Mudzimu wemvana, kuroorwa ikarambwa.

Word Definitions

mvana: unmarried woman who has borne a child/ woman past marriageable age
mudzimu: ancestral spirit

Translation

It’s her ancestral spirits, for an old maid to be divorced after finally getting married.

Inspiration

In indigenous religion, the Shona people believe that their ancestral spirits have a supernatural influence on their lives, such as deciding their fate.

Application

When one is already struggling to get something, sometimes any chance of a positive turn in fortunes just slips.