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Shona Definition
Zuva renjodzi kana kuti zuva rine kushuwa mukati rinogona kuuyisawo zvimwe zvinhu zvakanaka. Sokuti kana kukafa munhu, vanhu vanoitirana tsitsi vachikanganwa kuvengana kwavo zuva irero.
English Translation
What is bad can also turn out good: a day of disaster or grief may carry some benefit with it. Misfortune has its consoling side.
Cultural Context
“Said of occasions like a death, when mourners show each other kindness and set aside their enmities, or when people ruined by a flood are resettled on better land.”
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This is a variant of
Musi muvi ndiwo muuyaA day that starts off badly may yet turn out to be a good one.