shaheed-e-Karbala ki mominoN jab yaad aati hai
tadap jaati hai duniya, khoon ke aansooN bahaati hai
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!

( Whenever the martyrs of Karbala are remembered
the world cries and sheds tears of blood
Oh Hussain! Oh Hussain! )

shah hast Hussain baadshah hast Hussain
deen hast Hussain deen pana hast Hussain
sar daad na daad dast dar dast-e-Yazeed
haq aa ke bina La-Ila hast Hussain

( This is in Persian, which, unfortunately I don't know.
Pity !! )

sajde mein sar kataane ko aakhir kata dia
lekin Khuda ke naam ka danka baja dia
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!!

( finally, he was martyred during prayer
but the word of God was made famous the world over
Oh Hussain! Oh Hussain! )

deed ki gar talaash hai sar ko jhuka namaaz mein
dil se khudi ko bhool kar khud ko mita namaaz mein
aayega tujh ko jab nazar roo-e-Khuda jab namaaz mein
pahle Hussain ki tarah sar ko kata namaaz mein
aur keh
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!

( if you search for God, bow your head in prayer
forget the self, lose your self in prayer
you will then realise God in your prayers
when you first sacrifice yourself like Hussain in prayer
and then say,
Oh Hussain! Oh Hussain! )

kis ki majaal ai Hussain tujh ko ho tujh se ham-saree
baap ke ghar Imam the naana ke ghar payambari
shakl-e-Hussain dekh kar haq bhi kahega hashr mein
ai mere Mustafa ke laal ummat-e-Mustafa baree
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!

( who can claim parity with you Oh Hussain,
your father was the leader and grandfather was prophet.
even God will say looking at the face of Hussain
Oh the flower of Muhammad, all his followers are forgiven
Oh Hussain! Oh Hussain! )

salaami Karbala mein kya qayamat ki ghari hogi
churi Shabbir ki gardan pe jis dam chal rahi hogi
kaleja thaam kar Meer-e-falaq bhi rah gaya hoga
kaleje per Ali Akbar ke barchi jab lagi hogi

(what difficult time it would have been in Karbala
when Shabbir had the knife on his throat.
even the prince of the Universe would have his heart out
when the dagger was drawn on the heart of Ali Akbar)

mujhe jaane do paani bhar ke ye Abbas kehte the
kayi din ki pyaasi hai Sakina ro rahi hogi
luti hai jaise duniya Karbala mein ibn-e-Haider ki
kisi mazloom ki duniya na duniya mein luti hogi

(let me go, let me take the water with me, urged Abbas
Sakina is waiting, thirsty for days.
like the world of father of Haider was lost
nobody's world would have been lost this way)

Mohammad ke nawaase ne jo kee teghoN ke saaye mein
bashar to kya farishtoN se na aise bandagi hogi
hamare khooN ke badle mein ummat bakhsh de Ya Rab
Khuda se hashr mein ye iltijaa Shabbir ki hogi
Ya Hussain! Ya Hussain!

(as prayed the grandson of Muhammad under the swords
let alone humans, even angels would not have prayed that way.
Oh God ! forgive the Muslims in lieu of my sacrifice
this will be the request of Shabbir on the judgement day.
Oh Hussain! Oh Hussain!)