Ile Oba to jo, Ewa lo bu si.

Eyin kule lota wa, inu ile laseni ugbe.

Ile lan wo ka to so mo loru ko.

Ti aba ti dagba, a ma nyogun ja.

A i gbofa lanwo ke, Ifa kan o sini para.

Agba kin wa loja kori omo titun wo

Patapata lan fogu, kumokumo lan detee, Oju afonfo tan Ija lo man da le.

Ogun omode ole sere fun ogun odun

Ohunkohun ti eniyan ba se, ara re lo n se fun.

Folorunsho figi ogede gun ope.

Ipako onopako lanri, Enieleni lon ri teni.

Bami na omo mi, Ko de nu olomo.

Oba ran ni ise, Odo oba kun. Ise oba o se ko, Odo oba o si se dakoja.

1. Oju mewaa ko jo oju eni.
2. Ai rin jinna ni a ko ri ebuke okere.
3. ile laa wo ka to so omo loruko.

Ija kumo kin rin losa, Eni abire kan kin rin ,loru.
Omode o le laso titi, ko la kisa bi agba.

FL Gators:

[size=18pt]Ohunkohun ti eniyan ba se, ara re lo n se fun. [/size]

Whatever anyone does, they're doing it on themselves. The consequence falls on you later

1) da toro, da toro,agba ti o da toro, omi obe ni o je
2) san larin, aje lo mu ni pe koro
3) ti omode ba ko iyan ana, awon agba a fi itan ba le fun

@FL Gators, you are wonderful.
Please lets us all follow suit. Translate any proverb you submit here.
It is for the prosperity of Yoruba's, Yoruba Language, and the Yoruba Culture.
Please lets us together restore the gradually eroding glory of Yoruba Language.
Thanks all as you submit you bits.
E ka bo, A o jere opolopo ore ti o be ninu Ede yoruba oooooo.

s4:

@FL Gators, you are wonderful.
Please lets us all follow suit. Translate any proverb you submit here.
It is for the prosperity of Yoruba's, Yoruba Language, and the Yoruba Culture.
Please lets us together restore the gradually eroding glory of Yoruba Language.
Thanks all as you submit you bits.
E ka bo, A o jere opolopo ore ti o be ninu Ede yoruba oooooo.

Ekute ri omo ode, nkan to be ri la fi protect ara e. [cant rem the yoruba word for protect lol]

Means that when a bush rat sees a hunter/huntress, he'll do anything to protect himself

FL Gators, in as much as i like your contributions, i will appreciate we research more this words in Yoruba, so that we will not join the band wagon that are eroding the beauty of the yoruba traditions and language. Thank

Aei sin le olongbo, ile di ile ekute.


In the absence of a cat,the mouse becomes the king.

Sure, I'll get more research done

You welcome.


Eti baba nile eti baba loko, eyan lon je be.

ears at home, ears on farm, its human being.

A i sinile ologinni, ile wa di ile ekute.

ALL 'COS THE CAT IS NOT HOME, THEN THE HOUSE NOW BELONG TO THE RATS.

Owo omode oto penpe, Ta gbalagba o wo kengbe.

What the elders can see sitting, the youth can not even standing on a stud.

owun owo mi oto, ma fi gongo fa.

Trouble dey sleep yanga go wake am.

s4:

Owo omode oto penpe, Ta gbalagba o wo kengbe.

What the elders can see sitting, the youth can not even standing on a stud.

Owo omode oto penpe, Ta gbalagba o wo kengbe.
As infant's hands cannot reach the archive likewise an adult's hand cannot enter barrel.

@Kola Oloye thanks for the correction. That is the spirit. Lets bring in new owes and correct any wrong ones.

Eni kan lon bi omo, igbaa owo lon tojue

A child is born to a parent, but hundreds of parent join hands to bring the child up.

agbajo owo lafi n so aya, owo ko gbe eru dori

aje ke lana, omo ku leni, tani o mo pe aje to ke lana lo pomo je,
Adie funfun.ko mo ra re la'gba,