Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Zainab Ne Kaha Ye Ro Ro Kar Tanha Hai Layeeno May Dukhtar Baba Mai Badi Beti Hoo Teri Sab Badla Lengay Mujhse Tera Logon Ke Badalte Hai Tewar

Zainab said this, weeping bitterly: your daughter stands alone among the accursed. Father, I am your eldest daughter; they will take all your revenge from me, for the people's faces are turning hostile.

Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Give courage to Zainab, father.

Ye Zainab Hai Kulsoom Hai Ye Aapas May Sitamgar Kehte Hai Haste Hai Tamshayi Hum Par

This is Zainab, that is Kulsoom—so the tyrants say among themselves; the gawking onlookers laugh at us.

Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Give courage to Zainab, father.

Himmat Yun Badhao Beti Ki Abid Ko Bachakar Kejaye Har Ghar Se Baraste Hai Pathar

Strengthen your daughter's resolve so she may keep Abid (Sajjad) safe, for stones rain down from every house.

Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Give courage to Zainab, father.

Ehsas Rida Ka Hoga Mujhe Tum Haath Mere Sar Par Rakhdo Mushkil Hai Agar Dena Chadar

I will feel the loss of my veil—place your hand upon my head, if it is too hard to give me a covering cloth.

Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Give courage to Zainab, father.

Logon Ki Nigahein Uth-Ti Hai Tasheer Ki Zarbein Jalti Hai Beti Hai Teri Zere Khanjar

People's stares rise upon us, the blows of disgrace burn deep; your daughter stands beneath the blade.

Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Give courage to Zainab, father.

Darbar Ke Us Darwaze Par Amma Ko Sambhala Tha Tumne Darbar Ke Is Darwaze Par

At that door of the court you once steadied and protected our mother; so too at this door of the court, now—

Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Give courage to Zainab, father.

Boli Wo Takallum Logon May Amma Ko Bulaun To Kaise Beti Ke Liye Bankar Chadar

She spoke out before the people: how can I call upon our mother, to come and become a covering veil for her daughter?

Do Hausla Baba Zainab Ko

Give courage to Zainab, father.