Armla bhal gemel- ghaliha z-zwieg mimli hemel. A widow is like a camel- marriage for her is a full burden. I am doubtful about the origin of this proverb as my informant for many years lived in Tripoli.
-A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs, Joseph Aquilina
Whoever said that a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience has never ridden a camel for forty days. You give up all hope after a mere twenty days, and every one thereafter becomes just another saddle sore. So the Maltese widow, the Armla, and the Libyan widow, the Armala, are both right…Don’t mount up unless you’re sure you can ride the full arba’een.