"I prefer the one who does not know to the one who thinks he knows," said the singer Zedek Mouloud.
Kabyle
“Ţif-i winna akken ur nessin, wala wi' ɛudden yessen”, i d-inna ucennay Zedek Mulud.
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“This year will be amazing. Far better than the coming year, ”said Lounis Ait-Mengellat LAM.
Kabyle
"Assegwas-agi ad yelhu. Ad yiff win i d-teddun," i s-inna Lewnis Ait-Mengellat LAM.
“What differentiates birds from politicians is that the former stop flying from time to time,” said Coluche.
Kabyle
“D acu yessemgarden ifrax akked imsertiyen, ladɣa imezwura-nni ur zgin ara d affug, ḥebbsen”, i d-yenna Coluche.
"I want to embody evil so that no one carries me on his back", goes a Kabyle saying.
Kabyle
"Bɣiɣ ad uɣaleɣ d ddnub, akken yiwet, yiwen, ur iyi-ţbibb", i yeqqar yiwen uwennit aqbayli.
"Anger empties the soul of all its resources, so that at the bottom appears the light", said Friedrich Nietzsche.
Kabyle
“Urfan ssexsayen kra yesɛa iziɣer, akken ad d-teflali tafat deffir n uẓeṭṭa”, i s-inna Friedrich Nietzsche.
"Aṣerbek" is a violent blow. It can kill. It is a merciless beating. Another example: he laid it out with a masterful slap.
Kabyle
Aṣerbek, d tiyita s leqher. Tezmert ad tneɣ. D tiɣrit waɛren. Amedya nniḍen: Yeṣṣerbek-it s ubeqqa.
“I have a tremendous chance, what happiness; and my head upside down, and I'm dying”, sings the beautiful Lycia Nabeth.
Kabyle
“Ezher-iw d amxalef, a rrebḥ-iw; rray-iw d ttalef, ay amxix-iw”, i tcennu tuzyint Lycia Nabeth.
"It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches the mouse," said Deng Xiaoping.
Kabyle
“Amcic, yecbeḥ neɣ yibrik, awi-d kan ad d-yeṭṭef aɣerda”, i d-yenna Deng Xiaoping.
"We suffer half in our youth, the other half in our old age", our writer Amar Mezdad likes to remind us.
Kabyle
“Azgen uxelleṣ di temẓi, wayeḍ di tewser”, i aɣ-d-ismektay umaru-nneɣ Amar Mezdad.
"Wherever I have left my stones, I will pass again," said the river ... when its water was flowing yet.
Kabyle
“Kra n wanda ǧǧiɣ adɣaɣ-iw, ad uɣaleɣ alamma d ɣur-s”, i s-inna wasif... asmi llan waman deg-s.
"English" is what is English, the English; it is also everything that speaks of the English people, English culture and everything that lives, was, is born in English country.
Kabyle
“English”, d anglizi, neɣ aglizi; diɣen, d kra yellan yeţmeslay ɣef uḍref anglizi, tutlayt tanglizit, d kra n win neɣ wayen i izedɣen, ilul deg tmurt n legniz.
"Until you make the subconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate," said Carl Gustave Jung.
Kabyle
“Skud ur d-yuki ara umezgun-nwen, ha ad d-yass win ara kwen-izedɣen, ad s-tsemmim aḥlil”, i d-inna Carl Gustave Jung.
“We all have creaky knees when we bend down,” said Jimmy Fallon, the popular American comedian from “The Tonight Show”.
Kabyle
“Ţijjiqen akk igecriren-nneɣ mara neknu”, i d-inna Jimmy Fallon, amṣeḍṣu amarikan ageɛmir deg tedwilt “The tonight show”.
"If you are not a polyglot, shut up" said Hassan Al-Wazzan, known as Leo the African, a medieval Maghrebian thinker.
Kabyle
“Ma ur telliḍ d agetmeslay, xas susem!”, i d-inna waggag amaziɣ n leqrun ilemmasen, Hasan Awezzan, umi semman Leo Aferkan.
“The famine, we have often supported it; today, we do not hold back in the face of profusion”, says a Kabyle proverb.
Kabyle
"Asmi yella laẓ, neṣbeṛ-as; ma d tura, ur s-nḥezzen ara i tawant", i yeqqar yinzi aqbayli.
“I will follow my path. I don't think I'll be back,” had said the rebel singer Matoub, long before they murdered him.
Kabyle
"Abrid ad t-awiɣ. Wissen ma ad d-zziɣ", i d-inna ucennay aḥrur Maɛṭub, acḥal send ad t-nɣen.
“If you can't scratch yourself, no one can do it for you,” Ali Ideflawen says in his song “Mohand, my bud”.
