1. My heart belongs to my country
Not to a party or leader

2. I did not sell it to a brother
Or an intimate friend

3. If I saw it as anything but sound
It would not be mine

4. And my tongue is like my heart
Bound to the core

5. My today resembles my yesterday
And my talk like my olden ways

6. I gave no vent to noble wrath
Nor mean intrigues

7. My sole aim is serving my nation
In my misery or comfort