Ye Maa Kahan Na Thi

Yasrib Mein Aayi Khaab Mein Zainab Ke Yun Butool Maatha Bhara Tha Khun Mein Sar Par Rida Na Thi Zainab Ne Puchha Kiske Lahu Se Jabeen Hein Laash Amma Tum Par To Aafatein Safare Karbala Na Thi

In a dream, Fatima (Butool) came to Zainab in Yathrib, Her forehead was covered in blood, and she had no veil upon her head. Zainab asked, 'Whose blood is this upon your forehead, Mother? Surely, the calamities of the journey to Karbala were not upon you.'

Royi Tumhare Saath Bahattar Ki Laash Par Akbar Ki Lash Par Ali Asghar Ki Lash Par Zainab Mein Kis Shaheed Ki Sahib Aza Na Thi

I wept with you over the bodies of the seventy-two, Over the body of Akbar, over the body of Ali Asghar, For which martyr, Zainab, was I not a mourner alongside you?

Jhara Tha Kisne Balon Se Sehrae Karbala Kisne Bichhaya Aake Musallae Karbala Haye Haye Me Karbala Mein Shabe Qatl Kya Na Thi

Who swept the desert of Karbala with her hair? Who came and spread the prayer mat of Karbala? Alas, was I not there in Karbala on the night of the slaughter?

Rakhte Qauhan Hussain Ne Manga Tha Jis Ghari Khaime Mein Bibi Tum Ko Ghash Aya Tha Jis Ghari Khaime Ke Peechhe Rone Ki Meri Sada Na Thi

The moment Hussain asked for his old clothes, The moment you fainted in the tent, O Lady, Was my voice not there behind the tent, weeping?

Rukhsat Ko Aya Khaime Mein Jab Ibne Bu Turab Thami Thi Tumne Jis Ghari Mazloom Ki Rakaab Kyaa Sath Sath Ghore Ke Mein Nnd Paa Na Thi

When the son of Abu Turab (Hussain) came to the tent for farewell, The moment you held the stirrup of the oppressed one, Was I not walking alongside the horse, step by step?

Jab Tum Giri Thi Bhai Ke Laashe Pe Unt Se Naaqe Pe Tum Sawaar Thi Bazu Rasan Mein The Kya Baal Khole Laashe Pe Khairun Nisa Na Thi

When you fell from the camel onto your brother's corpse, When you were mounted on the camel with arms bound in ropes, Was the best of women (Fatima) not there, hair disheveled, over the body?

Yasrab Se Taaba Maariya Aur Wahan Se Taba Shaam Hamraah Thi Qadam Ba Qadam Saath Gaam Gaam Zainab Kahi Hussain Se Zehra Juda Na Thi

From Yathrib to Mariya, and from there to Shaam, I was with you, step by step, pace by pace, Zainab, Zahra was never separated from Hussain.

Zainab Ye Arz Ki Ke Baja Kehti He Janaab Mein Sunrahi Hun Jo Ba Khuda Kehti Hein Janaab Ay Waalida Mujhe Khabare Dasto Pa Na Thi

Zainab submitted, 'What you say is true, my Lady, I hear what you are saying, by God, my Lady, O Mother, I was unaware of your presence (literally: unaware of your hands and feet/presence).'

Imsaal Bhi Najaf Ka Irada Tha Ay "Dabeer" Aur Karbala Bhi Jaaoun Ye Socha Tha Ay "Dabeer" Par Rehgaye Tarap Ke Ke Kismat Rasa Na Thi

This year too, there was an intention for Najaf, O Dabeer, And I thought I would also go to Karbala, O Dabeer, But I remained, writhing in longing, for destiny did not reach there.