Kabyle
“Win ur nekmiz i yiman-is, ulac w'ara s-ikemzen”, i s-iqqar Ali Ideflawen deg taɣect-is “A Muḥend, ay aɣeddu”.
"The lizard dares to face the hydra" means something like "Someone is attacking a mountain with a hoe", says another of our friends.
Kabyle
"Yekker umulab i tlafsa" icuba "Yekker i wedrar s uqabac", la d-yeqqaṛ umeddakel-nniḍen.
“To others, everything one does is a sin, but to oneself, it is a delight,” the playwright Mohya said in the tirade he titled “Moo!"
Kabyle
“Ɣef medden kullec d leḥṛam, fell-asen ẓid i wučči”, i d-yenna Muḥya deg tizliţ umi isemma “Mmuh!".
"Well, thank goodness, the fresh eggs with which you bombed him are not red! Otherwise, he would have thought you injured him!"
Kabyle
Ihi, iḥun Rebbi timellalin-nni tizegzawin swayes i t-tṛejmem ur zeggaɣit ara! Tili ad iɣidd d ifeddix!
"The lizard dares to face the hydra." is like "Someone is attacking an ash tree with a sickle," one of our friends tells us.
Kabyle
"Yekker umulab i tlafsa." icuba "Yekker i teslent s wemger.", la d-yeqqaṛ yiwen umeddakel.
"Everyone has only one country, but I have two," said MoḥYa, our great playwright, who died in France in 2004 and whom we have lost forever.
Kabyle
“Timura n medden akk yiwet, nekk snat iyi-d-iṣaḥen”, i s-inna MuḥYa, anaẓur-nneɣ amuggay agaɛmir, yemmuten deg Fransa deg 2004, i aɣ-iruḥen i lebda.
"I'm so lucky, what a blessing; but I'm just doing my own thing, oh my God!" says Alycia Nabeth in her famous song "Amxix-iw".
Kabyle
"Zzher-iw d amxalef, a rrbeh-iw; ṛṛay-iw d ttalef, ay amxix-iw!", i teţɣenni Alycia Nabeth deg taɣect-is yufrar en “Amxix-iw”.
"My God, give me my share of fire, even if it means hell", say our old women when they are cold in winter.
Kabyle
"A Reppwi, efk-iyi amur-iw n tmes uma deg laxert!", i qqarent temɣarin tiqbayliyin mara tent-ineɣ usemmid deg tegrest.
“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points,” said Confucius.
Kabyle
"Ma temmugreḍ-d argaz yelhan, xas ɛaned-it; ma d yir terras, nadi deg yiman-ik, kra n wayen tufiḍ deg-s dir-it," i d-yenna Confucius.
“If you meet a worthy man, try to be like him. If you meet a mediocre man, look for his faults in yourself,” Confucius said. Such is going life.
Kabyle
“Ma temmugreḍ-d amdan yelhan, ili am neţţa. Ma temlaleḍ-d yir argaz, wali ma llan iɣewsen-is ar ɣuṛ-k”, i s-yeqqar Confucius. Akka i tḍeṛṛu deg tmeddurt.
“It is women who preserve our mother tongue. Ah, if they were all of your caliber!" Aksil said to his daughter-in-law.
Kabyle
“D tilawin i iḥerzen tutlayt-nneɣ tayemmaţ. Ah, mer sɛint akk ṣsedd am kemm!”, i s-inna Aksil i teslit-is.
"Once you're in a mess, at least you shut up," MohYa said in the story of "the bird in the cow dung" he told in one of his audio tapes.
Kabyle
"Talast tekker fell-ak, meqqar tawaṭṭfa n yimi", i d-yenna MuḥYa deg teqsiḍt-nni n "ufrux d ticcict" i d-yeḥka deg yiwet n tesfifin-is.
“Cursed, the day I was born; I had the worst afflictions wrapped up in my little hands; so that they'll never leave me...", sang Lounes Matoub, peace to his soul, and taken up here by Sadia Hamidi, whom we congratulate for her excellent interpretation and her feelings.
Kabyle
Asmi d-luleɣ, d ass amcum; deg 'fus i d-kemseɣ lehmum; akken ur iyi-ttixiṛen ara...”, i d-icna Lwennas Maɛṭub, fell-as talwit; tules-as-d da Massa Sadia Hamidi , teddez tebrez dayenkan, tanemmirt-is.
"Give me your head to eat it and I promise you a big bag of oats," said the lion to the donkey. The latter laughed out loud and replied: "And then who is going to eat the oats?"
Kabyle
"Efk-iyi aqeṛruy-ik ad t-ččeɣ, ad k-fkeɣ asegres n temẓin", i s-yenna yizem i weɣyul. Winna yeḍṣa-ţ-id, yerra-as: “Anwa imir ara tent-iɛelfen?”
