Proverb #59

"Emee ngwa ngwa, emeghara ọdachị."

'If you act quickly you avoid disaster'. This bears the same sense as the English adage "a stitch in time saves nine".

Stop procrastinating because, if you act quickly you avoid disaster. Now for all you listening, reading, who need to leave the Northern half of the country. [You know what to do] ...  We don't even have the time to write you a 'well justified paragraph'. You gotta do it now.

Angles and Shades [By Agametochukwu D Iheanyigwe, Kelechi Isiodu]

Contributed By Kelechi Ụnawụwa :-) Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.


[Variants Posted x 1]

By Chioma Maryanne Mabor: Eme ngwa ngwa emeghara ọdachị
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Proverb #11

“Ụkpara Okpoko burule ntị chiri ya.” 

Oshin'aka: ... Rendering the ceaseless poetry of the earth.
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'Ụkpara' is the grasshopper and though it leads the outdoors in rendering the ceaseless poetry of the earth, it must be mindful of danger. 'Okpoko' is a predator bird which preys on grasshoppers. However, it would not fly silently, but it makes noise during it's flight.

In the words of the proverb in a paraphrase:- The grasshopper seized by the screeching bird must be deaf -

Every grasshopper ought to hear its approach and burrow into safety before the bird arrives. 

The sound it makes is loud enough and only a deaf grasshopper would not hear it; so the Igbo says.

Now a word is enough for the wise, they say. Do take care. You hear?

Contributed By Kelechi Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
for iFaT at ifont@groups .facebook.

Angles and Shades (Explications, Interpretations)
Contributed By Uzoma Nwaekpe, Amachi-Nsulu  Isialangwa.
 
[Variants Posted x 5]
 
Agam D. Iheanyi Igwe, Ehime Mbano: Ukpana okpoko gburu, [ditto]
Chukwuemeka Umeah:  Ukpana okpoko buru, nti chiri ya
Bob Oji: Ụkpara Okpoko gburu, nti chiri ya ... 
Obioma Ofoegbu,Igboukwu, Anambara State: Ukpana okpoko gburu, nti chiri ya
Uche Unakalamba: Irette, Owerre: Ụkpala Okpoko gburu, ntị chiri ya.

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