Ushamwari hwechikweyakweya mangwana tichanzwa zvipini zvorira.

Zvinorehwa

Ushamwari hunotanga huchinyanyisa hunowanzoparara vanhu vasisanzwanani. Rudo runotanga nokupisa mwoyo harutani kupera zvekare runowanzoguma rava bopoto.

What it means

Friendship that begins too intensely often falls apart, leaving people no longer on good terms; love that starts by burning hot does not take long to fade, and often ends in conflict.

Word for word

Too intimate a friendship will end with hoe handles cracking tomorrow.

Mamwe mataurirwo

Ushamwari hwechidigidigi hwakazopera mipini yorira. (chidigidigi: intimacy)

Ushamwari hwechirimo pazhizha hwaparara.

Ushamwari hwechembere hunopera dzagumhana nemidonzvo.

Ushamwari hwenjivavarungu mazuva maviri hwaparara.

Chipitipiti chakazvara chinwandamwanda.