«شَهْرْ وِشُهَيَّرْ وِالتَّانِي قُصَيَّرْ»

The saying treats a stretch of time that feels long as if it were nothing much: a month, then a 'little' month, then a short one. The months are figurative, not a real count, and the diminutive is chosen to rhyme rather than to name a shorter month. It insists the awaited thing lies closer than it seems.

Its force comes from cheerful understatement carried largely by a bouncing rhyme, which a flat translation partly loses. Breaking the interval into ever-smaller pieces makes patience feel easy. It can comfort someone who is impatient, or briskly wave aside complaints that something is still too far off to matter.

Say it to someone dreading a long wait, such as a return, a deadline, or an awaited event, to suggest the time will pass quickly. It suits casual reassurance among family or friends, and its playful rhyme lightens the mood.