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[Person 1]
Akìífioríwéoríi Mo kúṣiré; bí Mokú kú láàár a jí lál .
-One does not liken one’s fortune to Mokú-ṣiré’s; if Mokú dies in the morning, he resurrects at night.
(Never emulate people who
know tricks you don’t.)[Person 2]
A di gàárì síl ewúr ńyọjú; ẹrù ìran r ni?
-We prepare the saddle, and the goat presents itself; is it a burden for the lineage of goats?
(Goats that know their place do not offer
their backs to be saddled.)[Person 1]
Àfòpiná tó ní òun ó pa fìtílà, ara ni yó pa.
-The moth that attempts to kill [put out] the oil lamp will kill itself.
(It is unwise to take on an adversary one knows can destroy
one.)[Person 2]
Afjú tó dijú, tó ní òún sùn, ìgbàtí kò sùn ta ló rí?
-The blind person who shuts his eyes and says he is asleep, when he was not asleep, whom did he see? (The deceiver deceives
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A ní k’á wá ẹni t’ó l’ẹ́hìn k’á fọmọ fún, abuké ní òun rèé; ti gànnàkù ẹ̀hìn-in rẹ̀ là ń wí?
One seeks a person with a prominent back as suitor for one’s daughter, and the hunchback presents himself; who spoke of a protruding back? (Since the expression that translates as ‘‘prominent back’’ is an idiom
meaning a proud pedigree. the hunchback makes a rather embarrassing mistake.)
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