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Shona Definition
Mupfumi, kunyangwe akasvika panguva yaanoshaya zvinhu kana kurumwa nenzara vanhu havazvibvumi; vanongoti anazvo chete.
English Translation
A skilled farmer can go hungry while everyone around him assumes his granaries are still full. People refuse to accept that someone once well off can fall into want.
Cultural Context
“Said by a man who has lost his wealth as a lament for himself, and by others about him without any pity.”
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