Rwizi rungozara ngemadiro

Havzibatsire kuita tunhu twakawanda twudiki pane kuita kuti tunhu itwoto twubatsirane kuita chinhu chimwe chihombe uye chinoshamisa. Munhu anosimbiswa nevanomutsigira.

Rivers or streams only overflow because of their tributaries.

Cooperation is required to turn small resources into a major outcome. One is given prominence by those who work for/with them or support them.

Our elders in their usual observational ways realized that the rivers only overflow due to the tributaries that feed into them. And with this example they realized the lesson that every great thing and being has contributors to lead to that greatness. On must therefore be humble and acknowledge that their fame or greatness was only possible because of the many others that contributed to where they are presently. In this same vein it is important to pool our resources together to create one bigger thing than to have many small things working independently. Hence the lesson of cooperation is also strong in this proverb with a focus on the united outcome.

This is a proverb used to remind people of the importance of humility and cooperation. In one way it is a realization that big things or great people are only so because of the contributing factors. In another way it it is an appeal to corporate and brings small resources together in order to create one major or significant thing.