Tsumo · Ushamwari
Vari pachavo vanokwenyana.
Zvinorehwa
Munhu ndowokugara aine shamwari kuti kana yangosvika nguva yenhamo vonunudzana; kana yasvika nguva yomufaro vofara vose. Nguva dzose vanhu vari pamwe vanoyambirana.
What it means
A person should keep close friends, so that when hardship comes they can help each other, and when good times come they can celebrate together; people who stick together always look out for one another.
Word for word
People on their own scratch one another.
Mamwe mataurirwo
Vari pachavo chikurikuri. (chikurikuri: group together)
Kari pako ukonje kanofunda nechirimo.
Vagere pachavo vangonyinda. (M)
Vari pachavo chikurikuri vanorezva mwana nomuswe webere. (muswe: tail; bere: hyena).