Shona
Dai pakanga pasina nyimo makunguo aizodyei?
If there were no ground-peas what would the crows eat? If there were no round nuts, what would the crows eat.
Tsanagudzo
Chinhu chikuru kumunhu chokuti kana chichinge chisipo munhu haangagoni kurarama kana kubudirira; izvi zvinonyanya kuitirwa tsimbe kuti dzive neshungu yokushanda.
What the Words Say
If there were no ground-peas what would the crows eat? If there were no round nuts, what would the crows eat.
What It Means
A proverb addressed to a rejected suitor, 'If I were not here you would have found another girl to woo ; Water is the span of life.