Translation:
The productive dairy cow is praised after her death
Postproverbial:
Ĩganagwo yarĩ iria, yenderio neimba
Translation:
The productive dairy cow is praised, after she has been sold to a neighbour
Comments:
The symbolic adjunct shows that the worth of an object is realised when one is deprived of it. In the posproverbial, praise is elevated by regret while in the original proverb praise is metaphorical surrender to nature
Language - Region:
gikuyu-kenya
Label:
dairy
cow
neighbour