Soul-stirring, heartbreaking, and melodically and poetically inventive, the noha occupies a central place in the Subcontinent’s Muharram mourning tradition.
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[Advance with utmost reverence and decorum,
For this is the procession of the Martyr of Karbala.
Lifted is the earthly remains of the King of
Faith, Whose [blessed neck] was severed by the blade of Shimr]
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A day written in divine mercy
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