Methali hizi 15 zina uhusiano wa aina moja au nyingine na hadithi ya Rosa Mistika. Ukiziangalia baada ya kusoma kila sura, utaona ni zipi zinazohusika na sura hiyo.
Ahadi
ni deni.
A promise is a debt. -
Aisifuye
mvua imemnyea.
S/he who praises rain has been rained on.
(...benefited from it) -
Asiyefunzwa
na mamaye hufunzwa na ulimwengu.
S/he who is not taught by their mother will be taught by the world. (...which
is cruel) -
Haba
na haba hujaza kibaba.
Little by little fills the measure. -
Hakuna
uzuri usio na dosari.
There is no beauty which does not have some defect. -
Hayawi
hayawi --huwa.
It is not happening, it is not happening--it is! (Be on your guard.) -
Mbele
giza, kisha werevu.
First darkness, then cleverness. (Learning.) -
Mcheza
na matope humrukia.
S/he who plays with mud eventually gets dirty. -
Mtoto
akililia wembe, mpe.
If a child cries for the razor blade, give it to her/him. (Experience
teaches.) -
Mpiga
ngumi ukuta hujiumiza mwenyewe.
S/he who is hitting the wall hurts him/herself. (Fights with stronger
structures/individuals.) -
Ngoja
ngoja huumiza matumbo.
(Saying to someone:) Wait wait makes the stomach hurt. -
Nzi
hatui juu ya damu ya simba.
A fly does not alight on a lion's blood. (He may not be dead...) -
Samaki
umkunje angali mbichi.
Bend the fish while it is still fresh.
Siku
za mwizi ni arobaini.
The days of a thief are forty. (They are numbered/finite. S/he'll get
caught eventually.)
Udongo
uuwahi ungali maji.
Get the clay while it is still wet.