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English
Igbo: à nághị ēkwòró nà nrị dị n'úgbō, sị nà úgbo bùzi úlọ.
English:
YOU DO NOT BECAUSE THERE IS FOOD IN THE FARM DECIDE THAT THE FARM HAS BECOME YOUR HOME.EAST, WEST, NORTH OR SOUTH, HOME IS THE BEST.
Igbo: ñgwèrè níīlē màkpù àmákpù, mànà à mághị nkè áfọ nà-àrụ.
English:
ALL LIZARDS LIE ON THEIR BELLIES, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHICH ONE HAS A BELLY ACHE.(COMPARE: “THERE IS NO ART TO FIND THE MIND'S CONSTRUCTION IN THE FACE").
Igbo: Ọ bụ íhé ónyé kpọrọ mkpà nà-èchú yā yā n'nlộ.
English:
IT IS THAT WHICH YOU CALL A BURDEN/NECESSITY THAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT. YOUR RESPONSE TO MANY ISSUES WILL DEPEND ON WHAT IMPORTANCE YOU ATTACH TO THEM.
Igbo: Ì nà-àná ńtì ékwē, ò bù ísí gī kà é jì àkú yā?
English:
Why worry about the sound of a log drum, is the beating performed on your head? Things that are of no consequence should never be a source of personal anxiety.
Igbo: Ó bù ébé á nà-ádù nwá nné yā nò ndù ódú kà nkè nné yā nwùrù ànwúnà-ámùtá akō.
English:
The orphan learns his life lessons listening to the counselling given to the child whose mother is still alive.
Igbo: Ó bù ébé á nà-ádù nwá ògàrànyà ódú kà nwá ógbènyé nà-ámùtá ākō.
English:
The child of the poor learns his life lessons listening to the counselling given to the rich kid.
Igbo: Nwátà dí ńtī àlà, nà-ànú nzò úkwū ndī mmuo.
English:
A child with a keen sense of hearing perceives the foot steps of passing spirits... (Wisdom comes to those who are equipped to receive it).
Igbo: Òbù sìrì nà íké dì n'íchè n'íchè.
English:
The dove said that power/strength/ability is relative... Every living creature (humans inclusive) is individually endowed with a different kind of strength/talent/ability...We may be strong in one thing but weak in another, and someone else may be strong in the areas where we are weak
Igbo: Òbòdó tērē ākā nwèrè ńdí ó dì nsó.
English:
That town we consider very far away may be near to some other people. What we find particularly tough may be rather easy to some others. Strength/ability is relative.
Igbo: Nwá ùkpànà nà-èré ūrē, sí nà yá nà-àgbá mmānū.
English:
Only a grasshopper deludes itself into believing that it is shedding fat when in fact it is decaying. Only a fool would fail to recognise when he/she is indulging in a self-destructive activity, whatever that may be.
Igbo: É kèléé nwáànyí gwōtārā ākīdì, ò gwótá ōzo.
English:
Compliment the lady that prepared the delicacies and she would be encouraged to dish out more
Igbo: É tòó díkē nà nkè ó mèrè, ò mékwáá ōzō.
English:
Appreciate a hero for his achievements and he will feeI encouraged to achieve more.
Igbo: Òkúkò óbìà nà-èbúrú úzò wèlié ótù úkwū ēlū.
English:
A fowNl that goes into a strange environment first stands on one leg. It is natural to feel anxious when we are new to an area or confronted with a new experience.
Igbo: Ónòdù nà-àgú ngwèrè, mànà ógólógó ódù ékwēghī yā ānòdú àlà.
English:
A lizard's desire to sit down is hampared by its long tail... (Usually an excuse for failing to achieve all one's desires, the lizard's long tail is a metaphor for all human impediments)
Igbo: Ókwùrù ánāghī àkárí ónyé kūrü yä.
English:
Okra never grows stronger than the person who planted it. (However tall and strong an unruly child,he/she could never be above parental control). Spare the rod, spoil the child.