| Subject | bravanese Text | english Text | Author |
| Mayooshi | Mayooshi haya tokosi Chuungu | Smoke does not make a pot boil | mudka |
| mvula | Mvula ka Iwwa, Mpisi hu zaalo | If the sun shines while it rains, the hyena is delivering | mudka |
| Nasiibu | Muuntu ha meeri nasiibuiye, Nasiibu ndiyo hu meero menewe | A man does not seek his luck,Luck seeks its man | mudka |
| Deeni | Peesa ipasiiza, ni Adduwi ifanyiiza | Money lent, is an enemy made | mudka |
| Mpana | Mpana chimtekela Mpaka ,qariibuye yiko Ntuundhu | When the mouse loughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby | mudka |
| Shpeendo | Shpeendo humingila Muwli ka Matooni, Muke ka Mashkilooni | Love enters a man through his eyes, women her ears | mudka |
| Waana | Wana zihaba qupa Maradi yaa chita, Wana wazima Maradi ya Qalbi | Small children give you headache , Big children heartache | mudka |
| Ziwovu | Mfanya Ziwovu , hufilatila Ziwovu | He who has done evil , expect evil | mudka |
| Qalbi | Yimo qalbiini Kanna huboola | What the heart thinks , the mouth speaks | mudka |
| Kanna | Kanna ata Makka heendha | Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles | mudka |
| Ebu | Chiza kiiwa siwo Ebu , Chiza kuuza ndiyo Ebu | It's not shameful not to know , but it's shamful not to ask | mudka |
| Maashe | Muntu maashe haatiyi Iginni | The blind person never fears Ghosts | mudka |
| Nguwo ya Kaazima | Nguwo ya kaazima hayendheloowi Jima | One does not attend Friday prayer in borrowed clothes | Madi Sufi |
| Mayti | Mayti mbili hazi ziikani | Let the dead bury their dead | mudka |
| Nyunyi | Kilaa Nyunyi huuluka na Nyuyi meenziwe | Birds of a feather flock together | mudka |
| Mfungaa Miya | Mfunga Skuu Miya hafungulili Bakhti | The one who has been fasting one hundred days does not break his fast by eating a carrion | Madi Sufi |
| Sku Mbovu | Waako Mwovu khiinfa Sku Mbovu | A bad Relative is of use to you on a bad day | Madi Sufi |
| Tuure | Muntu Tuure ndiye naiwo Malaaloye | The hunchback knows best how to lie down to sleep | Madi Sufi |
| Simize Chonte | Shpowa Chaala simize chonte | If you are given a finger do not swallow all of it | Madi Sufi |
| Huwona Yaake | Sho Khkasa ya Waake huwona yaake | He who does not listen to his people's advice, will suffer for it | Madi Sufi |