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Rula Rula Kay

Shahid Baltistani · 2021

A young girl remembers the tragedy of her father in Karbala while suffering in a dark prison. She cries out to him, describing the pain of their separation and her own captivity.

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Haye Mazloom Sakina, Haye Mazloom Hussain Haye Baba Mazloom Baba, Haye Mera Mazloom Baba Haye Baba, Haye Baba

Alas, oppressed Sakina, alas, oppressed Hussain. Alas, my oppressed father, alas, my oppressed father. Alas, father, alas, father.

Rula Rula Ke Tujhe Qatl Kar Diya Baba

They killed you, Father, after making you weep and weep.

Teri Sakina Ko Yeh Dard Kha Gaya Baba

This pain has consumed your Sakina, Father.

Tumhari Beti Ko Aata Nahi Kuch Aur Nazar Mere Nigaah Mein Phirta Hai Ab Yehi Manzar Tumhari Zulfo Mein Zalim Ka Haath Tha Baba Mai Kis Tarha Se Batau Wo Waqt Kaisa Tha Sitam Ye Baap Pe, Beti Pe Ek Jaisa Tha Teri Tarha Se Tamacha Mujhe Laga Baba

Your daughter sees nothing else now, This scene keeps circling before my eyes: The oppressor's hand was in your hair, Father. How can I describe what that moment was like? This cruelty was the same for the father and the daughter, Just like you, I was struck with a slap, Father.

Jise Pahen Ke Kaha Tha Yeh Aapne Mujhse Sakina Ye Meri Maa Ne Siya Tha Mere Liye Tere Badan Pe Woh Kurta Nahi Mila Baba

The one you wore when you told me, 'Sakina, my mother stitched this for me,' I could not find that shirt on your body, Father.

Akeli Mai Nahi, Dadi Bhi Saath Hai Mere Yeh Zakhmi Teri Mohabbat Mein Haath Hai Mere Mai Rokti Rahi Khanjar Nahi Ruka Baba

I am not alone, Grandmother is also with me. These hands are wounded for the love of you. I kept trying to stop the dagger, but it did not stop, Father.

Jagah Nasheb Mein Dedo Meri Yateemi Ko Chhupalo Dher Mein In Pattharo Ke Beti Ko Sakina Bhool Gayi Ghar Ka Raasta Baba

Give my orphanhood a place in the hollow, Hide your daughter in the pile of these stones. Sakina has forgotten the way home, Father.

Meri Ghareebi Pe Karta Nahi Koi Nazar Tumhe To Maara Hai Baba Rula Rula Ke Magar Mujhe To Rone Pe Bhi Milti Hai Sazaa Baba

No one looks upon my poverty, They killed you, Father, after making you weep, But I am punished even for weeping, Father.

Hai Qatl Gaah Sakina Ki Shaam Tak Ka Safar Tumhe Lagega Chalaya Hai Shimr Ne Khanjar Gale Pe Dekho Nishan E Rasan Zara Baba

The journey to Shaam is Sakina's place of slaughter, You will think Shimr has wielded the dagger, Just look at the marks of the rope on my neck, Father.

Kamar Jhuki Hui Aankho Mein Kam Basarat Thi Jawa'n Ke Laashe Pe Jaisi Tumhari Halat Thi Tumhare Laashe Pe Wo Mera Haal Tha Baba

With a bent back and failing eyesight, Just as your condition was over the body of your youth (Ali Akbar), That was my state over your body, Father.

Wo Qabr Mein To Takallum Hai Ek Zamane Se Magar Sadaein Ye Aati Hai Qaid Khane Se Mera Rasan Mein Gala Hai Bandha Hua Baba

He has been in the grave for an age, Takallum, But these cries come from the prison, 'My neck is tied in a rope, Father.'

Haye Baba Mazloom Baba, Haye Baba Mazloom Baba, Haye Mera Mazloom Baba

Alas, Father, oppressed Father, alas, Father, oppressed Father, alas, my oppressed Father.

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