Bhai ka chehloom manane aaj zainab aayi hai

Kabra par ansu bahane aaj zainab aayi hai

Today Zainab has come to commemorate her brother's 40th 

Today Zainab has come to shed tears on her brother’s grave

haif chadar chin gayi warna tujhe deti kafan

apni majboori batane aaj zainab aayi hai

My chadar was looted, or else I would have used it to give you a burial shroud

Today Zainab has come to tell her brother all of her troubles

Be kajawa sar barehna unth par dardar firi

ab safe matam bichane aaj zainab aayi hai

Without any protectors, without a veil, on a camel she was paraded

Today she come to set up the mourning of her brother

roti roti qaid me bibi sakina margayi

kissae zinda sunane aaj zainab aayi hai

Sakina died in the prisons as she cried in grief

Today Zainab has come to tell her brother about what happened in the prisons

Reshmane zulm merre shano me bandhi gayi

Nil shano ke dikhane aaj zainab aayi hai

The enemies tied ropes on my arms

Today Zainab has come to show her brother the bruises on her arms

Utho aye pyaase biraadar mil-le ham bhai behen

pyas ashko se bujhane aaj zainab aayi hai

Wake up my thirsty brother and embrace your sister

Today Zainab has come to quench her brothers thirst with her tears

aao aye Abbas aao jati hu suwe watan

Yaad asghar ki dilaane aaj zainab aayi hai

Come! O Abbas! Come, I am heading home

Today Zainab has come to remind her brother of Asghar

Nargae kuffar me tash hir ham dardar huwe

Dastaane gham sunane aaj zainab aayi hai

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Pusht par nauke sinake zakhma hai bhayya abhi

Zulm aada ke dikhane aaj zainab aayi hai

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