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Shona Definition
Kuti munda ukure unotofanira kukudziridzwa nomuridzi wawo achiushandira. Basa riri rose rinotofambira mberi kana muridzi waro achirimiririra.
English Translation
Only bush comes up by itself; a field thrives because its owner is there tending it. Anything meant to prosper depends on the sustained work of the person responsible for it.
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This is a variant of
Chinokura usipo imombe / munda unokura nokuvandurirwaCattle are the one thing that increases while you are away; a field only gets bigger because someone enlarges it.