில் அங்கே உண்டு தெய்வம் அது இந்த கீதம் அல்லவா சொல்லவா உன்னை தொடும் உண்மை அல்லவா நீ வந்ததெங்கோ நானும் வந்ததெங்கோ நம்மை இங்கு ஒன்றாய் சேர்த்ததே இசையே எந்தன் முன்பு உன்னை வைத்ததே பிறந்தது சிற்றூரில் வாழ்வது ஓலை குடிலில் இருக்கும் இவை வந்து என்னை என்ன செய்யும் மேகமற்ற வான் போல தெளிந்த தண்ணீர் போல ஊற்றெடுக்கும் இசை அமுதம் எந்தன் மீது ஓடும் நீ விரும்பும் நேரம் உனக்கிது வேண்டும் உன் கவனம் யாவும் பொழுது போக தீரும் சிறிதே இசைத்தாலும் அருமருந்தாகும் வாழ்வென்ன இசை என்ன எனக்கு ஒன்றாகும் என்னுள்ளம் கோவில் அங்கே உண்டு தெய்வம் அது இந்த கீதம் அல்லவா சொல்லவா உன்னை தொடும் உண்மை அல்லவா ஊர்கள் கூடும் திருநாளை தொடங்கி வைக்கும் என் கூட்டம் முடிந்தால் ஊரோரம் ஒதுங்கி வாழ வேண்டும் இசை தெய்வம் கலைவாணி எனக்கருளும் போதும் ஊர் தெய்வம் பேசாது சாட்சி போல பார்க்கும் நிறைந்த எந்தன் நெஞ்சம் திறந்திருக்கும் வானம் குறைகள் தன்னை தள்ளி உண்மை கொண்டு வாழும் எனக்கென்று எது உண்டு இங்கு இந்த மண்ணில் எந்த எதிர்பார்ப்பும் இல்லை வேறு என்ன வேண்டும் என்னுள்ளம் கோவில் அங்கே உண்டு தெய்வம் அது இந்த கீதம் அல்லவா சொல்லவா உன்னை தொடும் உண்மை அல்லவா !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw5xOXELaIk

Proverbs in English

 

African Proverbs About Life

1. “A bird that flies off the Earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.”

2. “Only a fool tests the depth of a river with no feet.”

3. “Examine what is said, not who is speaking.”

4. “If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.”

5. “Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it.”

6. “A roaring lion kills no game.”

7. “Do not look where you feel. Look where you slipped.”

8. “Restless feet might walk you into a snake pit.”

9. “No shortcuts exist to the top of a palm tree.”

10. “When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets hurt.”

11. “Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today.”

12. “No medicine exists that can cure hatred.”

13. “All monkeys cannot hang from the same branch.”

14. “He who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself.”

15. “Even the lion protects himself against flies.”

16. “However long the night, the dawn will break.”

17. “If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run away.”

18. “The axe forgets but the tree remembers.”

19. “Once you carry your own water, you’ll remember every drop.”

20. “Don't set sail on someone else's star.”

21. “To try and to fail is not laziness.”

22. “Seeing is different than being told.”

23. “No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death.”

24. “Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.”

25. “Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.”

26. “A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.”

27. “Having a good discussion is like having riches.”

28. “Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.”

29. “He who refuses to obey cannot command.”

30. “Do not call a dog with a whip in your hand.”

31. “One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.”

32. “The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.”

33. “Rain does not fall on one roof alone.”

34. “However far a stream flows, it doesn’t forget its origin.”

35. “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito.”

36. “If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do no harm.”

37.  “The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.”

38. “No person is born great. Great people become great when others are sleeping.”

39. “When an old man dies, a library is burned with him.”

 

African Proverbs About Love

40. “Truth should be in love and love in truth.”

41. “When you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes but the monkey remains.”

42. “Where there is love, there is no darkness.”

43. “It is better to be loved than to be feared.”

44. “When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow.”

45. “He who loves, loves you with your dirt.”

46. “If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy.”

47. “To love someone who doesn't love you is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.”

48. “If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?”

 

49. “Don’t be so in love that you can’t tell when it’s raining.”

50. “Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands.”

51. “Love, like rain, does not choose the grass on which it falls.”

