üyüm degen üyü teŋli taş kötürür

/yjym deɡen yjy teŋli taʃ køtyryr/

Literal translation

one who says "my home" will lift a stone as big as his house

Whoever takes on a household of their own must be ready for great and constant toil.

Menme degen tawlu kişini bıllay qılıqçıqlarına birsi kişile bek büsüremesele da, Kermahan a jarata edi. «Üyüm degen üyü teŋli taş kötürür» degenni bu Uzeyir qatınını awuzundan eşite turuwçu edi.Though the other men had little liking for such habits in a self-important highlander, Kermahan approved of them. He used to hear this saying — "one who says 'my home' will lift a stone as big as his house" — from the mouth of Uzeyir's wife.

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