kimni sabanı igi bitse, anı çıpçığı

/kimni sabanɯ iɡi bitse, anɯ tʃɯptʃɯʁɯ/

Literal translation

to be the sparrow of the one whose crop grows well

To be servile toward whoever is more powerful and to submit to them.

Alağa [tuwğan jerin unuthanlağa] halq nedi, jigitni qanı? Duniya jarsıwlarından keŋde qala, kimni sabanı igi bitse, anı çıpçıqları bolub keldile ala.What is the people to them [to those who have forgotten their native land], what is a hero's blood? Keeping far from the world's troubles, they have gone through life as the sparrows of whoever's crop grew well.

Show sources