Morocco Proverbs (10)

اللي فات مات

“What has passed is dead.”

Do not dwell on the past; let go of what is gone and focus on the present.

الصبر مفتاح الفرج

“Patience is the key to relief.”

Enduring hardship with patience eventually opens the way to a solution.

اللي بغا العسل يصبر لقريص النحل

“He who wants honey must endure the sting of the bees.”

Any worthwhile reward requires enduring difficulty and pain to obtain it.

يد وحدة ما تصفقش

“One hand alone cannot clap.”

Cooperation is essential; nothing meaningful is achieved alone.

الجار قبل الدار

“The neighbor before the house.”

Choose good neighbors before choosing a house, because company matters more than the dwelling.

كل شي بوقتو زين

“Everything is beautiful in its own time.”

Things are good when they happen at the right moment; do not rush what is not yet due.

القرد في عين مو غزال

“The monkey, in his mother's eye, is a gazelle.”

A mother sees her own child as beautiful no matter what others think; love blinds judgement.

اللي عضو الحنش كيخاف من الحبل

“He who was bitten by a snake fears the rope.”

A person hurt by a bad experience becomes overly cautious even of harmless things.

درهم وقاية خير من قنطار علاج

“A dirham of prevention is better than a quintal of cure.”

Preventing a problem is far easier and cheaper than fixing it afterwards.

اللي ما يعرفك ما يقدرك

“He who does not know you cannot value you.”

People only appreciate your worth when they truly know you.