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Bhai Ki Laash Pe

Bhai Ki Laash Pe

Shahid Baltistani

On the night before the battle, Imam Hussain asks his sister Zainab to protect their family from the coming hardships. He specifically worries about his daughter Sakina seeing the battlefield.

NohaAshura

Haaye Aye Behen Zainab Shabe Aashur Ye Shabbir Ne Kaha Zainab Se Aye Behen Zainab Aye Behen Zainab

Alas, O sister Zainab, On the night of Ashura, Shabbir (Hussain) said to Zainab, O sister Zainab, O sister Zainab.

Bhai Ki Laash Pe Maqtal Me Jo Aana Zainab Ho Sake To Meri Bacchi Ko Na Laana Zainab

When you come to the battlefield to my body, Zainab, If it is possible, Do not bring my daughter, Zainab.

Baap Se Beti To Maa Bete Se Hoti Hai Qareeb Maa Ko Mazloomi Sunayega Tumhari Ye Gareeb Tum Garibi Meri Baba Ko Sunana Zainab

A daughter is close to her father, and a mother to her son, This poor girl of yours will tell her mother of the oppression, But you, Zainab, must tell my father of my poverty (helplessness).

Kalse Baagi Ki Behen Tumko Kaha Jaayega Taaziyano Se Tumhe Pursa Diya Jaayega Badle Lega Mere Tumse Ye Zamana Zainab

From tomorrow, you will be called the sister of a rebel, You will be offered condolences with lashes (whips), This world will take revenge on you for me, Zainab.

Raat Me Uthte Hai Is Dar Ke Janaze Bibi Sar Se Chadar Jo Chhini Tum Bhi To Mar Jaaogi Tum Andhere Me Mere Laashe Pe Aana Zainab

Funerals leave this house in the night, Lady, If your veil is snatched from your head, you too will die, So come to my body in the darkness, Zainab.

Haaye Shimr Jis Waqt Chalaye Meri Gardan Pe Churi Zibha Hote Hue Baba Ko Na Dekhe Beti Dare Khayma Se Sakina Ko Hatana Zainab

Alas, when Shimr draws the knife across my throat, My daughter must not see her father being slaughtered, Remove Sakina from the tent door, Zainab.

Kahi Abbas Na Sunle Meri Baate Ye Behen Haath Wo Chumlu Bandh Jaayegi Kal Jinme Rasan Zara Kuch Der Charago Ko Bujana Zainab

Lest Abbas hear these words of mine, sister, Let me kiss those hands that will be bound by ropes tomorrow, Extinguish the lamps for a while, Zainab.

Pura Abbas Ki Madar Ka Ho Arman Behen Paani Pyaso Ko Jo Pilwaogi Tum Jaake Watan Sakka Abbas Ke Bete Ko Banana Zainab

Let the wish of Abbas's mother be fulfilled, sister, When you go home and give water to the thirsty, Make the son of Abbas the water-bearer (Saqqa), Zainab.

Ek Ehsan Ye Karna Aye Mere Baba Ki Jaan Is Baras Aaye Madine Me Jo Gyara Shaban Farshe Majlis Ali Akbar Ka Bichana Zainab

Do me this one favor, O life of my father, When the eleventh of Shaban comes in Medina this year, Spread the mourning carpet for Ali Akbar, Zainab.

Haayee Shabe Ashur Ki Majlis Thi Takallum Jaari Chup Hue Kehke Ye Shabbir Behen Se Apni Tumko Bazar Me Beparda Hai Jana Zainab

Alas, the gathering of the night of Ashura was ongoing, Takallum, Shabbir fell silent after saying this to his sister: 'You have to go into the bazaar unveiled, Zainab.'

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