Zainab Ko Ghazi Yaad Aaya

Haathon Se Ya Phir Baalon Se Tchehre Ko Tchhupaale Shehzaadi Ye Shaam Shaher Ki Galiyaan Hain Dil Thaamle Ay Aaqa Zaadi Fizza Ne Jab Ye Batlaaya

Hide your face with your hands or your hair, O Princess, These are the streets of the city of Shaam, steady your heart, O noble lady, When Fizza told her this,

Maahol Sharaabi Jab Dekha Baba Ki Vasiyat Yaad Aayi Koyi To Mujhe Tchaadar Laade Hothon Pe Yehi Fariyaad Aayi Jab Koyi Nahin Tchaadar Laaya

When she saw the drunken atmosphere, she remembered her father's (Ali's) will, 'Will someone bring me a veil?' this cry came to her lips, When no one brought a veil,

Phir Shaam Ke Logon Ne Badla Ajdaad Ka Yun Zainab Se Liya Tchaadar Tchhini Patthar Maare Or Garm Kabhi Paani Phaika Durra Jo Sakina Ne Khaaya

Then the people of Shaam took their ancestral revenge upon Zainab, They snatched her veil, threw stones, and poured hot water, And the lash that Sakina endured,

Abbas Kahaan Hai Ay Zainab Jab Shimr Hiqaarat Se Bola Gash Khaane Lage Sab Ehle Haram Kulsum Pukaari Wa Waila Sajjad Ko Yasrab Yaad Aaya

'Where is Abbas, O Zainab?' when Shimr spoke with contempt, The women of the household began to faint, Kulsum cried out in anguish, And Sajjad remembered Yasrab (Medina).

Khaamosh Rahi Aulaade Nabi Karbal Se Yahaan Tak Zulm Saha Khuli Ye Manaadi Karne Laga Ye Kunba Hai Ek Baaghi Ka Mazlum Jo Baghi Kehlaaya

The Prophet's children remained silent, enduring tyranny from Karbala to here, Proclamations were made openly, 'This is the family of a rebel,' The oppressed one who was called a rebel.

Har Gaam Naya Ek Zulm Huwa Laatchaar Musaafir Zainab Par Zainab Ko Rulaaya Zaalim Ne Naaqon Ke Qarib Neza Laa Kar Shabbir Ka Sar Jo Dikhlaaya

At every step, a new tyranny befell the helpless traveler Zainab, The tyrant made Zainab weep by bringing a spear near the camels, When he displayed the head of Shabbir (Hussain).

Farhan Qayaamat Ka Gham Hai Mazhar Ne Likha Hai Kya Noha Shabbir Bina Abbas Bina Ye Pehla Safar Tha Zainab Ka

Farhan, this is a grief of the Day of Judgment, what a lament Mazhar has written, Without Shabbir, without Abbas, this was the first journey of Zainab.