Vale of Sorrow
Through the Vale of sorrow does history trace
Two matchless martyrs our Prophet's pets
Who left their hearths with Islamic grace
In hunger and thirst their duty to face.
Severed from home, exhausted on the field
Opposed by enemies who had Satan's shield
They gave their lives that others be freed
From falsehood, tyranny and a Kafir's creed.
Most precious blood flowed from their veins
Battlefield of Karbala has still those stains
From our hearts should rush rivers of blood
Renewing our faith with this vital flood. !*
Line 8: Kafir refers to infidel, unbeliever, or pagen.
By T. D. Chattani
Taken from: Ashura poems in English Compiled by Muhammad Reza Fakhr Rohani
Other links:
Why 40 Days of mourning? Arbaeen of Imam Hussein (A.S)
Did Imam Hussein (A.S) Know He Would Be killed?
Imam Hussein (A.S) in the Holy Qur'an Muharram the Month of Mourning
