Tears for Husayn (as)

You say it's been over a thousand years 
Surely it's time to stop with these tears 
Pointless are these tears that you shed
Why not be proactive and look ahead 
And do something useful instead

But the power of these tears you don't realise
As streams flow from these blessed eyes 
They have sparked many a revolution 
They're the reason behind our resolutions 
To correcting our ways they're a solution
For this pouring out of emotion 
Makes us realise the promises we've broken
And the minute a tear falls we are awoken 
Almost as if our eyes have spoken 
And they ask us where our life is going?
They question whether as people we're growing?
Or if our our path to Allah is actually slowing.

So don't mock these tears of ours
For until you don't realise their powers 
These droplets of gold you'll continue to denounce 
Until on Qiyamah when Zahra will announce 
That the tears we cried - even an ounce 
Will completely transform our accounts 
Where our profit of thawaab outweighs our loss of sin
And suddenly it is these tears that win 
As Zahra escorts us to Jannah's garden 
And for mocking our cries, you beg for pardon.