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Mara Gaya Darya Pe Jo Shida-e-Sakina

Syed Raza Abbas Zaidi · 2021

The brave water-carrier of the camp is gone. Now there is only sorrow for the little girl waiting for him.

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Haye Sakina, Haye Sakina

Alas, Sakina! Alas, Sakina!

Mara Gaya Darya Pe Jo Shida-E-Sakina Shah Rag Se Sada Aati Rahi Haye Sakina

He who was the devotee of Sakina was slain at the riverbank, From the jugular vein, the cry kept coming: Alas, Sakina!

Lashe Se Sada Aati Thi Hum Bhi Na Piyenge Jab Tak Tumhein Paani Nahi Mil Jaye Sakina

From the corpse came the call: I, too, shall not drink, Until you, Sakina, have found water.

Kis Tarah Se Dikhlaun Tumhein Shakal Dobara Jab Paani Hi Mashkeeze Se Beh Jaye Sakina

How can I show you my face again, When the water itself has spilled from the waterskin, Sakina?

Majboor Hai Bazu Bhi Nahi Tum Hi Batao Kis Tarah Se Ammu Tumhein Behlaye Sakina

I am helpless, I do not even have arms; you tell me, How can your uncle comfort you, Sakina?

Zainab Ne Kaha Zer-E-Alam Peet Ke Sar Ko Matam Karo Mara Gaya Saqqa-E-Sakina

Zainab said, beneath the standard, beating her head, 'Mourn! The water-bearer of Sakina has been slain.'

Aa Jaiye Yun Zauja-E-Abbas Pukari Wali Kahin Furqat Mein Na Mar Jaye Sakina

Come back, cried the wife of Abbas, Lest Sakina die in this separation, O Wali.

Sab Chahne Wale Toh Anees Ho Gaye Maqdoor Rukhsar Ke Neel Ab Kaise Dikhlaye Sakina

All those who loved her, Anees, have become helpless, How can Sakina now show the bruises on her cheeks?

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