Zainab ki sadaa thi ke na tarpao Sakina

Lilah jahan bhi ho chali awo Sakina

Zainab kept calling ‘do not be afraid my sakina

By Allah, wherever you are my child, come back to me

Ya mujko sada do ke mein lene tumhe pohnchu

Ya khud meri awaaz pe ajao Sakina

Call out to me so i can follow your voice to come get you

Or follow my voice and come back to me my Sakina

Qassim hai na Akber hai Abbas dilawar

Ab kaun tuhme dhundhle batlao Sakina

Not Qasim, Akber nor Abbasthe valiant are there

Who will come looking for you my Sakina

Raat agaye bhooki bhi ho pyasi bhi meri jaan

Aysa na ho thak kar kahi sojawo Sakina

Soon night will fall, you are hungry and thirsty my love

I pray you don’t fall asleep somewhere out of exhaustion, my Sakina

Bhayya ne tumhe meri hifazat mein diyatha

Bhabhi se to sharminda na kar wao Sakina

My brother left you in my care

Don’t make me embarrassed in front of my sister in law, my Sakina

Beti tumhe raste bhi to maloom nahi hai

Dartee hun ke sehra me na khojawo Sakina

My child you don’t know the roads and paths in the desert

I fear that you should not get lost in the desert my Sakina

Maidan mein to laashe hai bahattar meri bachi

Shab mein na unhe dekh ke dar jawo Sakina

My child, there are numerous corpses in the battlefield 

In the dark night, I don’t want you to see them and get frightened my Sakina

Mein dukh jail bewao ko deti hoon tasalli

Tum sehme hoowe bachon ko behlawo Sakina

I am consoling and comforting the heartbroken widows

You come gather and comfort the distraught children, my Sakina

Beti tumhe ab baba ka sina na milega

Ajao meri godh mein sojawo Sakina

My child, now you wont get your fathers chest to sleep on

Come, let me put you to sleep in my laps, my Sakina