Moroccan proverbs

Proverbs carry the humour of a language better than any phrasebook. Each of these 71 sayings is given in Arabic, in Latin letters, and with the situation moroccan speakers actually use it in.

• 🕊️🎉 Cheer up, Owl – even the storks are holding a wedding!zghrti ya muka blarj dar l3rs
• 🐑🦊 Only the sheep’s bleat alerts the wolf.ma hs ldib hi bhzaaq ln3ja
• 🪶🦗 Stork, you grew tall – yet locusts crown you.bash kbrti ablarj tajak ljrad
• 🍑🩹 if the peach can heal, he would heal himself firstkwn kan lkhukh ydawi kwn dawa rasu
• 😉👊 you can communicate with the free by a wink and the slave with a punchl7r blghmza wal3bd bldbza
• 🛣️🤝 the road swears to get the friend and the enemy with to meet uphlfa ltriq la tlaqi l3du w sdiq
• 🐶🪵 mention the dog and hold the stickdhkr lklb wjdd l3sa
• 👣🛠️ follow your father's footsteps and you will not failtba3 7irfa buk layghlbuk
• 🤲💸 the homeless asks for money and his wife gives for charityttlab ytlb w martu tsddq
• 👁️❌ he wanted to eye-line her and he pocked her eyesja yk7lha 3maha
• 💬💸 the one that has no money his talk is meaninglesslli ma 3ndu lflus klamu msus
• 🐔💨 he wanted to get the chicken and he found nothingbgha yhzz ddjaj ma lqa gha l3jaj
• 🫏🕋 Be carefull with your donkey and he will take you to Mecca7awwl 3la 7marak t7ajj 3lih
• 👧🎁 The one who's caring about his business give him your daughterslli fatk khlih lbnatk
• ⏰🏃 Who's ahead of you by one night, he's ahead of you by one skilllli fatk blila fatk b7ila
• 🍽️😤 May god protect you from the longing to food if he tastes, and the sleeper if he woke up.allah ynjik mn lmshTaq ylli dhaq w mn nna3s ylli faq
• 🌊🔍 take the path of a full river than an empty riverdwz 3la lwad lhrhuri wla dwz 3la lwad skuti
• 👑🤝 Even the crowned king has needsmul ttaj wykhtaj
• 🐍😨 The one who got bitten by the snake should be afraid from the ropelli 3ddu l7nsh ky5af mn l7bl
• 😓😴 Work you miserable for the sake of the sleeperkhddm ya tta3s bsa3d nna3s
• 👶💧 Taking care of children of strangers is like hammering waterlli kyrabbi wlad nnas bhal lli kydqq lma f lmhrz
• 💃😅 They ask her to dance and she takes it seriouslynwduha tshT7 darta bSa7
• 🍵🐄 Evening tea is better than grilled cowatay l3shiya khir mn bqra mshwiya
• 🫏💥 Who doesn't have a concern he will get it from his donkeylli ma 3ndu hm katwldu lih 7martu
• 🍽️👀 A hand on a dish and an eye on who went awayyad f Tbaq w 3yn 3la mn zhq
• 💈👶 Practice you barbers on the heads of orphanst3llmu ya l7jama f rus lyatama
• 🙆‍♂️😱 We brought the bald as a companion but he uncovered his head to scare us.jbna lqra3 ynwsna 3ra rasu w hwssna
• 🐭🥖 The mice have a fight about the leaven of the neighboursdabzu ya lfirān 3la khmira ljiran
• 🧥🤔 You are well dressed but low understandingrak labs sllham w 3mama w nta qlil lfhamma
• 👩🍞 The girl is pretty and she knows nothing about bread doughshaba zina w ma3rfash l3jina
• 👩‍👧‍👧💖 The beauty within us, is a family heritagezzin fi bnatna slala mn l3mma llkhala
• 🙌🤫 Praise your friend in public and blame him in privatemdah sa7bk m3 nnas w lumo rras f rras
• 🐴🔩 If the horseshoe can take away the shame, it should start with the donkeylaw kant ssfi7a trd l3ar law kant rdatu 3la l7mar
• 😤👋 My man be strong, and here is my cheek to kiss and slapkun azmani 7rsh w ha wjhi bus w trsh
• ❤️📝 remember your lover and his love,his wrong doings and forget about himtfkr 7bibk w hawah tfkr f 3aylu w nsah
• 💔⚡ The quick love is full of flawsl3shq lmzrub klu 3yub
