The mouse says: I dig a hole without a hoe; the snake says: climb a tree without arms.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When you are dead, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will cease in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until she dies.
Proverbs and old sayings about tears, mother, time, contentment
When you die, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will end in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until the day she dies.
Proverbs and old sayings about tears, mother, end, death, time, day, contentment
Capacious as the sleeve of a monk and patient as the priest with his arms across his chest.