Kũona kĩmera ti, kũrĩa.

To see the crop (flowering and healthy) in the field is not to eat it.

The postproverbial differs from the traditional proverb in that it appends an explanation as to why seeing the crop in bloom is not an assurance that one will eat it and specifically cites death as the inhibition.

• Postproverbial: Kũona kĩmera tikuo gũkĩrĩa no ũkue mbere.
  Translation: To see the crop in the field is not to eat it, because you can die before.
  

Kenya (Gikuyu)

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eat see crop field