You Take All the Children By: Ali Fadhil and Nouri Sardar (English Noha)

English Noha "You take all the children" By: Nouri Sardar, recited by Ali Fadhil
Artwork by Various Artists
A noha about Fatima Sughra, the daughter of Imam Hussain (a.s.) left behind in Madinah.
Noha Lyrics:
1
I wake up to find you have left, oh father
My tears drip down and they flow like a river
Please come back I ask you by our Creator
I have never been away from you ever
I miss your scent and kiss, oh son of Haidar
And my name is the sweet name of your mother
You've given me this name and you I do not blame
Your mother she loved you and my love is the same (2xs)
Your words I want to hear, you leave me with my tears
And leave my heart broken, and leave my heart broken
Chorus
You take all the children, you take all the women,
So why did you leave me and leave my heart broken?
You leave me alone here, you leave me with my tears
And leave my heart broken and leave my heart broken
2
I stand and wait at my door for your return
You left me but took all the other children
With every passing day I feel my heart burn
I long to kiss you, your warmth is what I yearn
You are my rose, my flower, and my vision
Without Hussain to who am I left to turn
I'm surrounded by night, father you were my light
I live in a shadow without hearing or sight (2xs)
I long to hold you near, you leave me with my tears
And leave my heart broken, and leave my heart broken
3
He tells me "Oh my rose, why are your eyes wet"?
I tell him "your absence my heart can't accept"
"My father every night at your side I've slept"
"I've never met anyone like you I've met"
"Your hand in my hand always I would have kept"
"Everyday I was apart from you I've wept"
He tells me "oh young one, it is God's decision"
"That you must be left here and live life an orphan" (2xs)
I tell him "I can't bear, you leave me with my tears"
"And leave my heart broken, and leave my heart broken"
4
I ask him "by Zahra why would leave me?"
"Since my birth everyday you have been near me"
He tells me "Oh star my death approaches me"
"You remind me of my mother, it hurts me"
But I tell him "I don't care if death takes me"
"Let me die beside you father please let me"
"With you and your body please let me be buried"
"Together we will die this will make me happy" (2xs)
My loneliness I fear, you leave me with my tears
And leave my heart broken, and leave my heart broken
5
You took with you my brothers, sisters and all
I wish the skies both day and night on me fall
Your mother cried out between the door and wall
My father I cry out to the same call
I cry when Shimr over your neck stands tall
I shed tears when Zainab cries in Yazeed's hall
I cry when the arrows make my father's blood flow
They take Hussain away, leave me with his shadow (2xs)
Your shadow I hold dear, you leave me with my tears
And leave my heart broken, and leave my heart broken