52. “Do not treat your loved one like a swinging door: you are fond of it but you push it back and forth.”

53. “Love doesn’t listen to rumors.”

54. “One who loves the vase, loves also what is inside.”

55. “One who marries for love alone will have bad days but good nights.”

56. “Love for something makes a man blind and deaf.”

57. “Let your love be like the misty rain, coming softly but flooding the river.”

58. “The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.”

59. “Don’t try to make someone hate the person he loves. For he will go on loving but he will hate you.”

60. “If a woman doesn’t love you, she calls you “brother.””

61. “Love is a despot who spares no one.”

62. “Love doesn’t rely on physical features.”

63. “If anyone makes you laugh, it is not always because they love you.”

64. “You know who you love but you can’t know who loves you.”

65. “Love is a painkiller.”

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66. “A happy man marries the girl he loves; a happier man loves the girl he married.”

67. “One who plants grapes by the roadside, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.”

68. “If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.”

69. “Every kind of love is love, but self-love is supreme among them.”

70. “True love means what’s mine is yours.”

71. “It’s better to fall from a tree and break your back than to fall in love and break your heart.”

72. “He may say that he loves you, wait and see what he does for you.”

73. “It is difficult for two long-nosed lovers to kiss.”

74. “A fish and bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together.”

75. “Lovers do not hide their nakedness.”

76. “When one is in love, a mountain top becomes a flat field.”

African Proverbs About Wisdom

77. “Wisdom is wealth.”

78. “Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.”

79. “The fool speaks, the wise man listens.”

80. “Wisdom does not come overnight.”

81. “The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.”

82. “Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others.”

83. “Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.”

84. “Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.”

 

85. “In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges, and the foolish build dams.”

86. “If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.”

87. “A wise person will always find a way.”

88. “Nobody is born wise.”

89. “A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.”

90. “Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.”

91. “One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom.”

92. “A fool cannot untie the knot tied by a wise man.”

93. “Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.”

94. “Wisdom does not come overnight.”

95. “One day in the life of a wise man is worth a fool’s entire life.”

96. “To get lost is to learn the way.”

97. “Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool.”

98. “By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.”

99. “If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.”

100. “The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.”

101. “Just because the lizard nods his head, doesn’t mean he’s in agreement.”

102. “A wise man fills his head before emptying his mouth.”

103. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

104. “Your body is a temple of knowledge.”

105. “A fool has to say something. A wise person has something to say.”

106. “The wise man never takes a step too long for his leg.”

107. “Give advice, if people don’t listen let adversity teach them.”

108. “A man’s ruin lies in his tongue.”

109. “No man can outwit their ancestors.”

110. “It is better to live as a lion for one day rather than 100 years as a sheep.”

111. “When deed speaks, words are nothing.”

112. “He who does not know one thing knows another”

113. “A wise person doesn’t fall down the same hill twice.”

African Proverbs About Family

114. “A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place.”

115. “A united family eats from the same plate.”

116. “A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.”

117. “If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.”

118. “Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.”

119. “A child is what you put into him.”

120. “When you show the child the moon, it sees only your finger.”

121. “We desire to bequeath two things to our children; the first one is roots, the other one is wings.”

122. “A real family eats from the same cornmeal.”

123. “Even the maid has a family.”

124. “Don't meddle with a family feud.”

125. “In a family if you have somebody who is troublesome it's the family members who are more worried than the troublesome member.”

126. “If you educate a man, you educate one person. If you educate a woman, you educate a whole family.”

127. “A husband with a good wife will never be on the road without supplies.”

128. “A home without a woman is like a barn without cattle.”

129. “Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.”

130. “Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.”

 

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131. “A mother cannot give birth to something bigger than herself.”

132. “It takes a village to raise a child.”

133. “A small house will hold a hundred friends.”

134. “A woman is a flower in a garden; her husband is the fence around it.”

135. “The mother hen does not break its own eggs.”

136. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

137. “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”

138. “Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.”

139. “Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.”

140. “There is no fool who is disowned by his family.”

141. “If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them?”

142. “He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.”

143. “The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.”

144. “When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.”

145. “Children are the reward of life.”

146. “Home affairs are not talked about on the public square.”

