Ay Raat Zara Tham
Syed Raza Abbas Zaidi
Bibi Zainab asks the night to pause before the morning of Ashura arrives. She wants to protect the children and the brides from the coming sorrow.
Ay Raat Zara....
O Night, just for a moment...
Zainab Hai Pareshan Ay Raat Zara Tham Ja
Zainab is distressed, O Night, just pause for a while.
Rok Sehar Ko Aane Se Tu Kehte Hai Tujhse Mere Aansu Rakhle Pardesi Ka Parda Rehne De Andhiyara Na Jaa
Stop the dawn from arriving, my tears are pleading with you; Preserve the veil of the stranger, let the darkness remain, do not go.
Zakhmi Kano Ki Ek Bachi Shiddat-E-Gham Se So Na Sakegi Daudegi Wo Jaanibe Maqtal Thokar Khati Dukhiya Na Jaa
A little girl with wounded ears will not be able to sleep from the intensity of grief; She will run towards the battlefield, stumbling in her pain, do not go.
Bewa Hogi Dulhan Aise Jiske Haath May Taaza Mehndi Bain Karegi Aahein Bharegi Kehkar Dulha Dulha Na Jaa
A bride whose hands still bear fresh henna will be widowed; She will wail and heave sighs, crying out 'My Groom, my Groom', do not go.
Acha Itni Dayr Tu Ruk Ja Jab Ho Safar Zindan Ko Mera Shaam Talak Tu Saath May Rehna Bankar Mera Parda Na Jaa
Very well, stay just until my journey to the prison begins; Remain with me until the evening, acting as my veil, do not go.
Raat Magar Rehan Na Tehri Kehti Thi Zainab Bechari Aayi Raza Wo Subhe Shahadat Suraj Kyonkar Kehta Na Jaa
But the night did not pause, as poor Zainab had pleaded; The morning of martyrdom arrived, how could the sun be told not to go?
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