50 insightful proverbs from the indigenous hausa ethnic group native to the present-day northern part of Nigeria.

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A yi, a gamma, ta fi takamma, gobe a koma.
To do, to finish, is better than don’t care, come back to-morrow.

Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.

Hakki da ka rena shi kan soni maka ido.
The grass which you disregard will injure your eye.



No man or thing is too insignificant to be altogether disregarded.

Rua ba su yami banza.
Water does not get bitter without a cause.

There is reason for everything.

Yawa shi kan sa zarre ya ja duchi.
Quantity makes the cotton draw a stone.

Unity is strength.

Na dumka riga babu wuya, wonda ya yanka wuva shi sa ma kainshi.
I have sown a riga without a neck, let him who cuts a neck for it put it on.

If the cap fits put it on.



Idan rua ya zubar, ya ber tulu, ya yi keau.
Even if the water is spilt, as long as the tulu is not broken, no harm

Don’t cry over spilt milk. That can be remedied.

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