Makunun'unu maodzamoyo

Kuremerwa mupfungwa ndizvo zvinodya moyo zvichiita kuti munhu apere muviri uye nekuora moyo.

Brooding breeds despair.

One must not brood on something endlessly as this can lead to depression.

At any given time, one may go through very troubling times and this may lead to pensive sadness. Such despair or stress can incapacitate someone from acting on their cause of hardships or from moving on and improving their life. In this way our ancestors realized that too much brooding over anything is like following a road to a dead-end. It is not helpful to anyone. This is a proverb that proves that the karanga culture does not condone or encourage a permanent state of brooding.

The proverb is used to caution against brooding or melancholic behavior as this can lead to depression or severe stress. It is also used as an observation on someone whose depression has begun to show either by a constant state of despair or a permanently sombre attitude or outlook.