Traditional✓ Culturally verified
“Sleep hab no massa.”
Sleep has no master.
What does “Sleep hab no massa” mean?
Sooner or later you must sleep.
English translation
Sleep has no master.
Literal translation
Sleep has no master.
Understanding the expression
Sooner or later you must sleep.
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Attribution and review
Traditional Jamaican proverb (recorded in Anderson & Cundall, Jamaica Negro Proverbs and Sayings)