"How many kilometers are there between the truth and the lie? Four fingers, just the distance between the eye and the ear", said the great artist Karim Tizouiar. Beautiful words of a lord; quick recovery, I hope!
Kabyle
“Acḥal n kilometr i yellan gar tideţ d lekdeb? Rebɛa iḍudan, d ayen kan yellan gar tiṭ d umeẓẓuɣ”, i d-inna unaẓur aqbayli karim tizouiar. D awal a winnat, s ḥellu inek!
"I envy you to always find what to say! Me, I'm uninspired! The lid of my brain has closed, for real!", said somebody. A second retorts: "You just have to write about the Coronavirus." The other told him: "I must first know what it is!"
Kabyle
Yiwen: "Ammarezg-nwen, teţţafem acu ar ad d-tinim! Nekk fukken-iyi! Tuɣal tadimt i umelɣiɣ-iw, ṣḥa-d-lehna!" Wissin: "Aru-d ɣef Coronavirus." Winna: "Ar asmi ara ẓreɣ dacu-t!"
"I looked in vain for my chance, believing to find it in the trade; it closed the door in my face and put the key in its pocket", said the emeritus artist late Taleb Rabah in his song "The luck".
Kabyle
"Ţnadiɣ ɣef zzher-iw, ɣileɣ ad t-afeɣ di tḥanuţ; yemdel tabburt ɣef lḥeqq-iw, yerra ɣer lǧib tasaruţ", i s-inna ufennan aqbur Taleb Rabah deg taɣect-is "Zzher".
"I remember, as if it was yesterday, the locusts that ravaged our vines; from east to west, they were rushing; our community couldn't take it anymore ...", sang Idir in his song "Cfiɣ".
Kabyle
"Cfiɣ amzun d iḍelli, mi d-yewwed ujrad tara; ccerq lɣerb yeṭṭeggiṛ, adrum ur yezmir ara...", i yecna Idir deg taɣect-is "Cfiɣ".
"I stole beans but I peeled them skilfully", said Lounes Matoub when he was reproached for being inspired by the chaâbi musical genre; it is still necessary to know that the Kabyles are part of its pioneers and continue to shape it.
Kabyle
“Ţakreɣ-d ibawen, dacu ssneɣ ad ten-sqecreɣ”, i s-inna Lwennas Maɛṭub, asmi lummen fell-as ayɣer i d-yuǧew deg Cceɛbi; ulamma d iqbayliyen i t-yesselḥan, sul sselḥuyen-t ar tura.
"They allow themselves to be scalped by the first comer... They perish where they were born... And they take pleasure in bliss...", said the player Mohand-U-Yahia about The Berbers.
Kabyle
"Win d-yusan ad ten-yelles... Anda lulen i ţmeţţaten... Yerna dessen..." i d-inna Muḥend U Yahia ɣef yimaziɣen.
“What I want is not a word, which is blown away as soon as I speak it. What I want is not the fennel which always bends in the wind. What I want is as I dreamed it and that cannot be held by the hands. Just like the rising sun that the eyes cannot look at” said playwright MoḥYa.
Kabyle
“Ayen bɣiɣ mačči d awal, mi t-nniɣ yeddem-it waḍu. Ayen bɣiɣ mačči d uffal, ansi s-d-yekka ad as-iknu. Ayen bɣiɣ akken i t-urgaɣ, ur t-ţarzen ifassen. Am yiṭij mara d-yessaɣ, ur t-ssakadent wallen”, i d-yenna unaẓur MuḥYa.
"Which of these paths do you prefer?" we asked a donkey stuck between an ascending and a descending trail. "I wish there were a pickax to demolish both of them," he replied.
Kabyle
"Anwa abrid ay axir?", i as-nnan i uɣyul i yḥeṣlen gar ukessar d usawen; yerra-asen: "buddeɣ-asen agelzim i sin".
"Who would be born, whom you let live long enough? As soon as one of us emerges from the lot, we condemn him by the imposture", said Lounes Matoub in his song "There are plenty of them who talk about it".
Kabyle
“Anwa akka amdan i d-yekkren, tesɣezfem-as di leɛmer? Gar-aneɣ win d-ibanen, ad as-nebru deg ugḍi n lmenker”, i d-inna Lwennas Maɛṭub deg taɣect-is “Aṭas i s-yennan”.
“Whoever follows the crowd does not go further than the crowd. Whoever goes alone is likely to find places where no one has ever been,” said Einstein.
Kabyle
“Win yeṭṭafaren azerbabuɛ, ur yeţɛedday agemmaḍ-nsen. Win ileḥḥun weḥd-s, yezmer ad d-yaf imeḍqan anda werǧin i ten-yewwiḍ yiwen”, i d-yenna Einstein.