Chut ke qaid se, ayi hai zainab maa jai hai zainab

Ay lashae be sar tera sar laayi hai zainab

Zainab has returned after being freed from prison

O beheaded corpse, Zainab has brought your head (to burry)

Kya guzri tane paak pe is jangalo bar mei

Batla mujhe ab chhut ke yaha aai hai Zainab

What happened to you in that strange land

Tell your brother what happened and how you were released

Marte huwe tum jis ko mujhe somp gae the

Us laadli ko sham me kho aai hai Zainab

In your final moments you entrusted me with you daughter

I left that delicate trust you gave me in the prison in Shaam

Ab saath mujhe qabr mei le lijiyo bhaai

Duniya ke bohot ranj se ghabrayi hai Zainab

O Brother! take me and keep me with you in your grave

Zainab is petrified by the cruelness of this world

Sajjad gira zoaf se aur shimr ne mara

Is zulm se ashq aankhon me bhar layi hai Zainab

Shimr would whip Imam Sajjad whenever he fell off the saddle

Zainab saw all this torment and carried this grief in her heart