Owe Yoruba - Yoruba Proverbs-gctid24538

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    Òwe Yorùbá

 
  “Òwe Yorùbá jê gbólóhùn örö «ókí«ókí tí ó kún fún ìjìnlë ægbôn àti òye, tí ó sì jê ìrírí tí àwæn àgbààgbà ilë wa ti fi ÷nu kó jæ gêgê bí ëkô fún àwæn æmæ lêhìn wæn. Àwæn gbólóhùn örö «ókí«ókí wönyí kún fún ìtumö púpö, bí a bá sì lò wôn níbi tí ó y÷ kí a lò wôn, ìtumö ohun tí à bá fi örö púpö sæ yóò tètè yé ni yékéyéké.”
 
  “Òwe l’÷«in örö, bí örö bá sænù, òwe ni a fi ñ wá a.”
  “Amöràn mæ òwe níí làjà öràn.”
 
 
 
 
  òwe - proverb
  gbólóhùn – sentence
  «ókí«ókí – very short
  ìjìnlë ægbôn – deep wisdom
  ìrírí - experience
  àgbààgbà – elders
  ilë – land
  ÷nu - mouth
  kó jæ – gather together
  ëkô – lessons
  æmæ lêhìn wæn – descendants
  lò – use
  níbi – in the place
  y÷ - to be proper
  örö – word
  tètè – quickly
    yékéyéké - completely

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Òtítô inú kìí sin 'ni ràjò k'á pàdánù.

Truthfulness does not join someone on a journey that we should suffer loss.

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Öb÷ t'ó mú kìí gbê èèkù ara rë.

A knife that is sharp (nevertheless) does not carve its own handle.

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"Igi gogoro má gún mi l'ójú" láti òkèèrè l'a ti ñ fæhùn.

"Sharp stick don't stick me in the eye", we say while it's still far away.
(Variation: "Igi gogoro má gún mi l'ójú" láti òkèèrè l'a ti ñ wò. (from a distance we look at it)

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Oníyangí má ba tèmi jê, epo ni mo rù.

Owner of small stones, don't spoil mine, I'm carrying red palm oil.

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Wôn fê sun ún j÷ têlë, ó ñ fepo para.

They already wanted to roast him and he's rubbing palm oil on himself.

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Örê ò gb÷lëta, Elèjì lörê gbà.

Friends do not make space for three. Two is what friends allow.

(From Èjì Ogbè, ÷s÷ ëk÷ta)

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Æmæ ÷ni ò «èdí jëõlëkë;
Ká fìlëkë sí tæmæ ÷lòmìíràn;
Æmæ ÷ni læmæ ÷ni jê



The backside of one's child is never so jacked up
That we would put Ileke onto that of someone else's child
One's child is who one's child is.

  (From Èjì Ogbè, ÷s÷ ëk÷fà)

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¿nìkan ò gbædö na babaláwo.

One must not beat up a Babaláwo.

(From Öyëkú Méjì - ¿s÷ ëk÷fà)

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¿nu ÷y÷ ní í p÷y÷, ÷nu òfòrò ní í pòfòrò, òfòrò bímæ mêfà, ó ní ilé òun kún «ô«ô«ô:

It is the mouth of the bird that kills the bird, it is the mouth of the Squirrel, that kills the Squirrel, the Squirrel gives birth to 6, he brags that his house is completely full.

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Wôn ní, “Afôjú, æmæ ë p÷ran.” Ó ní kò dá òun lójú, àfi bí òún bá tô æ wò.

They said to the blind man, “Blind man, your son has killed a game.” He responds that he cannot believe them until he has tasted the meat.
(Always insist on proof positive.)

[Awotunde]

E se pupo for the proverbs. I truly appreciate the ones concerning the Odu. Also, it is funny I was just exlplaining to someone about how the squirrel is talked about in the Odu. The squirrel is ALWAYS talking and getting her/himself into trouble in the Odu Ifa.

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Awotunde wrote: E se pupo for the proverbs. I truly appreciate the ones concerning the Odu. Also, it is funny I was just exlplaining to someone about how the squirrel is talked about in the Odu. The squirrel is ALWAYS talking and getting her/himself into trouble in the Odu Ifa.

Kò tôpê rárá! Òótô ni. Òfòrò sábà máa ñ forí jálé agbôn! It's true. The squirrel often runs his head into the wasps' nest!

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Bí onígbàá bá fi ìgbá rë dá àìkàràgbá, æmæ aráyé á bá a fi kó ilë.

When the owner of the calabash makes her or his calabash into a cracked calabash, the citizens of the world will join her or him in using it to gather dirt.
(If you don't value your own things, neither will anyone else)

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Bí oore bá pö lápöjù, ibi ní í dà.

When generosity becomes too much, it often begets ingratitude (wickedness).