Èṣúrú ṣ’àṣejù, ó tẹ́ l’ọ́wọ́ oníyán.

Translation: 
Water-yam overreaches its own sweetness, it loses flavour and use before the pounded yam vendor.
Postproverbial: 
Èṣú (rú) ṣ’àṣejù, Ọlọ́run lúgọ dè é.
Translation: 
Satan disrupts and overreaches himself, God waits in ambush for him.
Language - Region: 
yoruba-nigeria
Label: 
ambush
sweetness