Ẹni tó lówó tí kò níwà, owó olówó ló ní.
Character against beauty, wealth and destiny
Original
Ẹni tó lówó tí kò níwà, owó olówó ló ní.
Glosa literal
- Ẹni tó lówó one-who has money tí kò níwà who has-not character, owó olówó the-money of-the-moneyed ló ní is-what he-has.
Inglés idiomático
"The person who has riches but lacks good character has other people's riches."
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Qué significa
Wealth without character is held in trust for whoever will take it.
Se usa cuando
Owomoyela: "A rich person without good character soon loses his or her riches to others"
Notas sobre la traducción
Owó olówó, the money of the money-owner, is a deliberate near-tautology that turns on the fact that olówó names someone else. The proverb does not say the wealth will be lost; it says it already belongs to another person, which is a harder claim.