«طُولْ مَا انْتَ زَمَّارْ وَأَنا طَبَّالْ يَا مَا رَاحْ نُشُوفْ مِنِ اللَّيَالِي الطُّوَالْ»

The saying holds that one state of affairs inevitably brings another in its wake. Musicians who play pipe and drum at festivities cannot escape staying awake late, night after night, because that is simply what their work requires. The long nights are nights of working at celebrations, not nights of grief.

Applied more broadly, it reminds a person that taking on a role means accepting everything attached to it. As long as the arrangement continues, its built-in costs, here many sleepless evenings shared by the two partners, will keep coming, and complaining will not separate one from the other.

Fits moments when someone points out that a chosen role or ongoing situation brings a predictable demand with it, especially when two people share that role and must accept its tiring consequences together. The tone is wry and accepting, not mournful or complaining.