Zainab Ko Ghazi Yaad Aaya

Hathon Se Ya Phir Balon Se Chehre Ko Chupale Shehzadi Ye Shaam Shehr Ki Galiyan Hai Dil Thaam Le Ay Aaqazadi Fizza Ne Jab Ye Batlaya

Hide your face with your hands or your hair, O Princess, These are the streets of the city of Shaam, steady your heart, O noble lady. When Fizza told her this...

Mahol Sharabi Jab Dekha Baba Ki Wasiyat Yaad Aayi Koi To Mujhe Chadar Laa De Honton Pe Yehi Faryad Aayi Jab Koi Nahi Chadar Laaya

When she saw the drunken atmosphere, she remembered her father's (Ali's) will. 'Someone bring me a veil,' this plea came to her lips. When no one brought a veil...

Phir Shaam Ke Logon Ne Badla Ajdad Ka Yun Zainab Se Liya Chadar Cheeni Pathar Maare Aur Garm Kabhi Pani Phaynka Durra Jo Sakina Ne Khaya

Then the people of Shaam took revenge on Zainab for their ancestors (defeated by Ali). They snatched her veil, threw stones, and sometimes threw hot water. When Sakina was struck by a whip...

Abbas Kahan Hai Ay Zainab Jab Shimr Hikharat Se Bola Ghash Kahan Lagay Sab Ahle Haram Kulsoom Pukari Wavaila Sajjad Ko Yasrab Yaad Aaya

'Where is Abbas, O Zainab?' when Shimr spoke with contempt. The women of the household fainted, Kulsoom cried out in anguish. Sajjad remembered Yasrab (Medina).

Khamosh Rahi Aulad e Nabi Karbal Se Yahan Tak Zulm Saha Khooni Ye Manadi Kehne Laga Ye Kunba Hai Ek Baaghi Ka Mazloom Jo Baaghi Kehlaya

The Prophet's progeny remained silent, enduring oppression from Karbala to here. This blood-thirsty announcer began to say, 'This is the family of a rebel.' The oppressed one was called a rebel.

Har Gaam Naya Ek Zulm Hua Lachaar Musafir Zainab Par Zainab Ko Rulaaya Zaalim Ne Naaqon Ke Kareeb Naiza Laakar Shabbir Ka Sar Jo Dikhlaya

At every step, a new cruelty befell the helpless traveler Zainab. The tyrant made Zainab weep by bringing a spear near the camels, When he displayed the head of Shabbir (Hussain).

Farhan Qayamat Ka Gham Hai Mazhar Ne Likha Hai Kya Noha Shabbir Bina Abbas Bina Ye Pehla Safar Tha Zainab Ka

Farhan, it is a grief of the Day of Judgment; what a Noha Mazhar has written: Without Shabbir, without Abbas, this was the first journey of Zainab.