“Dekha shahr-i-Bangālā dant lāl munh kālā.”
11. “I have seen Bengal, there the teeth are red, and the mouth is black.” i.e. From chewing betel.
“Karz shauhar-i-mardān ast.”
12. “Debt is a man’s husband.” i.e. A man in debt is always at the mercy of his creditors, as a woman at her husband’s.
“Ek aur ek igārah.”
13. “One and one make eleven.” From the way of writing (11) in figures.
“Āmadan ba irādat raftan ba ijāzat.”
14. “Coming is voluntary, but departing depends upon permission.”
“Fakīr kī surat hī sawāl hai.”
15. “The appearance of a fakīr is his petition in itself.”