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731. Bu mbey matee faj baaraam des. (15)<br />
When the work in the fields is finished, all that is left is to treat the fingers.<br />
One cannot achieve a task without suffering the sacrifices which the task entails.<br />
732. Farala liggéey dina sawarloo. (13)<br />
To be in a habit of working makes one eager.<br />
733. Ku bëgg xaalis, liggéey. (4)<br />
He who loves money must labour.<br />
734. Ku biddante, xiif. (13)<br />
He who sleeps late will go hungry.<br />
Laziness brings poverty. Prov 6:11-12; 24:33-34<br />
“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty<br />
will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.” (Proverbs<br />
6:10-11; 24:33-34 NIV)<br />
735. Ku sawar ci liggéey, oomle. (13)<br />
Whoever works with eagerness will be wealthy.<br />
736. Ku sonn, jëriñoo. (20)<br />
One profits from difficulties and tiredness.<br />
There is no success without effort and trouble.<br />
737. Liggéey bu amulug pey, yàgg lay taawloo, caatloo bon. (11,12)<br />
Work without pay, if it first gives birth to a long time, it finally gives birth to evil.<br />
If you do not pay your worker what pleases him, he will not do work that pleases you.<br />
738. Mbey bey a koy jeexal. (18)<br />
Only working the field can finish the season.<br />
A farmer will only reap the rewards of his fields through his sweat. A task not yet carried<br />
out will remain incomplete until someone gets out and does the work.<br />
739. Nit mënul lekk lu gën li mu liggéey ci loxol boppam. (7)<br />
A person cannot eat anything better than that which he has worked for with his<br />
own hands.<br />
740. Ñaq jariñu, jëf jël. (2,20)<br />
Sweat and profit; act and take.<br />
A person will eventually profit from the sweat that hard work brings. One must accept the<br />
need to act and work hard to be successful.<br />
741. Toolu golo du meññ. (2,3,5,6).<br />
Toolu golo du ñor.<br />
The field of a monkey will not bear fruit.<br />
Bara is a shopkeeper. He has a well-situated shop and regular customers, but every time he<br />
makes a profit, he buys a sheep and invites all his friends to a feast. Eventually, his<br />
extravagance put his business in peril. One day at a family reunion, a cousin remarked that<br />
the shop was almost empty of stock. An uncle, in order to comment, quotes this proverb.<br />
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