A Turkish proverb about listening and paying attention: To one who understands, a mosquito is a lute. To one who does not understand, a drum and zurna are little. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Turkish Proverb for Listening”
I came across a wonderful collection of Turkish proverbs about language.
To set up this first one, you have to know what a zirna is, a musical instrument in Turkey that sounds sort of like a bagpipe, okay, a zirna.
But here’s this Turkish proverb about language. To one who understands, a mosquito is a loot. To one who does not understand, a drum and zirna are little. In other words, a good listener needs only half a word. I love that.
Nice.
Beautiful, right? Yeah, beautiful. Yeah.
You want to hear one more? Yes, please.
A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. Oh, wow. That’s perfect. Isn’t that good? A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. It’s so true. Yes.
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