1. A drawing my passionate viewers learned from
As if my heart's eyes in it were placed

2. It depicts the eggs around China standing
And that bear in Manchuria grazing

3. He walked towards it with hope in his soul
And went on walking beyond it greedily

4. Like fire that eats whatever it encounters
And floods that sweep away whatever surges

5. So he stood with the Manchus calling on
Their ally, the Queen of India, to give in, for he coveted

6. She said, I warn you against one who deceives you
For man has often been duped and misled

7. I advised you out of a friend's sincerity
Hoping some good may benefit you, for advice has often helped

8. And the unbenefited is no man
When one of wisdom speaks, he listens and understands

9. A girl came to them and bowed
A man that none had seen or heard

10. Until when she saw Manchuria she choked
With anguish, and the rending of evil was vast

11. She almost flew with joy at the success, and had
Nearly gained India before that with dismay

12. I was told that turmoil in China was swirling
Yet I found myself settled by the Nile