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emhcee | 15:06 Sun 23rd Jun 2013 | Phrases & Sayings
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Does anyone know the translation of what I believe to be a Swahili sasying??
Usitunge Mashairi Lazima Ufikiri
Many thanks
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Had a mooch on grammar pages etc and I think it's u-si-tunge (you not should) mashairi (plural of ushairi=poem ie poetry) lazima (a necessity) u-fikiri (you consider) OR in English, One should not consider poetry a necessity. How to interpret that is another matter, maybe it means poetry is an unnecessary indulgence - which I find unlikely. I think it means...
00:21 Fri 28th Jun 2013
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"do not surely think poetry should""

"usitunge mashairi lazima ufikiri" from Swahili
15:10 Sun 23rd Jun 2013
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^^^^^
According to, Google Translate.
15:11 Sun 23rd Jun 2013
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Had a mooch on grammar pages etc and I think it's u-si-tunge (you not should) mashairi (plural of ushairi=poem ie poetry) lazima (a necessity) u-fikiri (you consider) OR in English, One should not consider poetry a necessity. How to interpret that is another matter, maybe it means poetry is an unnecessary indulgence - which I find unlikely. I think it means necessity as in chore, so poetry is a pleasurable and worthwhile pastime.
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