Noha Lyrics
CAN YOU BEAR TO HEAR THE STORY OF AN ORPHAN CHILD
WHOSE BELOVED FATHER LOOKED AT HER SO TENDER AND MILD
NOW SHE LAYS ALL BY HERSELF, NOBODY THERE BY HER SHRINE
PUT YOUR HEADS DOWN, LET ME TAKE YOU TO A DIFFERENT TIME
………………………….. TO A DIFFERENT TIME…….
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TAKE ME AWAY FROM THIS WORLD AND TO HEAVENS DOOR
I WANT TO BE WITH YOU BABA FOREVER MORE
TAKE ME AWAY FROM THIS WORLD AND TO HEAVENS DOOR
I WANT TO BE WITH YOU BABA FOREVER MORE
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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HOW CAN I LIVE IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT YOU BABA
WHY DID WE COME TO THIS LAND OF KARBOBALA
WHAT DOES IT MEAN BABA……………………
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN THEY SAY I’M AN ORPHAN NOW
THEY SAY THE DAUGHTER OF HUSSAIN HAS NO FATHER NOW
WHAT DID I DO, WHERE ARE YOU, PLEASE COME BACK BABA
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE, IN THIS PLACE, TAKE ME HOME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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COME BACK AND SEE, WHAT THEY DID TO YOUR GIRL BABA
THEY SLAPPED MY FACE AND THEY BURNT MY LITTLE DRESS BABA
THEY BURTN OUR TENTS AND THEY STOLE ALL OF OUR THINGS BABA
THEY TOOK MY VEIL AND THEY RIPPED MY EARRINGS BABA
THEY BEAT MY AUNTS AND THEY CHAINED MY SAJJAD BABA
THEY HAVE NO SHAME AND NO HEARTS, THEY’RE SO CRUEL BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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AMMU ABBAS WILL BRING WATER FROM THE BANKS OF FURAT
THIS IS HIS WORD AND I KNOW HE WONT BREAK MY HEART
WHERE IS HE NOW BABA, HOW CAN WE STAY APART
WHY HAS HE NOT RETURNED WHERE IS MY AMMU BABA
IF MY ABBAS WAS HERE, HE WOULD PROTECT ME BABA
WHERE’S HIS FLAG, WHY DOESN’T IT FLY ANYMORE BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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BABA WHERE IS ALI ASGHAR, WHERE DID YOU TAKE HIM TO
BABA HIS LIPS WHERE SO DRY BUT HE COULD NOT TELL YOU
AND YET HE SMILED AS HE WENT TO THE BATTLEFIELD
OUR MOTHER’S PAIN IS SO DEEP, IT WILL NEVER HEAL
SHE SAID THEY SHOT HIM THROUGH THE NECK, WHY OH WHY BABA
WHAT COULD A SIX MONTHS LITTLE CHILD DO TO THEM BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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THERE WAS NO HAND TO HOLD WALKING ACROSS THAT DESERT
YOU WERE NOT THERE TO HOLD ME AND TO QUENCH MY THIRST
THERE WAS NO KISS TO SOOTH ME BABA WHEN I WAS HURT
TO WIPE MY TEARS BABA I COULD NOT FIND YOUR SHIRT
I LOOKED FOR YOU BUT I CAN’T SEE YOU ANYWHERE
BUT THEN I SEE YOUR HEAD CARRIED UPON A SPEAR
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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BABA THIS GRIEF THAT I SAW IN MY AUNTIE’S EYES
WAS LIKE A NIGHT WITH NO MOON ONLY DARKENED SKIES
AND WHEN THEY RAISED OUR MOON, SHE CRIED OUT IN SHAME
HOW CAN I SHOW MY ABBAS, THAT I HAVE NO VEIL
BABA ALL DAY SHE TOOK CARE OF OUR FAMILY
AND EVERY NIGHT IN HER PRAYER SHE CREID SILENTLY
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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BABA MY EYES DESIRE YOU AND MY TEARS THEY FLOW
BABA I SEE THE BIRDS, THEY ALL ARE FLYING HOME
WILL I BE FREE, WILL I GO TO MEDINA VERY SOON
OR THIS DARK PRISON CELL BE MY ONLY HOME
OR THIS DARK PRISON CELL BE MY ONLY HOME
MAYBE I’LL SLEEP AND SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN IN A DREAM
MAY BE I’LL AWAKE AND SEE YOUR HEAD IN A PLATE AND SCREAM
TAKE ME AWAY FROM THIS WORLD AND TO HEAVENS DOOR
I WANT O BE WITH YOU BABA FOREVER MORE
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
………BABA COME BACK TO ME BABA
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