Ẹni tí kò le è ṣe bí ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ l’ọ́nà Ìjẹ̀bú, kò leè ṣe bí Adégbọrọ̀ l’ọ́jà Ọba.

He who cannot work like farmstead pigs on the path to Ijebu, cannot flourish like Adegboro at the King’s marketsquare.

• Postproverbial: Ẹni tí kò le è ṣe bí aláàárù l’Óyìngbò, kò leè ṣe bí Adégbọrọ̀ l’ọ́jà Ọba.
  Translation: He who cannot work like a porter in Oyingbo market, cannot flourish like Adegboro at the King’s marketsquare.
  

Nigeria (Yoruba)

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