The prison door is locked my dear, what do I do?

The prison door is locked my dear, what do I do?" She fanned Sakina's chest, lifting her shirt "Pray my lady," she turned to Zainab and urged She called out for Abid to come to her aid "Come here my Son, Your sister won't stir" "I'm trying to rouse her, I see no response She's passed out I gather, but her breathing has stopped" Feeling her pulse Abid moaned and tensed And the mother cried "I have no more strength" "Yet I'll face the truth, do not hide from me Son" Abid replied "Dear mother, she is dead" "Lay her down on the sand, let her rest Her body is bruised, yet she's peaceful in death" "In this dark prison my daughter is dead" Banu cried "This death I will never forget" And Fizza went to the prison door and asked The guards for a lamp for the house of the dead "No one keeps a body laying so in the dark Yet our little girl lies in the prison night black" With the light of dawn, the prison was lit And Banu bent over Sakina and looked Saw the bruised ears, dried blood on her neck Her dress blood‑stained, tattered and burnt Pale and gaunt, resting on the prison floor Hair laden with dust, crying no more "My dearest" She cried, "Wake up now Its time for Namaz (Salat), your head you must bow "You've never needed my help to wake up before You'd wake on your own, what's happened now?" "You know the guards' fury, do not so doze This isn't home Sakina, they'll come to the door" "The darkness troubled you, you couldn't rest You'd pray for a breeze, you'd get upset The breeze from heaven gill cool you tonight in your new home Sakina my dear, sleep well" "I hope you find comforts you couldn't find here The grave is roomier than this prison my dear" Previous…