Our Blood Gives Testimony to Our Pain
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holding the long daggar in the hands
a cry rises from a dry throat
ya hussain
our blood gives testimony to our pain
yes we are shias and shias we will remain
allah ho akbar call us heretics
our blood as we drain
ya hussain ya hussain
two words ashura and karbala
as Truth in every grain
from our hearts into the
wilderness of our brains
blood sweat and tears
snatched ridas and an Imam in chains
Bibi Zainab the Indomitable Lady
Tilawate Koran in every refrain
Tears on the Soul of Hussainiyat
Tears on the Soul of Insaniyat
a black chapter on the history
of Islam for Yazidi political gain
bloodstains of our sorrow
that come back
each moharam
again and again
reminding the killers of Hussain
that we are Shias
it is on the Soul of Treachery
our sincere complaint
