OH MY YOUNG PRINCE OF KARBALA, QASIM WHERE ARE YOU, QASIM WHERE ARE YOU.

1. SHE ROAMS THE PLAINS OF KARBALA, LOOKING FOR HER SON IS POOR FARWAH.

QASIM MY QASIM ANSWER ME SON,

QASIM MY QASIM SHE SCREAMS AND RUNS.

2. LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL GOWN I HAVE SOWN,

BUT YOU’RE NOT HERE AND THAT IS WHY I MOURN.

YOUR BRIDE AWAITS YOUR HUMBLE PRESENCE,

WITHOUT YOU YOUR MOTHERS PAIN FRESHENS.

3. THEN A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT FLOODED THE GROUND,

AND QASIMS VOICE WAS HEARD ALL AROUND. X2

I’M HERE MOTHER, HERE AND HERE HE SAID,

AND TO HIS PIECES HIS MOTHER WAS LED.

4. OH MY GREAT ALLAH EXCEPT THIS SACRIFICE,

MY PRETTY FLOWER HAS NOW CLOSED HIS EYES. X2

HIS PIECES HAVE TORN MY BROKEN HEART,

AS HE MOVES FROM ME FAR APART.

5. YOU HAD LEFT BEHIND YOUR WEDDING DRESS

IN THE ARMOUR OF HASAN YOU'D DRESS

LOOKING LIKE A MOON, YOU AREN'T WORTHLESS

LEAVING YOU MOTHER IN HER DISTRESS

6. QASIM I LIT FOR YOU A CANDLE

FROM ITS FLAME I SEE YOUR BLOOD TRICKLE

AND I WATCH AS THIS FLAME WOULD DWINDLE

AND MY EYES WATCH THIS CANDLE CRUMBLE

7. I ASK THE STARS OF MY DARKEST NIGHT

AND THEY SAY YOUR SON HAS MET HIS PLIGHT

I'M IMPRSONED BY A MOTHER'S FRIGHT

WILL MY SON NO LONGER GRACE MY SIGHT?

8. I SEE THE SUN THAT WOULD LIGHT MY DAYS

UPON THE GROUND MY BEAUTY HE LAYS

THE SWORD OF YAZID UPON HIM PREYS

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FAREWELL HE SAYS