You take all the children… you take all the women
So why did you leave me… and leave my heart broken
You leave me alone here… you leave me with my tears… and leave my heart broken
* * *
I wake up to find you have left O’ father
My tears drip down and they flow like a river
Please come back, I ask you by our Creator
I have never been away from you ever
I miss your scent and kiss O’ son of Haider
And my name is the sweet name of your mother
You’ve given me this name… and you I do not blame
Your mother she loved you… and my love is the same
Your words I want to hear… you leave me with my tears… and leave my heart broken
* * *
I stand and wait at my door for your return
You left me but took all the other children
With every passing day I feel my heart burn
I long to kiss you, your warmth is what I yearn
You were my rose, my flower and my vision
Without Hussein to who am I left to turn
I’m surrounded by night… father you were my light
I live in a shadow… without hearing or sight
I long to hold you near… you leave me with my tears… and leave my heart broken
* * *
He tells me, O’ my rose why are your eyes wet
I tell him, your absence my heart can’t accept
My father, every night at your side I’ve slept
I’ve never met anyone like you I’ve met
Your hand in my hand always I would have kept
Every day I was apart from you I’ve wept
He tells me O’ young one… it is God’s decision
That you must be left here… and live life an orphan
I tell him I can’t bare… you leave me with my tears… and leave my heart broken
* * *
I ask him, by Zahra, why would you leave me
Since my birth every day you have been near me
He tells me O’ my star, death approaches me
You remind me of my mother, it hurts me
But I tell him, I don’t care if death takes me
Let me die beside you father, please let me
With you and your body… please let me be buried
Together we will die… this will make me happy
My loneliness I fear… you leave me with my tears… and leave my heart broken
* * *
You took with you my brothers, sisters and all
I wish the skies, both day and night, on me fall
Your mother cried out between the door and wall
My father I cry out to you the same call
I cry when Shimr over your neck stands tall
I shed tears when Zayneb cries in Yazeed’s hall
I cry when the arrows… make my father’s blood flow
They take Hussain away… leave me with his shadow
Your shadow I hold dear… you leave me with my tears… and leave my heart broken
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