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Hausa Proverbs
39
191 Hankuri'n wuya sai da.
Only a free man is patient of hard work (for he works for himself).
192 Komi akayi ma da, ya rama, amma banda ginna kushiewa.
Whatever you do to a free man he will return it (whether good or evil) let us except, however, digging his grave (for if you dig his grave he will be dead).
193 Doki " da na sani " ba shi zua yaki.
The horse, "had I known" does not go to war.
Compare another similar construction, '"Ba don sabbo da duchi ba, da ba na fadi ba. Had it not been for the stone I should not have fallen"
194 "Da na sani " kyeya ne, abaya akanbershi.
"Had I known " is like the back of a man^s head, it is always left behind.
Kyeya, the back of the skull.
195 Allah ya tseremu da "da na sani."
- Allah preserve us from " had I known."
196 Rena kamma ka ga gaiya.
Despising on account of appearance you see gaïya.
Appearances are deceptive.
If a man gets the better of you one day and some other day you get the better of him, you are said to "ka ram a gaiya."
Ya rama mashi gaiya. He got something back on him.
197 Karmamme da nowyi'n duchi, alura da nowyi'n galma.
A guinea corn stalk as heavy as a stone, a needle as heavy as a hoe.
Two things which one would expect to find light.
He does not look as if he could, but he can.
