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Tôjú ìwà r÷ örê mi [Maintain your character my friend] Ælá a máa «í læ nílé ÷ni [Honor can leave from the house of a person] ¿wà a sì máa «í lára ènìyàn [Beauty can leave from the body of a person] »ùgbôn ìwà ní í bá ‘ni dé sàárè [However a person’s character will go with a person to the grave] Èéfín nìwà, rírú ní í rú [Character is like smoke, eventually it will rise (to the surface)] Ènìyàn gb’ókèèrè níyì [A person lives off in the distance in honor] »ùgbôn súnmô ni, l’a fi ñ mö’«e ÷ni [But with closeness we learn of a person’s actions] Ìwà kò ní í foníwà sílë [Character will not leave its owner alone] Ìwà æmæ l’ó ñ sæmæ lórúkæ [It is a child’s character that gives the child a name] Æmæ dára ó ku ìwà [Even if the child seems fine, there is still a need for character] Ara dára ó ku a«æ [Even if the body looks fine, there is still a need for clothing] ¿së dára ó ku bàtà [Even if the feet work fine, there is still a need for shoes] B’énìyàn dára tí kò níwà [If a person seems fine but doesn’t have character] Ó padanù ohun ribiribi [He/She is missing something very valuable indeed] Ìwà rere l’ë«ô ènìyàn [Good character is a person’s bodyguard] »ùúrù baba ìwà, ìwà baba àwúre [Patience is the progenitor of character, Character is the progenitor of blessings] |
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