Will I picture you O’ father… in my head, in my head
I’ve already drawn you in the tears… that I shed, that I shed
Hear the words of an orphan… you leave behind your children
I’ve already drawn you in the… tears I shed, tears I shed
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My eyes gaze upon your face… and your features they retrace
And if I forgot your beauty… what memories would I embrace?
Father, know in your absence… no hand shall soothe my grievance
No hand to wipe the tears I shed… or soothe me with its presence
If I must live an orphan… I’ll draw my father often
With my own tears of grief as ink… and my wails as my pen
When in sadness I will draw you… O’ father, O’ father
And remember that I was once… your daughter, your daughter
My wounds shall remain open… you leave behind your children
I’ve already drawn you in the… tears I shed, tears I shed
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I asked you before you left… father, do orphans forget
What their father looks like, tell me… for this alone I have wept
Before you left O’ father… did you not once but ponder
Are fatherless children kept safe… by the world that they wander?
I’m scared, if they struck your head… and Hussain, rivers you bled
What will they do to his children… father, my future I dread
I know, that if hurt, I’ll cry out… your sweet name, your sweet name
And recall the times I was hurt… and you came, and you came
To me running you would come… you leave behind your children
I’ve already drawn you in the… tears I shed, tears I shed
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I hold you, and you hold me… by the warmth of your body
My heart flutters in its comfort… nothing but beauty I see
Do you know what your warmth brings… I feel an angel’s wings
Protecting me, like a mountain… lullabies to me it sings
Torn from me is this fortress… and it leaves me in distress
And if a daughter is distressed… she awaits her father’s kiss
All I expect from you father’s… a cuddle, a cuddle
And if you want, your daughter you… can cradle, can cradle
My comfort became a dream… you leave behind your children
I’ve already drawn you in the… tears I shed, tears I shed
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Father, I’ve lost all patience… I can’t live in your absence
You hear your daughter’s heart breaking… yet remain at a distance
Father, my heart is breaking… father, my soul is screaming
We were like one, and you left me… your daughters heart is aching
For your daughter do you care… of my grief are you aware?
Can my name from your memory… away, so quickly you tear?
In all this I’m still trying to… remember, remember
How you looked like, how you once were… a father, a father
I wish that your face I’d drawn… you leave behind your children
I’ve already drawn you in the… tears I shed, tears I shed
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(Karbala – 16/11/12)