Noha & Marsiya
Is Shor Ki Aadi Nahi Zainab
اے شامیوں اس شور کی عادی نہیں زینبؑ
Noha by Mir Hasan Mir
Source: Mir Hasan Mir's official recording (Mir Records, Muharram 2026), published with his permission. Roman Urdu and English: prepared by the Centre.
Stanza 1
O people of Syria, Zainab (a) is not used to such clamour;
why do you celebrate? Zainab (a) is no rebel.
Stanza 2
Everyone kept saying, "Kill Shabbir (a)!"
"Do not kill my brother!" Zainab (a) kept saying.
Stanza 3
Perhaps Sakina (a) has been lost in some market:
even when the accursed one lashes her with whips, Zainab (a) does not move on.
Stanza 4
Weeping, she takes to kissing her mother's veil;
even back at home, Zainab (a) has not forgotten the market.
Stanza 5
Lest someone should come to kill Abid (a),
in the prison Zainab (a) did not sleep for fear of it.
Stanza 6
How could these stones break her courage?
Even at the bier of Qasim (a), Zainab (a) did not fall apart.
Stanza 7
Now it falls to you alone to protect Sajjad (a);
your Ghazi (a) stands guard over you no more, Zainab (a).
Stanza 8
Wrapped in a veil of wounds, she slept in such a way
that Sajjad (a) kept trying to wake her, and Zainab (a) did not wake.
Stanza 9
Call us to Syria again for your brother's Chehlum;
this is not your Mir's plea alone, Zainab (a).
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