Àìgbọ́fá là’ń w’òkè, Ifá kan ò sí ní párá.

Not knowing Ifa philosophy, we gaze up, but the Oracle is not in the rafters.

• Postproverbial: Àìgbọ́fá là’ń fọwọ́ gbárí, Ifá ju agbárí lọ.
  Translation: Not knowing Ifa philosophy, we crack the brain, but the Oracle is more than sophistry.
  
• Postproverbial: Àìgbọ́fá là’ń w’òkè, kìí ṣe f’ẹ́ni t’ó bá mọ’fá á sọ lá t’orí.
  Translation: Not knowing Ifa philosophy, we gaze up, that is not for the initiate who can recite it by rote.
  

Nigeria (Yoruba)

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