Na rog yateemi wala rab bay watna nu laway.
Pardesi vich Zainab vanghu (x2) koyi wasda ujar na jaway.
1) Es wastay rowan Zainab meri nazak tu shahzadi
Hosi gharmi vich sehrwan di tu turan di koyni aadi
Hosakta ummat nanay di (x2) tenu vich bazaar turaway.
2) Gal lakay janazay nu [...]
Akbar hun tay aja vatana tay.
Ro vain karay Sughra,
Jay jaan di Akbar, haye tu nay aunha
Jay jaan di Akbar, tenu jaan kaday nah dehndi
dhak laindi tera raah.
1) Daswein di deegar vi, lag gaye shaama payaan
Akbar teray auhn diyaan,hun tanga muk gayaan
Teray vichran daa dukh veera,
Jundiya maar [...]
Tanga Veeran diyaan hay Nana Sughra nu maar mukha gayiaan.
Rab Jjanay yadaan veeran diyaan kyun hanjowan day vaas pagayiaan.
1) Dardaan dee maari may ravaan takdee ray gayi,
Naa tow ayow may veeran rondi ray gayi
Dardaan dee maari may ravaan takdee ray gayi,
Jino ghalyaa see [...]
Nana ro ro takni aan chan veer diyaan ravaan.
Mayriyaan din raat udeekan vich, muk jaan naa savaan hy.
1) Kalyaan bemaar nown Nana neend na avay
Veeran dee khair mangdi bemaar maar naa javay
Kee karaan tayriyaan intzaaran bangayiaan sazavaan hy.
2) Pardes vich kisay daa, teno neend andi hovaay
[...]
Who sleeps under the swords will not sleep tonight.
Visions of Kufa and Shaam (x2) flooding Ali Mola’s sight.
1) Angels visit Ali yown Murtaza mourning and pleading (x2)
Avoid your assassin (x2) hiding near the masjid site.
2) Mola Ali wakes Ibne-Muljim who lies facing down (x2)
[...]
Chaadaran da raakha, Zainab da ik sawaal ay.
Menu neyr town aakay dasja
mu keevain veer lukaavan
sir day vaalan naal ay.
1) Ghazi na marda, hai na lath dee chaadar, na waqat badal da mera
Mai town badar da badla layvan, meray sir town chaadar laavan
akay neyzayan vaalay
2) Tera naa lay laykay, hai kehndi ay Ruqaiyya, kyon [...]
Udeekan maar gayiaan Sughra nu veeran diyan nana.
Mainu raat nu neend na aaway (x2) mera qalayaan jee ghabraway.
1) Asghar day waaday nana mera chain aaram gawaya (x2)
Mungaan roz duawaan main nana, mera veer Asghar ah jaway hay.
2) Abid nu tauk powaiya naalay ratt bazaar rawaya (x2)
[...]
Mujh ko maloom hai Abid peh qayamat guzari.
Bharay bazaar seh (x2) jab Malika-e-Ghairat guzari.
1) Mola Shabbir seh Sajaad talak atay howay (x2)
Khoon may doobh kay (x2) maqtal seh Imamat guzari.
2) Qaari Shabbir zamanay may bharay dekhay hain (x2)
Nok-e-naiza peh (x2) bus teri talawat guzari.
3) [...]
Ab toh Ghazi ko do sada Zainab,
Shimar khaimay may aah na jayay kahin.
Keh rahee thee Fiza yeh ro ro kar,
Ab to khaimay bee jhal chukay Bibi,
Zulm zaalim na aur daayay kahin.
1) Ab Sakina na jaana maqtal may, dhoor say Shimaar dekhta hoga
Ab Sakina na jaana maqtal may, Phir tamachay nah yeh lagaye [...]
Meray Ghazi kahaan ho.
Teri jageer seh, chaal para kaafla, meray Ghazi kahaan ho (x2)
Ay meray bawafa, hai behan bayrida, meray Ghazi kahaan ho.
1) Tujhko dekhe bina, chain aata nahin
Nokay naiza peh ssar tera milta nahin
Mai ziyarat karun, kistarha yeh bataa, meray Ghazi kahaan ho.
2) [...]
Bazar’ch Mayyat Ali Lokon, koyi jitni dair kharaway,
Meri dhee bazaar na avay.
Jenda dil akhay meray mayyat uthay (x2)
Aj raj kay pathar wasavay, meri dhee kaal aman’ch rahvay.
1) Main hujjat Khuda dhee haan lokon,
Meri Aalia fakhr-e-Mariam hai (x2)
Aj meray pakh janazay kun(x2)
[...]
Shaam, Oh Shaam.
Our fourth Imaam, Oh you have answered (x2)
The most difficult time was in Shaam.
1) Oh grandfather what should we tell you of the hardships and cruelty we suffered
We were taken as displays in the streets, your family ill-treated and slandered
Oh grandfather if [...]
Dragged from Karbala to Kufa, and then to Shaam
O Zainab, O Zainab.
1) When you counted up the children in the dark desperate night
Sakina where are you? Where are you Sakina?
Sakina was clinging to her martyred father’s chest (x2)
[...]
Treachery repeating in Kufa
In the place where Ali had been slain
Karbala your seeds are sown.
1) Kufans you wrote to Hussain inviting him to come and guide you
Muslim went there with young sons, his mission of peace and friendliness
Allegiances pledged to Hussain, your faith waivered [...]
Abbas (x4) Abbas my warrior
Where is my warrior? (x6)
It was because of you, that the caravan had, the strength to go on
Where are you loyal one, your sister is without a veil
Where is my warrior…
1) I find no peace until, and unless I see your face
But I see not [...]
Oh Ali what has now happened, where are you my father? (x2)
I am the daughter of Ali, and my name is Zainab (x2)
1) Oh father you had told me when I was younger
There would come a time when we would arrive in Karbala
A caravan [...]
In Karbala he sacrificed everything he had (x2)
Allah what a mighty heart your Hussain had (x3)
1) Who would have thought one afternoon is all that it would take
For Hussain to sacrifice, his house for Allah’s sake
His body in a state that we can’t even [...]
Countless voices cry in mourning weeping with grief and pain
Had I a sword I would defend the veil, oh Zainab
1) On Ashura the family of Hussain caused the earth to shake (x2)
It heard the swords clash across the field, cries of Al-Atash
Had I a [...]
Hussain, Hussain, Hussain (x2)
The earth trembled, the skies blackened (x2)
Hussain has been martyred, Hussain has been martyred
1) I told Zuljana, please don’t take father
Whoever goes, they never return
My father then told me, to him I’m so dear (x2)
The time [...]
Paiy chal di ay soorkh huneri kyu rab janay Nana.
Kal raat tay menu aunday nay (x2) haye khawab dharoneh Nana.
1) Satvi da kaar kay turray aasi, aj dhi gal dhal gaye dasween di (x2)
Das menu kis din Akbar nay, vadey nay nibhonay Nana.
2) Mangdi ay dua teray rozay [...]
Mera ghaar jalaya lutiyan ridawan, ro akay Zainab kis pas jawan.
Abid bachawan, ya aag bujhawan (x2) ro akay Zainab kis pas jawan.
1) Yusaf tou sonay meray veer maarey, may shaam chaliyan baykafan saaray (x2)
Kabaran banawan, ya rasiyan pawan (x2) ro akay Zainab kis pas jawan.
2) [...]