Maawan Karbala Diyan Maawan

Jado Hoyi Manshaa Khaaliq Di Karbal Nu Arsh Banavaaa Likhe Baado Naam Bahatara De Rab Likhiya Pehle Maawaa

When the Creator willed it and made Karbala a throne of the heavens, after writing the names of the seventy-two martyrs, God first wrote the names of the mothers.

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Putraan Diyaa Laashan De Tukray Raiyaan Labdiyaaa Wich Sehrawan

They kept searching through the desert plains for the scattered pieces of their sons' bodies.

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Sabr De Maalik Nu Sain Laila Aakay Izn Jay Dewe Te Main Sabr Di Saanjich Akbar De Seene Choon Saangh Hatawan

Laila came to the master of patience — Hussain — and said: if you give me permission, I will pull the spear of patience from Akbar's chest with my own hands.

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Aakey Maa Qasim Di Maa Tey Ahsan Karii Daer Taein Larda Rawin Tere Tukray Mutabiq, Wadhniyaa'n Ne Mere Veer Hussain Di Sanwaan

Qasim's mother came and did a kindness to his mother, saying: 'He fought for so long — the pieces of his body match the wounds on my brother Hussain's body.'

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Jado Qaidi Hoke Langiyaa'n Maqtal Choon Wain Zainab Kitaa Laashan Wal Mawaaa'n , Na Wekhan Kitay Ruk Na Jaawan Sanwaa'n

When they passed through the battlefield as captives, Zainab wept and cried out: 'Mothers, do not look toward the bodies — lest the caravan come to a halt.'

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Sain Zainab Ne Kehya Khol Abid Akhiyaan Jay Te Sanwaa'n Rukiyaan Mainu Shaam E Garibaan, De Weley Deway Ga Kaun Salawaa'n

Zainab said: 'Open your eyes, Abid — if the caravan stops now, who will stand by me in the time of Shaam-e-Gharibaan?'

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Putraan Diyaa Laashan De Tukde Raiyaan Labdiyaaa Wich Sehrawan

They kept searching through the desert plains for the scattered pieces of their sons' bodies.

Haye Maa Ghazi Di Maa Wain Kulsoom Da Si Laal Manke Ghazi Tainu Main Pa Liyaa Si Mere Sar Di Chadar Haye V Lath Gayi Jido'n Lathiya'n Teriya'n Banwaan

Alas — the mother of Ghazi Abbas, it was Kulsoom's lament: 'O my dear Ghazi, I had placed red beads around your neck — but the veil fell from my head the moment your arms were severed.'

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Haye Maa Asger Di Maa Saangh Te Asghar Nu Wekh Ke Aakhay Rubab Jay Na Qaidi Howaa'n Sir Saangh Te Tera, Laawan Layi Mei Dair Khadi Na Laawaa'n

Alas — the mother of Asghar! Seeing the spear bearing Asghar, Rubab cried out: 'If I were not a captive, I would not delay a moment — I would come to take your head down from that spear.'

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Haye Hussain Di Maa Shimar De Khanjar De Waar Zahra Rokay Naal Ay Sain Kawe Main Chakkiyan Peas Ke, Pa Liya Si Kiwe'n Hath Gardan Toh Chawaa'n

Alas — the mother of Hussain! Zahra tried to stop the blow of Shimr's dagger, and cried out with this grief: 'I had ground the flour with these very hands — how could I bear to see those hands severed from his neck?'

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Yaa Mehdi Atfs Chauda(14) Sadiyaan Hoiyaan Fatima Di Nohaan Al-Ajal Parh Diyaaa'n Saqlain Ajewi Haye Takdiyaa Ne Oh Mehdi Putar Di Raawaa'n

O Mehdi, we are thirsty! Fourteen centuries have passed — Fatima's laments are being recited, and Al-Ajal is being called. Both worlds still wait and watch for the arrival of that son of Mehdi.

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)

Ro Ke Har Maa Ahyo Kaindi Rayi Shaamiyaa'n Nu Bhawein Durray Maro Bas De Do Ijazat Wich Sehra Mei Putar Di Qabar Banawan

Every mother came weeping, crying out to the people of Syria: 'Beat us if you will — but give us permission to go into the desert, so that I may build a grave for my son.'

Maaawaa Karbala Diyaa Maawaa(×4)

Mothers — the mothers of Karbala (×4)