płać płacęcy, a jedź śpiewajęcy

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “the crying [one] pay, and the singing [one] eat”.

Pronunciation

Proverb

płać płacęcy, a jedź śpiewajęcy

  1. (Podhale) One ought to pay what is due to someone, even if it means crying, and one will have peace.

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1906), “płacić”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 4: P, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 130
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