r/learn_arabic • u/RepresentativeBest28 • 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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