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433. Àddina jigéen la, ju fu mu tollu, mu ngi ëmb te kenn xamul lu muy jur. (15)<br />

Life is like a woman who is constantly pregnant, and no one knows what she will<br />

give birth to.<br />

No one can know what will happen during life.<br />

434. Àddinaa ngi ci sunu kanam. (19)<br />

Life is ahead of us.<br />

What's going to happen is before us; meaning that we should not hurry, we will see what's<br />

going to happen.<br />

435. Bëñ du ree jàmm ! (2,19)<br />

A tooth does not laugh at peace.<br />

We sometimes laugh at human tragedies.<br />

436. Bu ñii di jooy, ñee ngay ree. (19)<br />

When these people are crying, others are laughing.<br />

Joys and pains are the two sides of life.<br />

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot... a time<br />

to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance... (Ecclesiastes<br />

3:2,4 NIV)<br />

437. a. Àddina weeru koor la ; feek jant sowul, juubu du wees. (11,12)<br />

b. Dund gu jeexagul, weeru koor la : juubu weesoogu ca. (2,3,5)<br />

Koor gu jant sowagul, juubu weesoogu ca. (2)<br />

a. Life is like the month of Ramadan; as long as the sun has not set, one will not<br />

cease to make mistakes.<br />

b. Life is like the month of Ramadan; as long as it is not finished, it is always<br />

possible to accidentally break the fast.<br />

One should never be too sure of oneself, as it is all too easy to make mistakes.<br />

“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”<br />

“There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip.”<br />

438. Dund gu jeexagul, weeru koor la : juubu weesoogu ca. (2,3,5)<br />

Life is like the month of Ramadan; as long as it is not finished, it is always possible<br />

to accidentally break the fast.<br />

“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”<br />

“There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip.”<br />

439. Liggéeyal àddina ja mu mel ni dootoo dee, liggéeyal allaaxira ja mu mel ni suba ngay dee. (20)<br />

Work for the world as though you will never die, and work for the afterlife as<br />

though you will die tomorrow.<br />

Use all means possible (including occult) to live this life, and use prayers & rituals of<br />

Islam for the next one.<br />

“If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we<br />

live or die, we belong to the Lord.” (Romans 14:8 NIV)<br />

440. Bakkan waruw dàll la : fa muy dagge doo ko yëg. (2,3,6)<br />

Bakkan waru dàll la, buy dagg boroom du ko yëg. (19)<br />

Life is like the strap of a sandal which breaks without warning.<br />

Death comes without warning.<br />

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