«وَجَعْ سَاعَهْ وَلَا كُل سَاعَهْ»

The proverb sets a single spell of pain against pain that never lets up, and it sides firmly with the single spell. Enduring one hard hour is judged a better bargain than carrying a hurt that returns hour after hour.

Its clearest application is to healing: the sting of a remedy or procedure is sharp but ends, while an illness left untreated keeps hurting for a long time. Choosing the cure, painful as it is, spares the sufferer that drawn-out misery.

Fits moments when someone shrinks from a painful remedy or medical procedure; the saying nudges them to accept the short discomfort of the cure instead of enduring an ailment that lingers on untreated.