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Mere Baba Mere Baba

Mere Baba Mere Baba

Mir Hasan Murtuza · 2021

Little Sakina cries out to her grandmother Fatima for help as she watches her family suffer in the desert of Karbala.

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Mere Baba Mere Baba

My father, my father

Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

Grandmother Zehra, my father

Almadad Fathima Zehra Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

Help me, Fatima Zehra, This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

Bhaiyya Akbar Gaye Mare Ran Ko Baba Bhi Sidhare Ab Yahaan Koun Hai Apna Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

Brother Akbar has been martyred, Father has also departed for the battlefield, Who is left here to call my own? This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

Waqt E Imdad Hai Aao Mere Baba Ko Bachao Wasta Tumko Khuda Ka Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

It is the time for help, come, Save my father, I beseech you in the name of God, This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

Mere Ammu Mere Pyare Sogaye Nehr Kanare Ab Nahin Koi Sahara Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

My uncle, my beloved, Has fallen asleep on the riverbank, Now there is no support left, This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

Bhai Per Chalta Hai Khanjar Aur Behan Kehti Hai Ro Kar Haye Ujdi Meri Duniya Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

The dagger moves across my brother's throat, And the sister cries out, Alas, my world has been ruined, This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

Dekho Ek Hashr Bapa Hai Shimr Sar Kaat Raha Hai Aayiye Fathima Zehra Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

Look, a calamity has erupted, Shimr is severing the head, Come, Fatima Zehra, This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

Kehte The Mujse Ye Baba Hoga Mushkil Tera Jeena Karna Tum Sabr Khudara Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

My father used to tell me, Your life will become difficult, For God's sake, practice patience, This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

Aye Hasan Boli Sakina Ab Mera Khaak Hai Jeena Kaise Qaisar Ye Likhega Tha Sakina Ka Ye Noha Dadi Zehra Mere Baba

Oh Hasan, Sakina said, Now my life is but dust, How will Qaisar write this? This was Sakina's lament: Grandmother Zehra, my father

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