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Igbo: nwá ńzā nà-àgbá ọbàrà kà ọ hà.
English:
A WREN PRODUCES AS MUCH BLOOD AS ITS TINY BODY CAN AFFORD. DO WHAT YOU CAN WHEN YOU CAN; NEVER GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO PLEASE OTHERS AND DISPLEASE YOURSELF.
Igbo: ébé áká rùrù nwáànyị mkpụmkpụ kà ọ nà-àtụkwàsá dī yā.
English:
A SHORT WOMAN CAN ONLY CUDDLE HER HUSBAND AS FAR AS HER HANDS CAN STRETCH.NEVER GO BEYOND YOUR MEANS TO PLEASE OTHERS.
Igbo: ébé áká rùrù ónyé mkpụmkpú, ò kòbé àkpà yá.
English:
THE DWARF CAN ONLY HANG HIS BAG AS HIGH AS HIS HANDS CAN REACH. CUT YOUR COAT TO YOUR SIZE.
Igbo: óké ngwèrè sìrì nà yá tèrè úhíē òlé nwáànyị yá kwọtārā.
English:
THE AGAMA LIZARD SAID HE DECORATED HIMSELF WITH AS MUCH RED CAMWOOD AS HIS WIFE COULD PROVIDE. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE. NB: AGAMA LIZARD IS RED ONLY ON ITS HEAD AND TAIL, BUT NOT THE REST OF THE BODY. NOW YOU KNOW WHY.
Igbo: ánụ gbáláá táà, échí bụ ńtá.
English:
IF THE GAME ESCAPES TODAY, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER HUNTING DAY. IF YOU DO NOT SUCCEED THE FIRST TIME, KEEP TRYING.
Igbo: ónyé nā-ējē ījè gáá kọtárá ézè, ọ lábákwá, yá gàá kọtárá ézè.
English:
HE WHO SETS OUT ON A JOURNEY AND NOTIFIES THE KING SHOULD ALSO CALL ON THE KING ON HIS WAY BACK. IF YOU SOUGHT ADVICE FROM ANYONE ABOUT A PROBLEM,COURTESY DEMANDS THAT YOU LET THEM KNOW WHEN THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, SO AT LEAST THEY CAN REJOICE WITH YOU.
Igbo: òkúkọ sìrì nà yá kpụchábá ísī kà ụmụ yá sì ànwụ, ótù ụbọchì yà àkpụchàpụtá ūbūrù ísī.
English:
THE FOWL SAID IF SHE HAD TO SHAVE HER SCALP EACH TIME SHE LOST A CHILD, THEN ONE DAY SHE WOULD EXPOSE HER BRAIN THROUGH SHAVING.PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE MISFORTUNES TOO OFTEN FIND A WAY OF DEALING WITH THEIR LOSSES TO KEEP THEIR SANITY.
Igbo: nwátà rié èbùlè nà ńnà yá nà-ákpà átụrụ.
English:
LET THE CHILD EAT A RAM BECAUSE HIS FATHER REARS SHEEP. SOMETIMES IN LIFE, WE GET AWAY WITH CERTAIN MISDEMEANOURS ON ACCOUNT OF OUR SOCIAL CONNECTION.
Igbo: nwá ńnà yá nọ n'ìzù, íkpé ánāghị àmá yā.
English:
A CHILD WHOSE FATHER IS PART OF A JURY NEVER COMES OUT GUILTY... SOCIETY APPEARS TO APPROVE OF NEPOTISM.
Igbo: nwá ńnà yá nọchìrì úzọ n'élúígwē ānaghị èjé ọkụmmụọ.
English:
A CHILD WHOSE FATHER MANS THE GATE OF HEAVEN NEVER GOES TO HELL.
Igbo: mmádụ ánāghị ènwécháá égbùgbèrè ọnụ, mírī àná àmá yā n'ēzê.
English:
IT IS NOT PROPER THAT A PERSON SHOULD POSSESS TWO FULL LIPS AND STILL SUFFER TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS ON HIS TEETH. WHAT IS THE USE OF A POSSESSION IF IT WILL NOT SERVE THE BASIC NEEDS FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED? (E.G. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BE DESTITUTE IN A COUNTRY THAT CONTROLS SO MUCH WEALTH).
