Awr xamil waa qaadaa, xarig qalloocanse ma qaado. A camel can carry a heavy load, but not a crooked one.
-On Somali Proverbs, Georgi Kapchits, Bildhaan, Vol. XXI
If our camels only knew how very crooked we Khawajas were, saddled so sideways and cock-eyed that at first we couldn’t get them to their feet, much less know Gee! and Haw! from Ikh! and Shh! (couching sounds made respectively in Kordofan and Darfur).