غريبة

ومن وين أبو فضل أجيبه؟And from where can I ever bring back Abu al-Fadl?

أركض وخيامي نارI run while my tents are set ablaze,

هاي وحدها مصيبةThis sorrow alone is calamity enough!

أخت المذبوح حسيني صار يسموني"Sister of the slaughtered Hussein" they now call me,

غريبة غريبة غريبة غريبةA stranger, forsaken, alone, abandoned...

وخوي ما عندي غيرهAnd my brother, I have none but him,

انحنى ظهري برحيله (2x)My back bent with his departure,

يا يا غريبةO lonely stranger,

وخوي ما عندي غيره (2x)And my brother, I have none but him,

وانحنى ظهري برحيلهAnd my back broke with his departure.

بعد غريبة غريبةStill a stranger, so alone,

وخوي كربلاO brother... O Karbala,

من طاح العلم شفتوا إيديهWhen the standard fell, did you see his hands?

يا خويا ومن باب الخيام لسه بجيناO my brother, from the tent door our weeping never ceases!

كربلا من طاح العلم شفتوا إيديهKarbala, when the standard fell, did you see his hands?

يا خويا ومن باب الخيام لسه بجيناO my brother, from the tent door our weeping never ceases!

وانا بنص نهار وميهAnd I am left in the midday heat and by the water,

كربلا يا وادي الهيبهO Karbala, valley of dignity!

سبيه شفت الحبل سبيهA captive! I saw the ropes, a captive!

وانا اطيح بصف خيمهCollapsing beside the tent,

مشي الليله اخذ علياThe journey tonight has overwhelmed me,

اجت ايامه واجا ضيمهIts harsh days and suffering have arrived.

واخوي قالي انا جايAnd my brother told me: 'I am coming,'

حط ايدي بالمصيبهYet he placed my hand into sorrow.

اصيح وما سمعني احدI cry out, and no one hears me,

ما رد ويتامى تريدهHe did not answer, while orphans yearn for him.

مشيت ولا طلع وراي واحدI marched on, and not a single protector walked behind me,

والكوفه بعيدهAnd Kufa is so far away.

بعيده (3x)So far away,

واخويا ما عندي غيرهAnd my brother—I have no one besides him,

يا بعيدهO so far away,

واخويا ما عندي غيرهAnd my brother—I have no one besides him,

انحنى ظهري برحيلهMy back bent with his departure.

كربلا من طاح العلم شفتوا اديهO Karbala, when the standard fell, did you see his hands?

يا خويا ومن باب الخيام لسه بجيناO my brother, and from the tent doors our weeping continues.

يا اخويا من باب الخيام لسه بجينا (2x)O my brother, from the tent doors our weeping continues.

وانا بنص نهار وميهAnd I am left in the midday heat and by the water,

وكربلا يا وادي الهيبهAnd O Karbala, valley of dignity!

مشي الليله اخذ علياThe journey tonight has overwhelmed me,

اجت ايامه واجا ضيمهIts harsh days and suffering have arrived.

سبيه شفت الحبل (11x)A captive! I saw the ropes,

مشيت ولا طلع وراي واحدI walked on, and not a single one came after me,

والكوفة بعيدةAnd Kufa is far away,

بعيدة (3x)Far away,

واخوي ما عندي غيرهAnd my brother, I have none other than him,

انحنى ظهري برحيلهMy back broke with his departure.

غريبة (4x)A stranger,

آه واخويا ما عندي غيرهAh, and my brother, I have none other than him,

غريبة واخويا ما عندي غيرهA stranger, And my brother, I have none other than him,

انحنى ظهري برحيلهMy back broke with his departure.

غريبة (4x)A stranger,

ومن خضاب الشيبةAnd from the dye of his gray hair,

وابو غريبةAnd the father of the desolate one,

مصيبة ايش ما تلتفت قلبي مصيبةA tragedy! Wherever I turn, my heart finds affliction,

غريب من عمري شفيA stranger, what did I ever gain from my life?

وابقى غريبAnd I remain a stranger,

مصيبة ايش ما تلتفت قلبي مصيبةA tragedy! Wherever I turn, my heart finds affliction.

يهون بكربلاء الجمالThe loss of loved ones in Karbala may be borne,

لكن ما اخوذ ابني غريبYet I will not take my son away as a stranger,

وما عندي غاليAnd I have no precious one left.

مهضومة وحق ابنيOppressed, by the right of my son,

ابكي لها وتكل اللياليI weep for her through weary nights,

على ظهري ما اقدرUpon my back, I cannot endure it,

يا ويليO woe is me!

يا ويل (23x)O woe!

بالدلال تالي سموها اسيرةCherished in honor, In the end, they called her a captive,

اسيرة (2x)A captive,

أسيرة وأخوها عالشريعةA captive, while her brother lies by the riverbank.

انحنى ظهري برحيله (2x)My back broke with his departure.

غريبة غريبة وأخت النجيبةA stranger, so alone, the noble sister.

انحنى ظهري برحيله (2x)My back broke with his departure.

غريبة غريبة وأخت النجيبةA stranger, so alone, the noble sister.

انحنى ظهري برحيله (2x)My back broke with his departure.