eşik bla kirib, tereze bla çıqğanlay

/eʃik bla kirib, tereze bla tʃɯqʁanlaj/

Literal translation

as if coming in by the door and going out by the window

Of a human lifetime: over in no time at all, seeming far too brief.

Jüz jıl nedi adamğa?! Erttenlikde qobub, ekindide jathan kibikdi. Burunŋu adam aythanlay, ol eşik bla kirib, tereze bla çıqğanlaydı.What are a hundred years to a person?! It is like rising in the morning and lying down in the late afternoon. As the people of old said, one comes in by the door and goes out by the window.
Jaşaw degeniŋ, eşik bla kirib, tereze bla çıqğan teŋli bir çaq ese, anı qalayına sıyınadıla juqusuz keçele, suw talağan taşça, sıydam bolğan tilekle?If what you call life lasts only as long as coming in by the door and going out by the window, where in it do the sleepless nights fit, and the prayers worn smooth like a stone eaten away by water?

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