duniya keziwdü

/dunija keziwdy/

Literal translation

it is the world's turn

Intended meaning

Said of the changeableness of fortune: nothing stays good or bad forever, and everyone's turn comes round.
  • Da ne eterikse, duniya keziwdü. Kimni artı, kimni allımı dewçüdüle?Well, what can you do, life takes its turns. Don't they say: who is last, who is first?
  • Ömürde da terekni başın, tübün da birew aşap turmağandı, duniya keziwdü, – dedi Musa.Never has one and the same person eaten both the top and the bottom of the tree; life takes its turns, said Musa.

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