taşın jalap tursam da

/taʃɯn dʒalap tursam da/

Literal translation

even if I stand licking its stone

Expresses a readiness to put up with any amount of suffering or deprivation rather than give something up; no matter how hard things become.

Ow! Men jarlı, jaşçıqnı atası, alay neçik aytasa! Atamı-anamı qabır topurağın atıb qayrı keterikme? Taş jalap tursam da, jurtumda tururğa süeme. Jurtundan çıqğannı börü aşaydı, alay aytma.Oh! Poor me, the boy's father, how can you say such a thing! Where am I to go, throwing away the earth of my father's and mother's grave? Even if I have to lick stone, I want to stay in my homeland. The wolf eats the one who leaves his homeland — don't say that.

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