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Ae Meri Jaan Akbar

Shahid Baltistani · 2024

A mother says goodbye to her young son as he prepares to go to the battlefield in Karbala. She gives him advice and shares her love before he leaves.

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Aye Meri Jaan Akbar

O my life, Akbar

Jab Ran Ko Chale Khaime Se Hum-Shakl E Payambar Laila Ne Kaha Bete Ko Seene Se Lagakar

When the one who resembles the Prophet set out from the tents for the battlefield, Laila embraced her son and said:

Aye Meri Jaan Akbar, Jab Zakhm Koi Khana Baba Se Chupana Laila Ne Kaha Rokar Jab Dard Ho Seene Mein Tum Maa Ko Batana

O my life, Akbar, if you receive any wound, hide it from your father. Laila said, weeping, 'When there is pain in your chest, tell your mother.'

Laashe Utha Utha Ke Ab Thak Chuke Hai Baba Atthara Saal Wala Tu Hai Jawan Beta Mai Janti Hu Akbar, Mushkil Hai Zaeefi Mein Tera Laash Uthana

Your father is already exhausted from lifting the bodies of the martyrs. You are an eighteen-year-old youth. I know, Akbar, that it is difficult for him to lift your body in his old age.

Mar Jaye Jiska Beta Woh Kaise Ghum Uthaye Tujhse Lipat Ke Ran Mein Shabbir Mar Na Jaye Is Maa Ke Liye Akbar, Asaa'n Nahi Khaimo Mein Do Laasho Ko Lana

How can one bear the grief of losing a son? May Shabbir not die while embracing you on the battlefield. For this mother, Akbar, it is not easy to bring two bodies back to the tents.

Rakhe Khuda Salamat Akbar Teri Jawani Bus Tu Hi Mustafa Ki Hai Akhri Nishani Takte Hai Tera Chehra, Jab Bhi Tere Baba Ko Yaad Aate Hai Nana

May God keep your youth safe, Akbar. You are the only remaining sign of Mustafa (the Prophet). Whenever your father remembers his grandfather, he gazes upon your face.

Barchi Ka Dard Seh Kar Thehroge Kaise Zee'n Par Jab Dil Pe Hath Rakh Kar Girne Lago Zamee'n Par Mai Tumko Sambhalungi, Godi Mein Uthalungi Tum Mujhko Bulana

How will you stay on your saddle after enduring the pain of the spear? When you place your hand on your heart and begin to fall to the ground, I will catch you, I will lift you into my lap—you must call out to me.

Aye Laal Sabr Karna Naa Dard Se Tadapna Baba Ke Saamne Tum Mat Aediya'n Ragadna Tum Bete Ho Laila Ke, Woh Dilbar E Zahra Hai Yeh Bhool Na Jana

O my son, be patient, do not writhe in pain. Do not scrape your heels in front of your father. You are the son of Laila, and he is the beloved of Zahra—do not forget this.

Jaate Hue Phuphi Se Ek Baar Aur Milna Armaan Dil Me Koi Reh Jaye Na Adhura Zainab Ki Tamanna Hai, Beta Tere Maathe Par Sehra Hai Sajana

Before you go, meet your aunt one more time. May no desire in your heart remain unfulfilled. It is Zainab's wish, my son, to adorn your forehead with a wedding garland.

Jab Sughra Yaad Aayi Ro Ro Ke Maa Pukari Hai Muntazir Watan Mein Kabse Behen Tumhari Yeh Bhool Nahi Jana, Sughra Se Abhi Tumne Wada Hai Nibhana

When she remembered Sughra, the mother cried out, 'Your sister has been waiting for you in the homeland for so long. Do not forget, you still have a promise to keep to Sughra.'

Zeeshan Abidi Woh Maa Gir Gayi Zamee'n Par Khaime Se Jab Jawa'n Ko Rukhsat Kiya Ye Kehkar Jab Barchi Koi Maare, Is Chand Se Seene Se Na Dhaal Hatana

Zeeshan Abidi, that mother fell to the ground when she sent her youth off from the tents, saying: 'When a spear strikes, do not remove the shield from this moon-like chest.'

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