Belo markay adiga kaa maqan tahay, qayrkaa bay ku maqan tahay.
“When misfortune is not with you, it is with someone close to you.”
Hardship is always present somewhere among your circle, even when you personally are spared.
— Traditional Somalia Wisdom, Somalia
Source: Traditional Somali proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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