If you gave me mountains of gold and placed it beside my paper
I would push it aside with my pen Would I give up writing? Never I will never give up writing I shall write in the hereafter But, when I see someone in despair I tell him of Hussains brother I tell him hell give you your needs And make an oath like no other If Abbas sends back your wish I'll close my pen forever Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever If you have a problem, hardship or a wish Ask he who in helping those girls would flourish (Let the soother of their thirst soothe your anguish) x2 Trust my ink and trust its words, to your plead his eyes wander If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever The door of Abbas for wishes is well known At his door wishes like roses have been thrown (A granted wish from every rose has grown) x2 Send him a rose, it returns, as a bundle of flowers If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever When you find your heart on a hopeless road stands To he who has no hands extend both your hands Dont fear to knock his door for he understands Abbas no request burdens, Hes raised in the house of Haider If your find your wounds of grief like rivers bleed Turn to Karbala and say Abbas, I plead
Ask him by Zainab he will intercede
If youre a woman, ask more, for youll remind him of her If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever If impossible tasks upon your road lie Find a flag of Abbas, a knot upon it tie (Tell Abbas, Ive asked and await your reply) x2 Dont think, ever, hell ignore, not when youve tied his banner If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever If youre by the grave that all his lovers crave Take a scarf and throw it on-top of his grave (Youll see give you he who two hands away gave) x2 Dont stay in your fear or doubt, speak to Hussains flagbearer If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Hold the bars that shrine his grave and with tears speak Whisper the dreams of your heart, tears on your cheek (In his two hands lies all that you want and seek) x2 Dont be afraid, speak your heart, you can trust Hussains brother If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever If Abbas denies your wish, Ill stop writing And make sure my poems they stop reciting This is Abbas, impossible is nothing If Abbas lives, then he hears, and remains the best carer If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever
Go towards his blessed door, knock on it as a beggar
If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever Tell him, Abbas, I ask by those childrens thirst By the soldiers who argued who would fight first (By the child whose blood from his small neck burst) x2 By Qassim, your brothers and, your nephew Ali Akbar If Abbas sends back your wish, Ill close my pen forever
The Complete Works of Rabindranath Tagore: Gitanjali, The Gardener, Fruit-Gathering, The Crescent Moon, Songs of Kabir, The Home and the World, Chitra, The King of the Dark Chamber, Sanyasi, Thought Relics, Creative Unity, Glimpses of Bengal…