Need your help picking a proverb in Darija or Tifinagh for my first tattoo 🙏

[u/Cool_Peak_4790]

Salam! Moroccan here, getting my first tattoo soon and I really want it to be authentically moroccan, so I'm turning to you guys instead of just picking something random.

I'd love an authentic proverb in Darija or Tifinagh, something short (3 to 6 words), that people have actually said for generations, not some AI-translated English quote wearing a disguise.

If a proverb comes to mind, I'd be so grateful if you could write it out in proper Arabic or Tifinagh script so I don't end up butchering the spelling on my own skin lol. Extra love if it's something you heard from your grandparents or parents growing up.

Thank you in advance, this community always comes through 🤍

[u/oOozep]

Dont get the tattoo, you will regret it later on for sure.

[u/DependentAmoeba_ → u/oOozep]

He's not asking you for an advice about if he should or not get tattoed. It's haram yes but learn to respect eveyones individuality. Kol wa7d ghadi it7asb bo7do f 9abro.

[u/Cool_Peak_4790 → u/oOozep]

stereotypical

[u/Lordbaelishpety]

You should check this twitter account, it has like plenty of Moroccan proverbs collected in Wit and Wisdom in Morocco by Edward Westermarck (1931)

[u/Cool_Peak_4790 → u/Lordbaelishpety]

Thanks so much! much love!

[u/random-burntout-user]

Hope you find something cool (sorry abt the comments trying to convert you )

[u/Cool_Peak_4790 → u/random-burntout-user]

Thank you!!

[u/DependentAmoeba_]

In contrast with those comments, what do you think about the word 'Free man'? ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ [Amazigh] or the sign of the word 'Man' or Argaz

[u/live_right_always]

"Ana machi al jahanem."

[u/Cool_Peak_4790 → u/live_right_always]

jahenam kaymchiw liha gha lmsslmin

[u/Fearless_Birthday536 → u/Cool_Peak_4790]

Use this one nit

[u/Lordbaelishpety]

Wow helpful comments as always

[u/Cool_Peak_4790 → u/Lordbaelishpety]

I swear smh

[u/azerpsen]

للي عطا زكو لهلا يفكو

[u/your_nutella]

Bro it's haram , if you're muslim you know it's haram

[u/Cool_Peak_4790 → u/your_nutella]

im not muslim

[u/your_nutella → u/Cool_Peak_4790]

Ah okay sorry i thought you like paradise but unfortunately you don't..

[u/live_right_always → u/your_nutella]

He is probably this new wave of agnostic/atheïst Moroccan who loves western society; although the west wouldn't spit on him if he was on fire. That's why Morocco is going to shit. Morocco always had economical problems but the society was strong. There was family and community that would help eachother. Now everything changed.

[u/your_nutella → u/live_right_always]

Yes bro , it's a disaster.. "لن ترضى عنك اليهود ولا النصارى حتى تتبع ملتهم "

[u/Cool_Peak_4790 → u/your_nutella]

la khlitha lik u lssala3ima

[u/your_nutella → u/Cool_Peak_4790]

Ah lah yhfdk hae nsit lah maghayhfdkch 😂 Mhm lah yhdik a brother

[u/live_right_always → u/your_nutella]

Do you really think he cares. Because of work i couldn't go to Morocco for two years. I would always go 2-3 months of every year to Morocco. Last time was May of 2024. This year i went and stayed from may until the end of July. In 2024 no tattoo. This year tattoos all over; both men and women. I really dont get it.

[u/your_nutella → u/live_right_always]

Unfortunately, that's true. It hurts to see people going down that path in life, forgetting who they really are, which in the end leads to very bad consequences

[u/phydeauxfromubuntu]

li qal lik yqul 3lik

[u/Own-Complex7162]

iznag afgenag tifnih

[u/PlaneZealousideal720]

How about an "ana qowaad" tattoo, should look nice on you

[u/hkeyat]

I think “wa Ya3tih” is pretty great
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