147. “A child does not laugh at the ugliness of his mother.”

148. “Family must look out for family.”

149. “It is hard to cure madness that originates in the family.”

150. “When a bitter woman takes over the house, the family she rules is doomed.”

 

A rooster is not expected to crow for the whole world.”

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“A woman is never old when it comes to the dance she knows.”

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“All errors are amendable.”

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“Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs”

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“By crawling a child learns to stand.”

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“Discord between the powerful is a fortune for the poor.”

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“Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.”

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“Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime.”

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“Family names are like flowers, they blossom in clusters.”

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“Fear no forest because it is dense.”

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“Gold should be sold to the one who knows the value of it.”

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“He who doesn’t clean his mouth before breakfast always complains that the food is sour.”

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“He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.”

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“He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace.”

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“If while climbing a tree you insist on going beyond the top, the earth will be waiting for you.”

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“If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.”

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“If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.”

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“Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.”

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“No matter how big a child is, he cannot deny that he was once carried on the back of a woman.”

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“Nobody is born wise.”

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“One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom.”

 

“Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you.”

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“Rising early makes the road short.”

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“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”

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“The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.”

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“To get lost is to learn the way.”

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“What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.”

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“What you learn is what you die with.”

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“When a king reigns, it is thanks to the people when a river sings, it is thanks to the stones.”

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“You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.”

Cameroonian Proverbs

 

“A man’s wealth may be superior to him.”

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“Better little than too little.”

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“If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy.”

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“Rain does not fall on one roof alone. “

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“There are no shortcuts to the top of the palm tree.”

Congolese Proverbs

 

“You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.”

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“A single bracelet does not jingle.”

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“A tree cannot stand without roots.”

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“Children are the reward of life.”

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“Little by little grow the bananas.”

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“Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly.”

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“No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow.”

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“Prepare now for the solutions of tomorrow.”

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“The bee is the doctor of flowers.”

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“The friends of our friends are our friends.”

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“Those who are absent are always wrong.”

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“You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.”

Ethiopian Proverbs

 

“Coffee and love taste best when hot.”

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“Eat when the food is ready speak when the time is right.”

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“He who learns, teaches.”

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“If you pick up one end of the stick you also pick up the other.”

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“The elephant does not limp when walking on thorns.”

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“The fool speaks, the wise man listens.”

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“When a strong man sends a message, he sends it with a weak man”

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“When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet.”

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“Where a woman rules, stream run uphill.”

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“Where there is no shame, there is no honor.”

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Ghanaian Proverbs

 

“Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author.”

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“Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.”

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“The good mother knows what her children will eat.”

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“Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.”

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“Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.”

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“What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another.”

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“When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.”

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“When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.”

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“By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.”

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“He is a fool whose sheep runs away twice.”

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“He who cannot dance will say, ‘The drum is bad!'”

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“A child does not laugh at the ugliness of his mother.”

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“All heads are the same, but not all thoughts are the same.”

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“An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.”

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“If a blind man says he will throw a stone at you, he probably has his foot on one.”

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“If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.”

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“If we put a hammer in every person’s hand, could they all become blacksmiths?”

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“If an arrow has not entered deeply, then its removal is not hard.”

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“If you educate a man you educate one individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family.”

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“It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.”

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“One camel does not make fun of the other camel’s hump.”

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“One head alone does not go into council”

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“So many little things makes a man love a woman in a big way.”

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“The elders of the village are the boundaries.”

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“Those who are born on top of the anthill take a short time to grow tall.”

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“When a fish rots, the head stinks first”

Kenyan Proverbs

 

“A flea can trouble a lion more than a lion can trouble a flea.”

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“A fully grown tree cannot be bent into a walking stick.”

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“A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.”

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“A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.”

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“All monkeys cannot hang on the same branch.”

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“An empty pot makes the loudest noise.”

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“Baboons do not go far from the place of their birth.”

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“Do not allow the belly to make you useless.”

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“Don’t fight a lion with a stick.”

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“Every door has its own key.”

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“Glory does not come by calling.”

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“He who refuses to obey cannot command.”

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“However much it rains on you, no wild banana tree will grow on your head.”

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“It is the belly which daily gives thanks.”

