Lo Karbala mei aaya, Mehmaan karbala ka

Kumbe ko saath laaya, mehmaan karbala ka

Lo! The guests who came to Karbala

They brought their families – the guests who came to Karbala

Khatam hai be nagina, Wiraan hai madina

Hay Fatema ka jaya, Mehmaan karbala ka

The precious family has been ended, Medina is ransacked

The children of Fatima are the guests who came to Karbala

Kyun lashkare zalalat, Dawat me ye adawaat

Shehre Khuda ka jaya, Mehmaan karbala ka

The army of oppression, invited them with enmity 

Imam Ali’s children are the guests who came to Karbala

Suraj se zara kehdo parde me chala jaaye

Zainab ki asiri ka, afsana kaha jaaye

Tell the sun to hide behind the clouds

Not to witness the tragedy of Zainab

Dariya ka kanara ho, Kabze mei tere aalam

Aur sibte payambar ko, Pani na diya jaaye

On the banks of the Euphrates the terror that ensued

The children of the Prophet were deprived of water

Besheer raha tishna, darya ke kanare pe

Ye zulm tera zalim, kis kis se kaha jaaye

The tragedy of the infant baby in the battlefield 

This terror of the enemies, who can it be told to

Allah re qayamat hai, Karbobala ke ran mei

Qasim jawan ka laasha, pamaal kiya jaaye

O Allah! This tragedy in the battlefield of Karbala

Qasim’s body is getting trampled

Socha ye sitamgar ne, Shabbir ko tadpa kar

Turbat me Muhammad ko, be chain kiya jaaye

The enemies tortured Imam Hussain

Intending to hurt the Prophet in his grave