Sadness prevails in the shrine of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing her family
She cries out
'O My Grandfather
I have come here to plea
I have come here leaving Hussain in the forest
sadness prevails at the shrine of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrine of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
O grandfather, we faced strange calamities
grief and anguish
surrounded us, wherever we went
we were denied refuge in the house of Allah
Brother took the way to forest
leaving the city
sadness prevails at the shrine of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved,
has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrine of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
Grandfather, we were looted of our belongings
Grandfather
our headscarves were snatched off
Grandfather, the cursed people
tormented us in a hundred ways
our camps were set ablaze
by the cursed people
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
O' Grandfather
my brothers companions were martyred
the venerable people were killed one by one
Grandfather, in the battlefield of Karbala
it was a scene of apocalypse
brothers lost brothers
fathers were deprived of their sons
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
O' Grandfather, the soil of Karbala
was coloured red
the corpse of Qasim was
mutliated by horses's feet
Grandfather, Abbas was killed
while his hands were amputated
leaving my dear brother, in dismay, in that stress
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
O' Grandfather,
there were twelve prisoners
and only one rope to tie them
they were strapped as
if they were sinners
Grandfather
we used to weep to our state
Grandfather
the scoundrels used to laugh at our state
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
in the meantime
a enemy did a wicked thing
he called Saydani in the servants
we were abjected a million times
but we happily endured
the lashes and the sufferings
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
O' Grandfather
we have returned from Syria, utterly devastated
and have brought with us a new
infliction of (death of) Sakina from syria
you can still see the bruises
of ropes on our shoulders
O' Grandfather
see the scars on our body
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
sadness prevails at the shrines of Muhammad (PBUH)
Zainab, the grieved, has come after losing the family
while Zainab mourned
at the grave of of Prophet
the shrine of the king of of the world was shaken
Nisar please finish
this sorrowful tale
even the sky and earth have cried at this tragedy