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Tanhayi Hussain Ki

Syed Ameer Hasan Aamir · 2017

The poem describes the profound loneliness and tragedy of Imam Hussain in Karbala as he loses his family one by one. It captures the sorrow of Bibi Zainab witnessing the devastation of her brother's household.

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Tanhayi Hussain Ki Zainab Se Lipat Kar Kehti Hain Tanhayi Hussain Ki

The loneliness of Hussain Clinging to Zainab, the loneliness of Hussain speaks

Ek Din Me Duniya Ujad Gayi Hai Bhai Hussain Ki

In a single day, the world of Hussain's brother has been devastated

Do Boondh Bhi Paani Dena Saka Mai Apne Godh Ke Paale Ko Mitti Me Sula Kar Aaya Hun Jhule Me Khelne Waale Ko Dil Khol Ke Banu Kar Himmath Afzayi Hussain Ki

I could not even give two drops of water to the one I raised in my lap I have come back after laying the one who played in the cradle into the dust Open your heart, Banu, and show courage To support Hussain

Akbar Ke Chaandh Se Seene Me Mere Saamne Naiza Utargaya Battees Baras Ka Bhai Mera Haaton Ko Kata Ke Guzar Gaya Kyun Mouth Bata Sooni Kardi Angnayi Hussain Ki

A spear pierced the moon-like chest of Akbar right before my eyes My brother of thirty-two years passed away after having his hands severed Why, O death, did you make the courtyard of Hussain desolate?

Abid Ka Sahara Banjaana Beemar Hai Tum Pe Zaahir Hai Math Hona Sakina Se Gaafil Zainab Ye Salaam E Aakhri Hai Aawaz Behen Ke Kaano'n Se Takraayi Hussian Ki

Become the support for Abid, he is ill, as is apparent to you Do not be negligent of Sakina, Zainab, this is the final farewell The voice of Hussain Struck the ears of his sister

Maidan Me Thokar Kha Khakar Girtw Hai Kabhi Uthjaata Hai Har Ek Khadam Par Rorokar Shabbir Yahi Farmata Hain Tum Legaye Aye Beta Akbar Beenaayi Hussain Ki

Stumbling in the battlefield, he falls and sometimes rises At every step, weeping, Shabbir says this You took away, O son Akbar The eyesight of Hussain

Bochaar Huwi Hain Teeron Ki Zakhmon Se Khoo'n Tapakta Hai Ek Pyaasa Musafir Hasrath Se Maidan Me Har Su Takta Hai Laashon Ko Sadayein Deti Hai Maajayi Hussain Ki

There is a shower of arrows, blood drips from the wounds A thirsty traveler looks in every direction in the battlefield with longing The mother of Hussain Calls out to the bodies

Jab Pusht E Farsh Se Girne Laga Ahmed Ka Nawasa Maqtal Me Rehrehke Sadayen Deta Tha Abbas Ko Pyaasa Maqtal Me Aagosh Me Bete Ko Lene Maa Aayi Hussain Ki

When the grandson of Ahmed began to fall from the back of his steed in the killing field The thirsty one kept calling out repeatedly to Abbas in the killing field To take her son into her embrace The mother of Hussain came

Zainab Ne Na Socha Tha Ek Din Taqdeer Pe Sitam Ye Dhayengi Pardes Me Meri Aankhon Ko Aisa Manzar Dikhlaayenge Pishaak Talak Lejaayenge Balwaayi Hussain Ki

Zainab had not thought that one day fate would inflict such cruelty That in a foreign land, they would show my eyes such a sight They would take [me] to the palace The mourners of Hussain

Banti Thi Kafan Khake Sehra Har Zakhm Tha Taaza Pyaase Ka Kaandhe Ko Azizon Ke Tarsa Gurbath Me Janaza Pyaase Ka Pardes Me Mayyat Teero'n Ne Uthwaayi Hussain Ki

The dust of the desert became the shroud, every wound of the thirsty one was fresh The funeral of the thirsty one longed for the shoulders of loved ones in exile In a foreign land, the arrows Caused the body of Hussain to be lifted

Be Sar Ka Badan Deta Tha Sada Roro Ke Sakina Ay Beti Sone Ke Bhi Khabil Ab Na Bacha Tere Baap Ka Seena Ay Beti Ye Dekh Ke Maqtal Me Bachi Chillayi Hussain Ki

The headless body would call out, weeping, "Sakina, O daughter" "Your father's chest is no longer even fit for sleeping upon, O daughter" Seeing this in the killing field, the child Of Hussain screamed

Akhtar Ye Tasawwur Mushkil Hai Kis Haal Me Wo Beemar Jiya Sajjad Ne Aamir Ye Sach Hai Dil Bhar Ke Kabhi Paani Na Piya Jab Jab Bhi Kabhi Paani Dikha Yaad Aayi Hussain Ki

Akhtar, this imagination is difficult, in what state that ill one lived It is true, Sajjad never drank water to his heart's content Whenever he saw water He remembered Hussain

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