البحر يعطي والبحر ياخذ.
“The sea gives, and the sea takes.”
Fortune, like the sea that once fed the pearling trade, brings both blessing and loss.
— Traditional Emirati Wisdom, UAE
Source: Traditional Emirati proverb, rooted in the Gulf pearl-diving heritage, public-domain oral tradition
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