1. Come softly my friends to the school
For now is the time for play

2. Quickly in rows like soldiers
Bring your wooden weapons

3. Though we are small we mimic the great
My little self was like my father

4. This is my flag and I’m responsible
To carry it myself and protect it

5. Am I not brave though a child?
My origins are noble Arabs

6. To my friends I urge, let's march
Together, one with another

7. This boy is a coward, so I see
I saw him retreat and flee

8. Had he been my equal, he'd move forward
Striding as I do in the troop

9. None but Ahmed have I loved
For heeding my call

10. Long live my country and its people
And may it reach the highest glory

11. Long live my noble friends, and long may we live
To learning and literature inclined

12. We're only the proud and noble
None lives but he who's like my father