A Noha (Persian: نوحه, Urdu: نوحہ; translit. nūḥa/nawḥa), when interpreted in light of Shia views, is a lament about the tragedy of Hussain ibn Ali in the Battle of Karbala.
The term marsiya (also marthia) a derivative of the Arabic word ritha is translated as a song of lamentation or elegy. Traditionally the Arabic marsiya used to be a short poetical lament..