Doesn't the adage say: "Since the villagers love their donkey, we must hurry to bring him food!"
Kabyle
Yella deg wawal: "segmi ḥemmlen at taddart aɣyul, ɣiwel zwir ḥucc-as-d!"
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Even if we do not immediately succeed in leading the Kabyle to its peak, others will succeed.
Kabyle
Xas ma werɛad nessaweḍ taqbaylit sani tuklal, dulaqṛaṛ ad ilin wid ara yawḍen.
He has suffered all the misfortunes of fate, even those that were not intended for him.
Kabyle
Yerwa tidak yuran, ahat ula d tid ur nuri.
I am now asking myself: why does someone who conceives poems with his head, write them with his feet?
Kabyle
Wehmeɣ ya nekk: amek armi, win yesɛan aqeṛruy ad yessefru, ayɣer ara ten-yaru s uqejjir?
I tell you, these succulent persimmons taste like steak; in addition, they are from our region, from Mitidja.
Kabyle
Awen-d-iniɣ kan: ikakiyen-agi iplakmiyen, d iẓidanen, am win i iteţţen akanaf; yerna ziɣen n tmurt-nneɣ, seg Mtiǧet (Mitidja)!
It was Pope Gelasius I who had the idea of establishing Valentine's Day, the feast of lovers (every February 14).
Kabyle
D apapas Ɣilas 1u i d-igan tikti n usnunnet n tmeɣra n Sidna Ɣilas i yimeɛcuqen (yal 14 di Furar).
People laughed at me a lot when I stuck my horns in front of the blackboard, where I wrote.
Kabyle
Ţaḍşan zik fell-i mara ssentuɣ acciwen-iw deg tfelwit taberkant anda ţaruɣ.
Pierre Rabehi, may he rest in peace: his original homeland has completely ignored him. What a pity!
Kabyle
Pierre Rabehi, ad yesgunfu di talwit: Lzayer, tamurt-is tamezwarut, teţţu-t akw. D asḥissef!
Riddle, enigma: I aimed at my heels and I touched my nose. What is it ? What's that? (tarf, fart).
Kabyle
Timseɛreqt, taqnuẓt: Gezzneɣ igerzan-iw, ḥuzaɣ anzaren-iw. D acu-t, dacu-t? (ḍiṛu d, d uṛiḍ).
That's it, the white blackbird, I made it black, as I had already talked about long before, at the start.
Kabyle
Dayen, azukerṭif-nni amellal, rriɣ-t d aberkan akken t-uriɣ nniqal, tazwara.
The female ladybug lays eggs on the leaves of plants, which molt to nymphs and then to adults.
Kabyle
Taburqict tawtemt teţţarew timellalin sufella n yifer n yimɣan, i yeţţuɣalen d iqawsasen send ad imɣuren.
The other said to him: "You're fake news", in so-called English. And he became president.
Kabyle
Yenna-yas winna: "You're fake news", wazun d taneglizit. Dɣa, yuɣal d aselway.
The same finger you lick to clean your plate can also be used for the cooking pots.
Kabyle
D ameccaḥ n terbut i ineqqin taccuyt.
The swollen silenus has an onomatopeian Kabyle name, in connection with the sound made by its leaves.
Kabyle
Taɣiɣact, d imɣi umi semman akka yiqbayliyen imi ṣsut-ines amzun “ɣec-ɣec".
The waterskin is a sheepskin or goat skin sewn in the shape of a bag and serving as a receptacle.
Kabyle
Taylut, d tacekwiḍt n uglim n yikerri neɣ uqelwac ideg ţarran aman.
There are those who perpetuate predation because they are afraid of becoming poor; there are those who accept poverty because they are afraid of falling into predation.
Kabyle
Llan wid i teţţen leḥṛam, segmi ugaden tigellelt; llan wiyaḍ teččaten tgellelt, imi ugaden leḥṛam.
This is what the vox populi reports: he who stirs up the mire brings the mud to the surface.
Kabyle
Yella deg wawal: win yerwin tabṛunt, d win i d-yessalayen amejṛiw.
This plant has a disproportionate and crazy growth. It's like it doesn't know how to grow anymore.
Kabyle
Yeṭṭukkek yimɣi-agi, yeṭṭuki. Tṛuḥ-as amek ara yegmu!
We have lent our shoulder to the bites so much that we no longer feel the chapped skin.
Kabyle
Nefka tayeţ i uɣẓaẓ, armi yugi ad ɣ-yekkes ukmaz.
What is clean will remain so; while what is dirty until the grime, it will be difficult to wash.
Kabyle
Ayen zeddigen zeddig; ma d ayen yumsen armi d rekku, yewɛer ad yirid.
When we are well protected, we can only love the sound of the rain, whether heavy or light.