• 👧😔 The thing that makes the girl forgot her mom is her sadnessma kynsi lbnt fi umha ghir hmha
• 😟🏠 the bad concern, I left it in my dad's house but I found it in the new wife's houselhm lmn7us khlyto f dar ba lqito f dar l3rus
• 🤝💎 Having an ugly companion better than a diamond full of problemsallahumma bkhusha wtwnns wla yaquta wthaws
• 👁️🙈 Go an open eye and a closed eyedir 3yn shafit w 3yn ma shafit
• 👹⏱️ What the devil do in a year, mother in law does it in an hourlli kay3mlo iblis fi 3am t3mlo l3kuza f sa3a
• 🚪👋 May god bless the guest with short time visitallah yr7m mn zar w khff
• 🌍👨‍👧‍👦 Who sail in a foreign country, get his children to troubleslli wSl blad ghir bladu khll lhm lwladu
• 📜🤨 the Imam read the letter in 7 days, said its a bad handwritinglfqih d7man qra lbra sb3 ayam w qallihum lkhat 3yyan
• 🤔✂️ A 101 thoughts or a scissors hitmiya tkhmima w tkhmima wla Drba bmqSS
• ❤️🙏 What you don't get by love you will get it by begginglli ma ja blm7ba ma yji b7zara
• 😢🤕 He hit me, he cried and he first complainedDrbni w bka sbqni w shka
• 🐔🦶💧 The chicken washed her feet but she forgot what she was doingddjaja ghslt rjliha nsat ma daz 3liha
• 💐📜 If the beauty goes away, its marks stayila msha zzyn bqaw 7rufuh
• 🛠️🦷 Who done it by his hands, he should fix it with his teethlli darha bdyh ifkkha bsnih
• 🐘➕ He's dealing with an elephant and they gave him another onema qdu lfil zaduh fila
• 🛏️😖 You can't feel the pillow unless you were hit by itma tyhss blmzwd ghir lli mDrub bih
• 😔🪞 Neither what's mine stays, Neither my face was cleanedla dyali bqa wla wjhi tnqa
• ⛏️🏃 He come to give him a hand in digging his father's grave but he run away with the pickaxeja y3awnu f qbr bah hrb lu b lfas
• 🏠👰 Take a look at his house, and then ask his daughter for marriageshuf bytu w khtb bntu
• 🙏💧 If you want a clean mind, purify to praylli bgha ydf3 lbla ytwDa lSla
• 🤝🚫 Give and take has no begginghak wara ma fiha 7zara
• 🪨🌅 Don't cross a river untill you see its stones, don't march at night until you see its dawn and don't friend a person until you know him wellma tqta3 lwad 7tta tban 7jaro w ma tmshi f lyl 7tta yTla3 nharo w ma tS7b Sdiq 7tta t3rf khbaro
• 💒💧 Who said that the wedding is easy tell hom to serve his waterlli qal lik l3rs sahl ysqy mah
• 🐈🎉 No cat runs away from the wedding party7tta qT ma tyhrb mn dar l3rs
• 🏠👩 Come on, Mum, let me show you my uncle’s house.Come mom, I will show you my uncle's house
• 🍽️⏳ Whoever puts off his lunch until dinner will never find relief from his troubles.lli khlla ghdatu l3shatu ma tshfat fih 3dhatu
• 🍽️🙏 Whoever puts off his lunch god will bless himlli khlla ghdaah l3shah rbi aghnah
• 🧑‍🦲🪮 People are dealing with life and the bald is looking to brush his headnnas fi nnas w lqra3 fi mshyT rras
• 🏔️🙏 If God gave you, don't stress yourself about tilling, the mountains will lay down for youila 3tak l3ati ma t7rth ma Twati 7tta ljbal TTati
• 🏕️🔩 I'm taking care of his troubles, and he's taking off my tent pegsana f hmuh kndadi w huwa f tqla3 wtadi
• 🚶‍♂️🛤️ Show him the way and show him the way, if he went blind leave himwrrih wrrih w ila 3ma sir w khlih
• 🍯🐝 If you want honey, hold yourself when the bees stinglli bgha l3sl ysbr lqris nn7l
• 🗣️🙊 The bad always talks his behaviourssfi7 tynTq gbr b lli fih
• 🐜🕊️ If God want to punish the ants, he will give them wingsnml ila bgha y3dhbu allah ydir lih ljnah
• 🙌🕊️ Do good deeds and don't wait for repaydir lkhir w nsah