The elephant mentioned his country ذَكَرَ الْفِيلُ بِلاَدَهُ

ذَكَرَ الْفِيلُ بِلاَدَهُ
The elephant mentioned his country
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المثل العربي «ذَكَرَ الْفِيلُ بِلَادَهُ» يُضرَب لمن تذكّر وطنه أو اشتاق إلى بلاده، أو لمن هاجت به ذكريات موطنه.
وأقرب مقابل له في الإنجليزية هو:
“There’s no place like home.”
أي: لا مكان مثل الوطن أو البيت؛ تعبير عن التعلّق بالوطن والشعور بأن المرء لا يجد الراحة الحقيقية إلا فيه.
ومن التعبيرات القريبة أيضًا:
“Home is where the heart is.” — حيث يكون القلب، يكون الوطن.
“You can take the man out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the man.” — يمكنك أن تُخرج المرء من بلاده، لكنك لا تستطيع أن تنزع بلاده من قلبه.
الأقرب بحسب السياق:
إذا كان المقصود الحنين إلى الوطن: “There’s no place like home.”
إذا كان المقصود أن المرء لا ينسى أصله وموطنه مهما ابتعد: “You can take the man out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the man.”
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The Arabic proverb “The elephant remembered his homeland” is used to describe someone who remembers or longs for their country, or who is overcome with memories of their homeland.
The closest equivalent in English is:
“There’s no place like home.”
That is, there is no place like home; an expression of attachment to one's homeland and the feeling that one finds true comfort only there.
Other related expressions include:
- “Home is where the heart is.” — Where the heart is, there is home.
- “You can take the man out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the man.” — You can take a person out of their country, but you cannot take their country out of their heart.
The closest equivalent, depending on the context, is:
- If the intended meaning is longing for home: “There’s no place like home.”
- If the intended meaning is that one never forgets their origins and homeland, no matter how far they travel: “You can take the man out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the man.”