Ìyàwó ọlẹ là á gbà, kò sẹ́ni tó lè gba ọmọ ọlẹ.

Translation:

It is only the wife of the lazy man that can be taken, no one can claim the child of the lazy man.

Postproverbial:

Ìyàwó ọlẹ là á gbà, a kìí gba ìyàwó alágbára.

Translation:

It is only the wife of the lazy man that can be taken, no one can claim the wife of a powerful man.

Postproverbial:

Ìyàwó ọlẹ là á gbà, tó bá wuni.

Translation:

It is (only) the wife of the lazy man that can be taken, if one fancies her.

Language - Region:

yoruba-nigeria

Label:

woman

lazy