Chalees Baras Rote Na Kyun Abid e Muztar
Keeping screen awake…
chalees baras rote na kyun abid e muztar
ta umr samaya raha aankhon may wo manzar
Why wouldn't Abid-e-Muztar (Imam Sajjad (as)) weep for forty years?
That devastating scene remained in his eyes for his entire life!
dekha tha inhi aankhon ne ghar apna ujadta
be goro kafan laashe shaheedo ke zameen par
With these very eyes, he had witnessed his home being destroyed
and the martyrs' bodies lying on the ground, without burial shrouds.
chalees baras rote na kyun abid e muztar
Why wouldn't Abid-e-Muztar (Imam Sajjad (as)) weep for forty years?!
phirta hi raha aankhon may bhai ka wo laasha
barchi thi kaleje may ani seene ke baahar
His brother's (Ali Akbar's (as)) body kept replaying in his mind…
a spear thrust through his heart, its tip piercing out of his chest.
chalees baras rote na kyun abid e muztar
Why wouldn't Abid-e-Muztar (Imam Sajjad (as)) weep for forty years?!
guzre thay kahan ranj bahot poocha kisi ne
ash shaam hi ash shaam kaha sar ko jhuka kar
When someone asked him where he had suffered the most grief
he would just lower his head and say, "Shaam… Shaam!"
chalees baras rote na kyun abid e muztar
Why wouldn't Abid-e-Muztar (Imam Sajjad (as)) weep for forty years?!
dekhe thay jo ashoor ko bujhte hue sholay
ta umr dhuan ut-tha raha aankhon may dhal kar
The flames he saw dying out on Ashura (the day of the battle)…
their smoke rose in his eyes, turning to tears, for the rest of his life.
chalees baras rote na kyun abid e muztar
Why wouldn't Abid-e-Muztar (Imam Sajjad (as)) weep for forty years?!
kya guzri dil e sayyede sajjad pe us dam
jab loota gaya bibiyon ka makhna o chadar
What must have passed through the heart of Sayyid-e-Sajjad (Imam Sajjad (as)) then
when the scarves and veils of the noble ladies were plundered!
chalees baras rote na kyun abid e muztar
Why wouldn't Abid-e-Muztar (Imam Sajjad (as)) weep for forty years?!
dawat koi deta to ye farmate thay sajjad
gar mujhko bulaana hai to majlis tu bapa kar
When someone would invite him, Imam Sajjad (as) would say
"If you wish to invite me, then arrange a majlis (a gathering of remembrance)!"
chalees baras rote na kyun abid e muztar
Why wouldn't Abid-e-Muztar (Imam Sajjad (as)) weep for forty years?!