Igbo: ónyé gọtāra ọgọ ngwèrè ághàghị inụ kwà ụbọchì nà ọgọ yá ádàlá n'élūozo.
English:
HE WHO HAS A LIZARD FOR AN IN-LAW WILL SOON GET USED TO HEARING THAT HIS IN-LAW HAS DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT YET AGAIN. A SARCASTIC REFERENCE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. WHEN SUCH NEWS BECOMES SO PREDICTABLE IT NO LONGER SHOCKS ANYONE.
Igbo: ñgwèré dārā ēlū kwèrè n'ísí, sí nà ọ bụrụ nà mádụ ájàghì yà íké, yà àjàáonwe yā.
English:
THE LIZARD THAT FELL FROM A HEIGHT NODDED TO HIMSELF AND SAID HE WOULD PRAISE HIMSELF IF NOBODY DID. WE LEARN TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR OWN ACHIEVEMENTS, EVEN IF WE GET NO COMMENDATION FROM OTHERS.
Igbo: Ọ bụghị òté ōfē nà-ákàtá onwē yā.
English:
IT IS IMMODEST FOR A SOUP MAKER TO EXTOL HER OWN VIRTUES AND EXPERTISE. A CAUTION AGAINST THE TENDENCY TO BLOW OUR OWN TRUMPETS.
Igbo: nwátà túlié nnà yá élū, ọgọdọ áyòchié yā ānyā.
English:
IF A CHILD THROWS HIS FATHER INTO THE AIR, HE WILL BE BLINDED BY THE LATTER'S LOIN CLOTH. NEVER UNDERTAKE A MISSION THAT YOU KNOW IS BEYOND YOUR POWER.
Igbo: nwátà étōghī ētō chọbā īhē gburu nnà yá, íhé gbūrū nnà yá ègbúó yā.
English:
A CHILD WHO MUST SEEK TO AVENGE THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER BEFORE HE IS OLD ENOUGH MAY SOON COME TO THE SAME FATE AS HIS FATHER.
Igbo: nwátà tólíté ámāghị ịhē mere nnà yá, ịhé mērē nnà yá èméé yā.
English:
WHEN A CHILD GROWS UP AND NEVER CARES TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FATHER,WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FATHER WILL ALSO HAPPEN TO HIM. THOSE WHO NEVER LEARN FROM HISTORY WILL ALWAYS REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF HISTORY.
Igbo: nwátà étōghī ētō wàrá ọgọdọ, ìkùkù búrú yā, ò búrú ọgọdọ.
English:
IF A CHILD DONS A LOIN CLOTH PREMATURELY, THE WINDS WOULD TAKE HIM AND TAKE HIS LOIN CLOTH WITH HIM. HE WHO RUSHES INTO A POSITION OF REPONSIBILITY BEFORE HIS TIME MUST BE PREPARED TO PAY THE PRICE THAT GOES WITH IT...(EARLY MARRIAGE FOR EXAMPLE).
Igbo: ókéọkpà kwáchúó ákwā, è gbúchúóró yā mmụọ.
English:
WHEN A COCKREL CROWS BEFORE IT HAS ATTAINED FULL MATURITY, THE OWNER MAY BE TEMPTED TO SACRIFICE IT PREMATURELY. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.
Igbo: Ńkịtā sịrị ónyé yá tụrụ áhíá útē, yá bíkō wèlátárá yā ēgō, n'íhì nà ńtúkwùàmárálá yā āhū.
English:
A DOG SAID IF HE HAD SENT YOU TO PURCHASE A MAT FOR HIM,YOU MAY NOW BRING BACK HIS MONEY AS HE HAS GOT USED TO SQUATTING ON HIS HIND LEGS... THERE IS NO GREATER WAY TO DESCRIBE THE FRUSTRATION WHEN YOU HAVE HOPED AND WAITED ON SOMEONE TO DELIVER ON A PROMISE AND NOTHING IS FORTHCOMING.
Igbo: àkwá ngwèrè chékátá ńnē yā, ò jìrí ákā yā bùó ōnwē yā.
English:
A LIZARD'S EGG LEARNS TO HATCH ITSELF WHEN IT GROWS WEARY OF WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ITS MOTHER. ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP YOURSELF FIRST, AS HOPING ON OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT ALWAYS YIELD THE RESULT THAT YOU EXPECT.