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However Long the Night, Dawn Will Break

Komai nisan dare, gari zai waye

ko-mai nee-san da-reh, ga-ree zai wa-yeh

A Hausa proverb promises that however far the night stretches, daylight will come — and what changes when you compare its certainty to a Persian ring and a Korean memory of hardship.

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Hausa proverbs, at a glance

However long the night, dawn will break.

Komai nisan dare, gari zai waye

KO-mai nee-SAN DA-reh, GA-ree zai WA-yeh

Literally: No matter how far the night, daylight will come

Hausa · Nigeria / Niger

Set beside
- Persian — این نیز بگذرد; the same promise of impermanence but extended to JOY as well — a darker, more complete wisdom
- Korean — 고생 끝에 낙이 온다; ease follows hardship, but as a reward for enduring, not as an astronomical certainty