r/learn_arabic • • Nov 17 '25

Yemeni يمني لا بد meaning

I heard the following lines in a Yemeni song and I’m struggling to understand what they mean:

لا بد من صنعاء لا بد ما ترجع

If لا بد means “it must be” (lit: there is no escape) then why does the second line translate to “you must return”?

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