The Light of the Oppressed

Where are you my dear one
Where are you my sweet son
Where is the one raised so well who saved our very souls from hell
Our hearts ache and our tears swell

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

From mighty to so small
The gentle would all fall
No kindly heart
No pleasant face
No soft caress no warm embrace
No tender word used in that place

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

Where was our Mohammad
In their hearts naught was sacred
Where was the love of Mustafa
Who did they kill at Karbala
Hussains of me said Rasulullah

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

Yazeed had a vile plan
To take the soul of every man
To murder and humiliate
To fight against the ahlulbayt
Yet for him was a dreadful fate

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

The babe Ali Asghar
In the arms of his mother
His tiny heart began to fail
His mothers face turned cold and pale
Then she began to weep and wail

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

Hussain took his weak son
And show him to everyone
An arrow flew and all was lost
A drop of blood fell in the dust
No reason there for such a cost

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

They tortured and starved them
Left them thirsty and broken
They tore the veils from every face
They dragged them to a distant place
Yet victory came from Allahs grace

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

Eternity his name preserved
High esteem for him reserved
For every martyr played his part
With tearful eyes and heaving heart
From Karbala we now depart

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

The dust of Karbala
The blood of Ashoura
The furnace of that lonely plain
Ignites the souls bereft in pain
The lovers how they’ll rise again

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

From Al Aqsa unto Baqi
The truth will out and set all free
No hiding place for enemies
Hussains revenge a certainty
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The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

To clarify the holy truth
To stand before the Godly proof
A true Tawhid society
We’ll raise the flag of piety
The banner of Imam Mahdi

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain

The light of the oppressed
The hope of the distressed
Hussain Hussain Hussain