Explain to me if you can" "In the laps of luxury...

Explain to me if you can" "In the laps of luxury, Hind, you are comfortably living, Tortures, beyond human endurance, my children are facing; You are, no doubt, utterly in the dark of what has happened, To my near and dear ones, and my beloved son, Husayn." "My Lady's coming and her constant lamentations has it any connection with your incarceration I really wonder, how can it at all be true Prophet's family, to do anything with you." The eyes of the two ladies met, for a moment One depicting a soulful of agony and torment, The other reflecting bewilderment and inquiring Zaynab burst into sobs, trying to control her feelings.

She had not recognised her, so much the better It saved her the humiliation, to narrate the torture She partially covered her face, with her long hair Hoping that Hind would soon go away and leave her. Hind, suddenly remembered that, she had seen In better times, the venerable lady had been With a gasp, she cried, "Are my eyes deceiving me? Is that Lady Zaynab, O' no! how can it be?" "How can I, even entertain such a thought? I feel, I am getting demented, O' my Lord!

For the sake of Lady Fatima, I, beseechingly, implore you Are you related to Lady Zaynab? Is it true?" "Hind, Zaynab died long ago on Karbala's plain, with youths of her family, who were slain; the shadow of Zaynab, is now before you Those who can recognise her are, indeed, few." Covering her face, her tears, she tried to hide Falling prostrate at her feet, Hind cried "Lady, forgive my utterly unpardonable neglect" begging forgiveness, she expressed profound regret.

Zainal Abedeen had just completed his prayers; Turning to him, "O' my Imam, your forgiveness I crave, It was sheer thoughtlessness, for not probing deep I do not know how I could eat, drink or even sleep." "When my suspicion was aroused, on that first day when someone demanded, the young girl, Sakina as a slave; she must be the beloved daughter of my Lord Husayn.

Was she enslaved, by some brute, with a wicked brain?" Zaynab stood up and going slowly towards Hind "In vain, you are looking for my beloved Sakina she is sleeping peacefully in that yonder grave relieved of sufferings, she had courageously braved." "May I ask, what was the cause of her untimely death?" this fragrant rose bud withered away, unsung, unwept she narrated the sufferings, she had bravely endured how her earlobes kept bleeding, how her body turned blue.