<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Palatino Linotype" LANG="0">Hello,<BR>
36 Pilgrims Proverbs were compiled and published during the Holy Jacobean Year 1993; sometimes they may be purchased printed on a large laminated poster-like board at the Libreria Gonzalez in Santiago's Rua del Vilar.<BR>
I'll attempt to send them twelve at a time, together with an attempted translation into English. <BR>
The proverbs rhyme in Spanish and my translating abilities leave a great deal to be desired. It would be very good if someone here were able to provide better translations; if so, perhaps the US Friends of the Camino or the Santa Barbaras in California could print them as cards, or something.<BR>
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REFRANERO DEL PEREGRINO<BR>
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1. Un peregrino sin buen humor, es como un mundo sin color<BR>
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2. A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando. Ayudate y Dios te ayudara.<BR>
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3. A dar no nos neguemos, pues Dios nos da para que demos.<BR>
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4. Antes es la obligacion que la devocion<BR>
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5. Atajar pronto el mal procura, sino siempre dura<BR>
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6. Al peregrino lo cubre luz si lo acompana Jesus.<BR>
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7. Dios perdona al penitente que se arrepiente<BR>
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8. El amor y la Fe, en las obras se han de ver.<BR>
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9. El bien que puedas hacer hoy no lo dejes para manana.<BR>
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10. El hombre ocioso siempre es vicioso; ocupate en algo provechoso.<BR>
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11. El mal, bien sufrido, para el cielo abre camino<BR>
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12. El que peca y se enmienda, a Dios se encomienda. <BR>
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Translation (more or less)<BR>
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1. An ill-tempered pilgrim is like a colorless world.<BR>
2. Hit the hammer while you pray; Help yourself and God will help you.<BR>
3. Let us not refuse to be generous; God gives to us so that we may give.<BR>
4. Obligations come before devotion.<BR>
5. Deal with your hurtful problem, otherwise it will long last.<BR>
6. A pilgrim is bathed in light when accompanied by Jesus.<BR>
7. God forgives a penitent who repents.<BR>
8. Love and Faith are shown by one's actions. <BR>
9. Whatever good you can do today, do not leave it 'til tomorrow.<BR>
10. The idle man is prey to vice; do something useful<BR>
11. Suffering one's sorrows well opens the way to heaven.<BR>
12. He who sins and repents commends himself to God.<BR>
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