Rashid Haider | Ruqayya's Cry | Muharram 1448/2026

Ruqayya’s Cry - in Collaboration with Khaimah Al Abbas Reciter : Rashid Haider Poet : Syed Nayyar Abbas Kazmi Film/Edit : Ali Basri Sound recording : PureVocal Studio Lyrics : Chorus Ruqayya, Ruqayya Ruqayya, Ruqayya Verse 1 Father you won’t recognise me Behind my wounds and these bruises My father what should I start with The tents or my Hussain’s crushed ribs Do I mention his young princess Who we buried in her burnt dress X2 Her soul rests, in distress, she’s alone, Ruqayya In darkness, With sadness, I left her, Ruqayya Verse 2 When I thought it was all over I then heard the horses moving I saw horses gallop towards Where my Hussain was lay bleeding I felt the land of Karbala Beneath the horses feet quaking X2 O Father, They crushed him, And his ribs, like mother His body, in the heat, lay lonely, O father Verse 3 In the darkness I heard crying Ruqayya asks for her father I try to reach and console her But she’s met with shimrs laughter She said let me give my earrings But in return he would slap her X2 Her ears bleed, shimrs greed, where are you, o baba Her red cheeks, she would scream, she’s cries for, her baba