Qorban-e Ashura

Listen ô lovers, listen ô knights



Hosayn composed the unrivaled poem of Love

On the pure pages of the land of Karbala

with the blood red ink of his Being He wrote it down...



Listen ô lovers, listen ô knights



I saw His Majesty pierced by countless arrows

Ô Master hasn't your suffering ended, I asked

Every heart is Karbala, he replied, every sin an arrow...



Listen ô lovers, listen ô knights



Your soul indeed is the great battlefield

'Tis where you decide to be Abbas or Shimr

Where Heaven and Hell are prepared...



Listen ô lovers, listen ô knights



Behold the Immaculate Lamb of Fatimah

The Innocent sacrificed for His Shi'a

With His Sacred Blood He sealed the Oath



Listen ô lovers, listen ô knights



Should you wish to sing this poem

Give up your head first and you will live

For the Immortal Hosayn died before he died



Listen ô lovers, listen ô knights



Don't mention to me the sun's radiance

For the light of the Moon of Bani Hashem

can blind a million suns with its Beauty and Majesty



Listen ô lovers, listen ô knights



Don't tell me about Mansour's martyrdom

For in one single "Ana'l Hosayn ibn Ali"

there are a million "Ana'l Haqq" roaring



Ô Hosayn, hide me in Your wounds, hide me in Your Love...



Hû Hû Hû Yâ Hosayn!!!