يقبرني/ya’aburnee (idiom) An untranslatable, Arabic phrase literally meaning you bury me, ya’aburnee is the hope that one’s lover will die before them because life without them is unbearable. This both beautiful and morbid expression is generally used in the Levantine Arabic dialect. (via wordsnquotes) Source: wordsnquotes
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the signs as untranslatable words
thewhimsicalheathen: lame-astrology: Aries: Mamihlapinatapei, Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – “The wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start.” Taurus: Saudade, Portuguese – “the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost.” Gemini: Won, Korean – “The reluctanceContinue reading “the signs as untranslatable words”
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