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Kar Madad Meri Baqir

Kar Madad Meri Baqir

Mir Hasan Mir · 2012

In the dark prison of Shaam, Imam Sajjad asks his young son, Imam Baqir, to help him lay his sister Sakina to rest.

NohaShahadat Bibi Sakina
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Sakina Mar Gayi Zindan May Jab Ye Shor Utha Alam Se Zard Tha Us Dam Har Ek Ka Chehra Qareebe Laashaye Hamsheer Bhai Jab Pahuncha Bandhe Thay Haath Badan Tauq Se Larazta Tha Na Uth Saka Jo Janaza Behan Ka Bhai Se To Roke Bete Se Sajjad Phir Ye Kehne Lage

When the cry rose that Sakina had died in the prison, every face turned pale with grief. When the brother reached near the sister's body, his hands were bound, and his body trembled from the iron collar. When the brother could not lift the sister's funeral bier, Sajjad, weeping, began to say to his son:

Kar Madad Meri Baqir Beta Hamsheer Ki Qabr Bana'un Mai

Help me, my son Baqir, so I may prepare a grave for my sister

Zanjeer Uthao Tum Meri Aur Uski Laash Utha'un Mai

You lift my chains, and I will lift her body

Dada Ne Badi Mazloomi May Tha Dadi Ko Dafnaya Lekin Wo Madina Tha Baqir Aur Ye Hai Des Paraya Is Char Baras Ki Zahra Ko Ghurbat May Kahan Dafna'un Mai

Your grandfather buried your grandmother in great oppression, but that was Medina, Baqir, and this is a foreign land. Where shall I bury this four-year-old Zahra in this state of exile?

Jo Khoon Se Bhari Thi Maadar Ki Nazron Se Chupadi Maine Ek Saal Se Thi Jo Gardan May Rassi Wo Hatadi Maine Gardan Pe Bane Jo Rassi Se Kaise Wo Neel Chupa'un Mai

I hid from her mother's sight the shroud that was soaked in blood. I removed the rope that had been around her neck for a year. How can I hide the bruises on her neck caused by that rope?

Mil Jaye Agar Wapas Mujhko Wo Teri Rida Aur Gowhar Baba Ki Lehad Par Rakhdoo Ya Sughra Ko Doo Wapas Jaakar Wo Dono Amanat Hai Teri Batlade Kisay Pahuncha'un Mai

If I could get back that veil and those pearls of yours, I would place them on your father's grave or return them to Sughra. Both are your trusts; tell me, to whom should I deliver them?

Jab Tumko Rehaai Miljaye Phupiyon Ko Watan Pahunchana Reh Lenge Yahin Ghamkhwari Behan Tum Khaafila Ghar Le Jaana Dafnate Huye Is Bachi Ko Zindan May Agar Mar Jaun Mai

When you are released, take your aunts back to our homeland. I will remain here in grief, my sister; you take the caravan home. If I should die in this prison while burying this child...

Dono Ko Juda Mai Kaise Karoo Himmat Hi Nahi Ye Meri Aap Ke Sar Se Lipti Hui Bejaan Ye Aap Ki Beti Kya Saath Sakina Ke Baba Sar Aap Ka Bhi Dafna'un Mai

How can I separate the two? I do not have the strength for this. Your daughter lies lifeless, wrapped around your head. Should I bury your head, Father, along with Sakina?

Taweez E Lehad Ko Band Kiya Abid Ne Ye Keh Kar Akbar Kehna Ye Haram Se Ay Baqir Sab Roye Yahan Par Aakar Turbat Pe Chidakne Ki Khaatir Ab Pani Kahan Se Laa'un Mai

Abid closed the grave's covering, saying this, Akbar: "Tell the ladies of the Haram, O Baqir, that everyone came here and wept. But where shall I bring water from now, to sprinkle on her grave?"

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