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Shona Definition
Kana munhu anga akavandirwa navavengi vake ndokubva vabatwa iye asati asvika anoti mudzimu wake wamuraramisa.
English Translation
Luck is with the wild cat when the chickens it comes upon are already fighting one another. A man whose enemies were lying in wait for him, but who were seized before he got there, declares with joy that his mudzimu kept him alive.
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This is a variant of
Mudzimu waro bveni / kuwanika mukuni wakatinhukaWhen a baboon comes upon a falling-log trap that has already been sprung, it owes its escape to its ancestral spirit.