Ae Mere Baba

Aap Ka Maydaan Me Tiro Pe Lashaa Raha. (Mere Gohar Chin Gaye Aag Se Daman Jalaa) Ae Mere Baba. Aap Rahe Be Kafan Me Bhi Rahi Be Kafan

Your body lay upon the arrows on the battlefield. (My pearls were snatched away, my hem burned by fire) O my father, you remained without a shroud, and I too remained without a shroud.

Aap Ke Halqoom Par Shimr Ka Khanjar Chalaa (Mujko Tamache Lage Sar Se Chini Hai Ridaa) Ae Mere Baba. Aap Ke Neze Pe Sar Mere Gale Me Rasan

Shimr's dagger moved across your throat. (I was struck with slaps, my veil was snatched from my head) O my father, your head was on a spear, and a rope was around my neck.

Aap Ko Roti Rahi Tashna Labi Dasht Mei (Daag Yatimi Mila Mujko Isi Dasht Mei) Ae Mere Baba. Aap Hai Tashna Dahan Mei Bhi Hu Tashna Dahan

The thirst of your parched lips kept weeping in the desert. (I received the scar of being an orphan in this very desert) O my father, you are thirsty, and I too am thirsty.

Dono Ki Mazloomiyat Dekhi Hai Aflaak Ne (Dono Ki Hurmat Rakhi Dasht Ke Is Khaak Ne) Ae Mere Baba. Khaak Bani Hai Ridaa Khaak Bani Hai Kafan

The heavens have witnessed the oppression of us both. (The dust of this desert has preserved the honor of us both) O my father, the dust has become my veil, the dust has become my shroud.

Waqt Musibat Huwi Dono Hi Hamse Judaa (Dono Ki Taqdeer Me Tha Game Furkat Likha) Ae Mere Baba. Ek Behen Aap Ki Ek Hai Meri Behen

At the time of calamity, both were separated from us. (The sorrow of separation was written in the destiny of both) O my father, one is your sister, and one is my sister.

Aapne Chora Watan Noha Kuna Tha Falak (Karbobala Se Kiya Mene Safar Shaam Tak) Ae Mere Baba. Aap Asiri Mahan Me Hu Asiri Rasan

When you left your homeland, the heavens were lamenting. (I traveled from Karbala all the way to Shaam) O my father, you were a prisoner in the land, and I am a prisoner bound by ropes.

Aap Ke Hamraah To Akbaro Abbas Hai (Mujpe Ye Tanhaayiya Roti Hai Zindaan Mei) Ae Mere Baba. Meri Lahad Qayd Hai Aap Ka Roza Wo Ban

You had Akbar and Abbas with you. (These solitudes weep over me in the prison) O my father, my grave is a prison, may your shrine become my sanctuary.

Kalle Alamdar Se Aap Ki Tuti Kamar (Panjo Pe Chalte Huwe Mene Kiya Hai Safar) Ae Mere Baba. Aap Ko Sadmo Ki Aur Mujko Safar Ki Thakkan

Your back was broken by the fall of the Standard-bearer. (I traveled while walking on my toes) O my father, you have the exhaustion of grief, and I have the exhaustion of the journey.

Dono Pe Pardes Mei Kaysi Musibat Pari (Mujse Padar Chin Gaya Aapse Beti Chini) Ae Mere Baba. Aap Gharibul Watan Me Bhi Gharibul Watan

What a calamity befell both of us in a foreign land. (I was snatched from my father, you were snatched from your daughter) O my father, you are a stranger in the land, and even in the land of strangers.