Our bodies are not worth more than our beloved
And our blood isn’t worth more than Hussain’s blood
Let our bodies on Karbala’s desert rain
And be killed a thousand times, all for Hussain
* * *
We the Ansar, from near and far, came to his aid
He stood alone as Yazid’s sword upon him preyed
Dare they touch him, when our souls by his feet we laid
His death is death, and life began when him we praised
All our souls cried, when with our eyes, on him we gazed
If they touch him, the Heavens scream, the Earth is swayed
The son of the Ka’ba and of Mohammed
Is worth our children crying and our blood shed
On our bodies we’ll build a throne for his reign
And be killed a thousand times, all for Hussain
* * *
We came running when a lone cry had reached our ears
Alone he stood, in his heart grief, in his eyes tears
He cried out not knowing if any soul hears
“Is there any to help me as death on me peers?”
We told Yazid, take our bodies, our heads on spears
We told death to delay his death and take our years
We told the swords to upon our bodies prey
And for our beloved threw our lives away
And when killed we cried out again and again
And be killed a thousand times, all for Hussain
* * *
We saw his blood was worth more than the greatest gold
And all riches are outweighed by Hussain’s household
The care of his daughters into our wings we fold
And their right to water with our swords we uphold
For something greater than gold our bodies we sold
The greatness of Hussain’s love sleeps in swords we hold
Today for the greatness of Hussain we rise
Our bodies scattered with tomorrow’s sunrise
For our murders none of us will dare complain
And be killed a thousand times, all for Hussain
* * *
We saw the worth of Hussain as something unreal
And with our blood, his loneliness we would heal
Today the greatest companions we’ll reveal
No tents will burn, and no women shall they steal
Today we’ll crush Yazid’s army beneath our heel
And we’ll make his army to our Hussain kneel
O’ Yazid today is the Day of Judgement
And you’ll regret making our Hussain lament
Let us defend him here on Karbala’s plain
And be killed a thousand times, all for Hussain
* * *
(London – 06/11/13)