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“Lonely is one.”

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“One arrow can knock down an elephant.”

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“One whose seeds have not sprouted does not give up planting.”

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“Only a medicine man gets rich by sleeping.”

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“Only someone else can scratch your back.”

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“Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.”

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“Rich people sometimes eat bad food.”

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“Teeth do not see poverty.”

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“The cow that bellows does so for all cows.”

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“The night has ears.”

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“The stick in the hand kills the snake.”

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“There is not such a thing in the world as a sheep of many colours.”

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“There’s no rainy season without mosquitoes.”

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“To lead is not to run roughshod over people”

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“Traveling is learning.”

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“Unity is the real thing”

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“We should put out fire while it is still small.”

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“When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it.”

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“When the lion cannot find meat, it eats grass.”

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“You cannot force water up a hill.”

Madagascan Proverbs

 

“A canoe does not know who the leader is – when it turns over everyone gets wet.”

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“A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.”

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“Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.”

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“Wealth is like hair in the nose: it hurts to be separated whether from a little or from a lot.”

Malawian Proverbs

 

“Even the fiercest leader in the world is overcome by sleep.”

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“He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.”

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“Obstinacy does not redeem anyone.”

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“The betrothed of good is evil, the betrothed of life is death, the betrothed of love is divorce.”

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“The words of the elders become sweet some day.”

Mozambican Proverbs

 

“A snake that you can see does not bite.”

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“An ox shits more than a hundred mosquitoes “

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“Never marry a woman who has bigger feet than you.”

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“No tattoo is made without blood.”

Namibian Proverbs

 

“If you do not have patience you cannot make beer.”

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“Leadership does not depend on age.”

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“Learning expands great souls.”

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“Love is a despot who spares no one.”

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“‘Supposing’ doesn’t fill the grain basket, ‘if’ doesn’t fill the larder.”

Nigerian Proverbs

 

“A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill does not know that it is still on the ground.”

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“A person who has children does not die.”

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“A tree does not move unless there is wind.”

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“An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.”

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“Being happy is better than being king.”

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“Even the Niger river must flow around an island.”

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“If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.”

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“If you think you have someone eating out of your hands, it is a good idea to count your fingers.”

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“In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.”

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“Little by little the bird builds its nest.”

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“Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool.”

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“The big game often appears when the hunter has given up the hunt for the day.”

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“The rain does not recognize anyone as a friend, it drenches all equally.”

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“The rhinoceros never dances with the monkey.”

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“The roaring lion kills no prey”

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“Time destroys all things.”

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“When the mother goat breaks into the yam store her kid watches her.”

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“When your neighbour’s horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.”

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“Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth.”

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“Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.”

Senegalese Proverbs

 

“Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets along the way.”

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“The chameleon changes colour to match the earth, the earth doesn’t change colour to match the chameleon.”

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“The strong do not need clubs.”

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“There can be no peace without understanding.”

Somali Proverbs

 

“A brave man dies once, a coward a thousand times.”

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“A bridge is repaired only when someone falls into the water.”

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“He who does not seize opportunity today, will be unable to seize tomorrow’s opportunity.”

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“The key to a healthy body is a good head.”

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“Wisdom does not come overnight.”

South African Proverbs

 

“A clever king is the brother of peace.”

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“A crowd can easily overpower a bull.”

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“Even an ant can hurt an elephant.”

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“The jungle is stronger than the elephant.”

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“The sun never sets without fresh news.”

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“Copying everyone else all the time, the monkey one day cut his throat.”

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“What has horns must not be hid in a sack.”

Tanzanian Proverbs

 

“A boat cannot go forward if each rows his own way.”

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“Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself.”

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“If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.”

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“The humble pay for the mistakes of their leaders.”

Ugandan Proverbs

 

“By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.”

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“He who fears the sun will not become chief.”

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“He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.”

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“If a leader loves you, he makes sure you build your house on rock”

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“The chameleon looks in all directions before moving”

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“The one nearest to the enemy is the real leader”

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“Water that has been begged for does not quench the thirst.”

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“When the powerful sit, they are none the weaker.”

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“When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.”

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“When you befriend a chief remember that he sits on a rope.”

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“Without a leader, black ants are confused.”

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