A
Poem for Arbaeen
Look at the heads
atop the spear
and the eyes
that are full of tears.
Husain has gone and
his sister is alone,
and her lonely
sight is so hard to bear.
It will touch
so many hearts of stone
but her
suffering, so few shall share.
The daughter of
Fatima is full of sorrow.
In her path, so
many woes have been steered.
She doesn't
know what will happen tomorrow.
She hasn't
finished wiping her tears.
The world has
seldom seen such a bold woman.
So courageous
and without a speck of fear.
She is so
strong, that she can't be broken.
Even by her
loved ones' heads, on the spears.
Her parents are
Fatima and Ali, none other,
and to the
Prophet Muhammad, she is so dear.
But this day,
she is without her brother.
And no comfort
seems to be near.
There is no one
relieve them of their agony.
The
indifference of these "Muslims" is so severe.
Nobody cares
for the Prophet's progeny.
For the
victims, everyone should shed tears.
Don't all the
people present, understand,
the noble
family of the Prophet, has no peers?
Everyone's
salvation is verily in their hands.
Why are they
being driven, to the verge of tears?
This lady is not
afraid to lose her life.
She speaks out
against cruelty, without fear.
To spread her
brother's message, she strives,
breaking
everyone's heart with her silent tears.
On hurting the
innocent, the cruel are bent.
But these
wicked plots fail and she perseveres.
She faces
calamity with her spiritual strength.
She is
anguished, but holds back her tears.
The tyrants wanted
to crush the struggle
but it shall
never end and also our tears.
Everyone is
moved, on hearing her troubles.
Karbala is and
will be remembered each year.
In the stormy seas
we've not yet set ashore,
many evil minds
would want to stop our tears.
But this
mourning will continue, forever more,
with cries of
Ya Husain, ringing in our ears.
On the occasion of
Arbaeen/Chelum Imam Husain A.S.
Ali Rizwan Shah
20 Safar, 1416
Hijri. |