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Roke Kehti Thi Sakina

Syed Ameer Hasan Aamir · 2017

Little Sakina is trapped in a dark prison in Sham. She cries out to God, begging to be reunited with her father, Imam Hussain.

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Mere Baba *4

My father *4

Roke Ke Kehti Thi Sakina Mere Baba Se Milade*2 Ya Ilahi Meri Bigdi Huwi Taqdeer Banade Mere Baba Se Milade

Weeping, Sakina would say, 'Reunite me with my father.' O Lord, mend my broken destiny, Reunite me with my father.

1)

1)

Haaye Yaqoob Se Yousuf Ko Milane Wale Kashti E Nooh Ko Toofa'n Se Bachane Wale Dariya E Neel Me Bhi Raah Banane Wale Shabe Meraaj Payambar Ko Bulane Wale

Alas, You who reunited Yusuf with Yaqoob, You who saved the Ark of Nuh from the storm, You who made a path through the Nile, You who summoned the Prophet on the night of Meraj.

2)

2)

Jo Huwe Zulm O Sitam Ruq Pe Mere Taari Hai Mere Ruksaar Se Taaza Yeh Lahu Jaari Hai Shumr Ka Ham Pe Sitam Karneki Tayyari Hai Shumr Kehta Hai Ke Sajjad Ki Ab Baari Hai

The oppression and cruelty I have endured are etched upon my face, Fresh blood flows from my cheeks. Shimr is preparing to unleash his tyranny upon us, Shimr says it is now Sajjad's turn.

Pyaas Ke Dard Se Ye Khalb O Jigar Phat Ta Hai Dil Se Ab Baali Sakina Ke Dhuwan Uthta Hai Be Khata Hum Pe Layee'n Aake Sitam Karta Hai Hum Jo Rote Hain Toh Rone Pe Layeen Hansta Hai

From the pain of thirst, my heart and liver are tearing apart, Smoke rises from the heart of little Sakina. The cursed ones oppress us without fault, And when we weep, the cursed ones laugh at our tears.

3)

3)

Bekhata Haye Layeeno'n Ne Sitam Him Pe Kiya Haye Ye Kaisa Sitam Eak Rasan Baara Gala Zulm Eak Aur Huwa Sir Se Rida Chin Liye Aur Hansta Hai Tamashayi Meri Gurbath Pe

Alas, the cursed ones oppressed us without fault, Alas, what cruelty is this—a rope around the neck. Another injustice occurred, they snatched the veil from my head, And the onlookers laugh at my misery.

4)

4)

Thi Isi Shehr Ki Eak Roz Kabhi Shehzadi Aaj Taqdeer Se Zindan Me Bani Hun Khaidi Jaise Pinjre Me Koyi Qaid Huwa Ho Panchi Waise Zindaan Me Hain Qaid Huwi Hun Mai Bhi

Once, I was a princess of this very city, Today, by fate, I have become a prisoner in a dungeon. Just as a bird is trapped in a cage, So too am I imprisoned in this dungeon.

5)

5)

Hai Ajab Haal Mera Zulm Ko Ehsaas Nahi Sab Paraye Hain Yahan Apna Koyi Paas Nahin Qaid Se Hoke Riha Jaawungi Ab Aas Nahi Jis Pe Tha Sab Ko Bharosa Wahi Abbas Nahi

My state is strange, the oppressors have no conscience, Everyone here is a stranger, no one of my own is near. I have no hope of being released from this captivity, He whom everyone relied upon, Abbas, is not here.

6)

6)

Gar Mai Baba Na Chacha Bhai Se Mil Paawungi Jo Huwe Mujhe Pe Sitam Kis Se Mai Batlawungi Apne Baba Ki Mai Furqath Me Hi Marjaawungi Khali Jhule Se Hi Dil Kaise Mai Behlawungi

If I cannot meet my father, uncle, or brother, To whom will I tell of the cruelty I have suffered? I will die in the separation from my father, How can I console my heart with an empty cradle?

7)

7)

Haye Humshakle Payamber Mera Akbar Na Raha Phasliyon Wala Mera Nehna Sa Asghar Na Raha Haaye Wo Bhai Mera Qasim O Mustar Naraha Koi Imdad Ko Ab Moniso Yaawar Na Raha

Alas, my Akbar, who resembled the Prophet, is no more, My little Asghar, with the pierced throat, is no more, Alas, my brother Qasim is no more, There is no one left to help, no companion or supporter.

8)

8)

Haaye "Alam" Jo Sakina Yeh Dua Karti Thi Aasaman Rota Tha Zinda Ki Zamee'n Hilti Thi Apne Baba Ke Judayi Me Wo Jaa'n Khoti Thi Karke "Aamir" Yeh Dua Bacchi Bohat Roti Thi

Alas, the prayer that Sakina would make, The sky would weep, and the earth of the prison would tremble. She was losing her life in the separation from her father, 'Aamir', praying this, the child would weep bitterly.

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