Need I Say Any More?

Need I tell you the tale

Of the gallant son 

Shall I break your heart

By his unquenched thirst 

Need I tell you the secret

By which he held the flag

Shall I cause you death

By showing you the severed hands

Need I read you the will

That bequeathed flag, water skin and glory

            Shall I cause you grief

                        At the wail of the unquenched niece

            Need I make you blind

                        By the arrow in the eye

            Shall I cause you darkness

                        At the falling of the moon

            Need I give you a veil

                        To carry the hope of the sister

            Shall I cause you to mourn

                        For the loss of the helper of Imam

            Need I ask for your help

                        To raise the blood drenched flag

Shall I dry your tears

When I call you my brother 

Need I tell you the name

Of the master who lost his back 

Shall I have the breath

To say why he died thirsty at a shore 

Need I say any more

This is Abul Fadhl Abbas