Kabyle
Ticki nedduri mliḥ, ulamek ur neţḥemmil ara i tmesliwt n ugeffur, ama d iceṛcuren, ama d aweẓwaẓ.
Whether you lick them or not, they will soften you by shriveling your brain, even by breaking your neck.
Kabyle
Lleɣ neɣ qim, ad k-sleɣlɣen alamma yelleɣṭuṭi wallaɣ-ik, ma ur yelleɣẓam ara wemgṛeḍ-ik.
You should not disown your brother, even if he takes it upon himself to swallow you up.
Kabyle
Di tegmaţ ur nṛekkeḍ, xas ifeẓz-aɣ ma yeṣṣeḍ.
An African proverb says to Europeans: "You, you have the watch and us, we have the time!" Well done, Africa!
Kabyle
Inzi aferkan, afriq, yeqqar i yiruppiyen: "Kunwi tesɛam ssaɛa, nekwni ɣur-neɣ akud!" Hey Tafriqt!
Even the ersatz of the flies imposed their menu on us, the content of which I will not have to bellow.
Kabyle
Ula d irbiben n yizan, seččen-aɣ ayen akken teţţen, fiḥel ma nniɣ-d mmuh!
He took into his mind to make me dig a pit for my father, while confiscating me the pickaxe.
Kabyle
Yeggul deg-i ad ɣzeɣ tasraft i baba, yerna yuker-iyi agelzim.
I just saw it go through the loom; it passed in the blink of an eye. What is it ? It's the light.
Kabyle
Ha-ţ-aya tcerreg azeṭṭa; qqneɣ allen-iw, tɛedda. D acu-ţ? D tafat.
It's no joke! Do you think that they will lay down their guns? You should forget about it!
Kabyle
Ziɣ kunwi! Wannag tɣiddem ad ssersen tagelzimt! Ur walaɣ!
The ramblings are incoherent words from someone who is sick or depressed, that he mumbles while awake.
Kabyle
Ashetref, d alejlej n win yuḍen-n neɣ yuɣ-it kra, i d-yeqqar neţţa yuki.
We are breaking our heads, and you take advantage of it; as much for you. You even deserve better!
Kabyle
Nekkni, nerẓa amelɣiɣ-nneɣ, kečč tessidifeḍ; ammarezg-ik. Ad tuklaleḍ nnig!
Well, in Kabyle, I am not strong. It's more in French that I prefer to indulge in puns, a little in English too.
Kabyle
Ihi, s teqbaylit, ur twileɣ ara. S tefṛansist, i ḥemmleɣ turarin s wawalen, ciṭ diɣ s tneglizit.
What would happen if we were silent? Or, it would be our party! Whatever we do, it's a dead end!
Kabyle
Wissen win yessusmen, amek? Neɣ ahat, imiren i teẓmek! Ay ansa i s-nekka ulamek!
When the last drop overflows the vase, the fault does not lie with the drop but with the water that was there before.
Kabyle
Tagelda yezdeɣ Ṣṣelṭan, d imeɣban i as-ţ-ibennun.
When we are spared from calamities, it's just that they didn't find us in the right place.
Kabyle
Lhemm ur d-nusi, d abrid ur yufi.
Who knows if my eyes will deign to read all of this once they have rested a bit?
Kabyle
Wissen ahat, allen-iw ad tent-id-terṣel ad d-ɣrent akk annect-a, mara steɛfunt ciṭ?
As an old Kabyle saying goes: "Help those who are in need. As for God, leave him to others."
Kabyle
Akken d-inna yinzi aqbuṛ aqbayli: "Rfed win ur nesɛi ifadden, ma d Ṛebbi, eǧǧ-it i medden."
Bad siblings are like fringes' wires; if you stretch them too much, they break; if you leave them as they are, they will intertwine.
Kabyle
Yir tagmaţ am yeɣriṣen; ma tjebdeḍ-ten, ad qerṣen; ma teǧǧiḍ-ten, ad kersen.
During the day, they look at each other; at night, they hug. What could it be? These are the door panels.
Kabyle
Deg wass, ţemyexzaren; deg yiḍ ţemyezmaḍen. D acu-t, d acu-t? D deffat n tewwurt.
Even the toponym Tunis, Tunes, comes from the verb ens [NS]: Tunes is the soldiers' night camp. It's like you say.
Kabyle
Ula d isem n Tunes, yekka-d seg umyag ens [NS]: Tunes d anda ţnusun iserdasen (camp de nuit). Akka d-tenniḍ ara yili.
Franz Kafka said, in "The Lost Time" (or perhaps, orally, Woody Allen): "Eternity is long ... especially around the end."
Kabyle
Yenna-d Franz Kafka, deg "Akud iṛuḥen", neɣ ahat Woody Allen, s wawal kan: "Taɣlalt, ɣezzifet... ladɣa ar taggara."