köz jaşların sığarğa

/køz dʒaʃlarɯn sɯʁarʁa/

Literal translation

to wring out one's tears

Intended meaning

To cry and be sorrowful; to grieve.
  • Bil-bilme nege dep jaşağanıŋı, Jaşaw bizge – bir bağa jetmez sawğa, Turğanda da kün jarıtıb janıŋı, Qalğanda da köz jaşlarıŋı sığa.Know or do not know what you have lived for — life is a gift to us beyond price: while you stand it lights your soul like the sun, and when you are left behind it wrings the tears from your eyes.
  • Ölürse, köz jaşıŋı sığa. Bet, namıs a sawlay tururla!You will die weeping your tears. But honour and conscience will stay alive!

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