Maahmaah Soomaali
Discover the wisdom of East Africa through traditional Somali proverbs
🌟 Proverb of the Day
Meaning: Without a wife, there's no comfort
Context: Companionship completes life — loneliness weakens the spirit
Meaning: A marriage without patience is a house without a roof
Context: Endurance shelters love — tolerance keeps peace
Meaning: Marriage is a two-sided trade
Context: Partnership requires giving and taking equally
Meaning: Marriage is bedding and judgment
Context: It involves intimacy and responsibility — both pleasure and patience
Meaning: A bad marriage is worse than death
Context: Peace of mind outweighs forced companionship
Meaning: Marriage is hands joined
Context: Unity and mutual help sustain relationships
Meaning: Marriage is a pit
Context: A humorous caution — it's easy to enter but hard to leave
Meaning: Marriage is destiny
Context: One finds the right partner through fate, not effort alone
Meaning: Marriage is two shoulders and two hearts
Context: Partnership needs shared support and emotion
Meaning: Without marriage, no bedding
Context: Respect tradition — morality protects dignity
Meaning: Marriage permits intimacy
Context: Proper union legitimizes relations — lawful commitment brings peace
Meaning: Marriage starts as narrow sin, ends as wide sin
Context: Early love is innocent, but corruption grows with neglect — humor about human weakness
Meaning: Let the drum be under your arm or held by your kin
Context: Keep control or trust only close allies — independence or family is safety
Meaning: The bad-smelling resin is scraped off
Context: Corruption or evil is eventually removed — truth cleans decay
Meaning: An axe can't fell a tree without striking another
Context: Every act has a cost — nothing happens in isolation
Meaning: Oh knife, you can't cut me unless part of me is within you
Context: Harm often comes from within, not outside — betrayal is internal
Meaning: Bargaining recognizes neither friend nor brother
Context: Business and emotion don't mix — trade by fairness, not favor
Meaning: The vulture is larger than the hawk
Context: There's always someone greater — humility keeps perspective
Meaning: The heron, when checked, turned out to be a bird
Context: Appearances can deceive — verify before judgment
Meaning: Once a pit has covered your shame, don't expose it again
Context: When a wrong is forgiven or hidden, don't bring it back — forget the past