A reciter reached Syria with a thought in his heart Saw the market and the palace n asked himself.
When Zainab was bareheaded, Hussain lying shroud less The sun standing still on the head,
When covered the distance between the market and the palace How much tribulation Bibi must have faced?
Reached the holy shrine and said to the guard, O guard of Bibi Zainab’s shrine tell me this
I travelled from the market to the palace I felt only a short span of time to reach
To pass over this short distance How much time did the sister of Hussain, Zainab (sa) take?
The guard lamented on listening to this question and said, You are a reciter of Hussain and you posses the courage to hear this
You covered the distance in a short span But the same journey of Zainab (sa) equated to a thousand years,
In thirty hours time reached the daughter of Fatima (sa) Surrounded by lakhs of spectators and thousands sinful
And my sisters this very moment is so very worth of pondering over As she was sister of Abbas (as)
Bare headedness odd time and the scorching thirst, Desired Bibi for the cloak of Hazrat Abbas (as).
The time of shaame ghareeban and remembrance of Abbas (as) When there was no son, mother but helplessness,
In the grief-stricken hand came the whole of responsibility Zainab (sa) became Ali (as), Abbas (as) Hussain (as) too
For the frightful children protector became the daughter of Ali (as) Offered condolences to everyone but wept herself
Suddenly she saw a carriage approaching Bibi ran towards in anxiety to stop
Asked what else they wanted to loot everything has already been taken away, All things burnt, my brother too dead
Go away for the sake of my father, I am the daughter of a Prophet (saw); I am Zainab (sa) the daughter of Sayeda (sa) On hearing the name of Mustafa (saw), the man got anxious
Hugged her with tears flowing and said I am your Baba Ali (as) mushkil Kusha grief stricken
Now you set off to the qaima I will replace you to guard At the glimpse of her father her heart busted with sorrow
The tears dropped knowing no bounds, She wept with an outcry and expressed her grief,
Slaughtered my whole family oh Baba, pulled off my cloak Akbar (as) & Asgher (as) departed Qasim (as) n Abbas (as) alongside too The knife slit through the neck of Hussain (as)
I could do nothing but be a helpless spectator O Baba, O. Baba Abbas (as) died on the banks of the river
This reverence we (Rehan) possess is our fortune Under the shadow of shrine of Abbas (as) this Noha have we written
When Sarwar recited at the shrine of Hussain (as) It seemed like The whole of Prophet hood have congregated for the mourning.
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