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Tu Bekafan Hain Hussain

Tu Bekafan Hain Hussain

Farhan Ali Waris

Bibi Zainab stands in the desert of Karbala mourning her brother Hussain who lies without a shroud. She faces the deep sorrow of being taken captive to the city of Shaam.

NohaShahadat Hussain

Haye Reh Gayi Dasht Me Tanha Toh Watan Yaad Aya Pani Paya Toh Har Ek Tishna Dahan Yaad Aya Leke Har Cheez Madine Se Chali Thi Zainab Bhai Ki Laash Pe Pohonchi Toh Kafan Yaad Aya

Alas, When I was left alone in the wilderness, I remembered my homeland. When I found water, I remembered every parched throat. Zainab had left Medina with everything she held dear, But when I reached my brother's corpse, I remembered the shroud.

Tu Bekafan Hain Hussain, Behen Berida Hain

You are without a shroud, O Hussain, and your sister is without her veil.

Aayi Thi Madine Se Lekar Main Apna Bhara Ghar Bhai Logon Ne Mera Ghar Lut Liya Bas Paas Rahi Tanhayi

I had come from Medina with my entire household, O brother. People looted my home, and only loneliness remained with me.

Yaha Tishna Lab Tu Hua Bain, Behen Berida Hain

Here you became thirsty and lamented, and your sister is without her veil.

Pani Se Tujhe Mehroom Rakha Aur Mujhko Tere Matam Se Tukde Hain Kaleja Zainab Ka Aye Bhai Fakat Is Gam Se

They kept you deprived of water, and me from mourning you. My heart is torn to pieces, O brother, solely from this grief.

Sina Par Tera Sar Rakha Hain, Behen Berida Hain

Your head is resting upon my chest, and your sister is without her veil.

Tu Mere Liye Faryad Kare Main Tere Liye Aye Bhai Mazlum Musaafir Teri Behen Baagi Ki Behen Kehlayi

You lament for me, and I for you, O brother. Your oppressed traveler sister is now called the sister of a rebel.

Yeh Gam Sitam Se Bada Hain, Behen Berida Hain

This grief is greater than the cruelty, and your sister is without her veil.

Lashe Se Tere Aati Hain Sada Sunti Hain Behen Majaye Aye Kaash Koi Tadbeer Bane Aur Zainab Shaam Na Jaye

A voice comes from your corpse, which your sister hears in her distress. If only there were some way, so that Zainab would not have to go to Shaam.

Aseer e Rasan Kafla Hain, Behen Berida Hain

The caravan is bound in ropes, and your sister is without her veil.

Main Qaidi Bani Aur Shaam Chali, Mehmil Na Amaari Ayi Zainab Ke Liye Hain Sabse Bada Gam Tujhse Bichadna Bhai

I became a captive and set out for Shaam; there was no litter or carriage for me. For Zainab, the greatest grief is being separated from you, O brother.

Tujhe Yehi Gam Kha Gaya Hain, Behen Berida Hain

This very grief has consumed you, and your sister is without her veil.

Amma Ki Sada Yeh Aati Hain Kyu Lut Liya Pyaase Ko Sar Tera Badan Se Kaat Liye Aur Pamaal Kiya Laashe Ko

Mother's voice calls out: 'Why was the thirsty one looted?' They severed your head from your body and trampled your corpse.

Qateel e Jafa Tu Hua Hain, Behen Berida Hain

You have been martyred by cruelty, and your sister is without her veil.

Hain Kaan Sakina Ke Zakhmi, Abid Ka Mukaddar Bedi Naize Pe Shaheedon Ke Sar Hain , Sadat Bane Hain Qaidi

Sakina's ears are wounded, and chains are Abid's destiny. The heads of the martyrs are on spears, and the Prophet's progeny have become captives.

Abhi Shaam Ka Marhala Hain, Behen Berida Hain

The ordeal of Shaam is yet to come, and your sister is without her veil.

Ghar Tera Qareeb e Asr Luta, Main Shaam e Alam Me Luti Khoon Tera Baha Bejurm o Khata, Hamsheer Is Gam Me Ujdi

Your home was looted near Asr, and I was looted in the evening of grief. Your blood was shed without crime or fault, and your sister was ruined in this sorrow.

Tere Khoon Se Yeh Wafa Hain, Behen Berida Hain

This is the loyalty born of your blood, and your sister is without her veil.

Ta Umr Padhege Yeh Noha Farhan Aur Mazhar Rokar Zainab Ke Baradar Ke Markad Par Humne Suna Hain Aksar

For the rest of their lives, Farhan and Mazhar will recite this Noha while weeping. We have often heard this at the shrine of Zainab's brother.

Shah e Di Ka Yeh Marsiya Hain, Behen Berida Hain

This is the elegy of the King of Religion, and your sister is without her veil.

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