I am Marziya Shakir
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wearing the hijab
the sacred skin of her modesty
reflecting the right
of her womanhood and her race
marziya shakir a proud shia
showing it all on
her angelic face
the genealogy of her faith
to the ahle bayt she does trace
yes we bleed from within
and also on the surface
mash ke sakina
alam abbas
the soaked parched throat of the euphrates
some other time some other place
yes karbala and ashura always
ghame hussain no pain will ever replace
dreams of grandeur or splendour
we do not chase
ya hussain on our lips
every other sorrow we can brace
blood sweat and tears
the sinews tissue bones
in the spirit of hussainiyat
as our spiritual base
