1. Where are the warriors and fighters
And the brave and combatants?

2. Where are the boasters and braggarts
And the obstinate and assailants?

3. Where are the evasive and devious
And the tenacious and disputants?

4. Where are the defenders and rifles
And the agents and swords?

5. With these we destroy the enemy
Even if they come with legions

6. We were silent from insults
But today builders have incited us

7. Perhaps the candles will speak
From the pulpits as they say

8. The endings go on, no stopping
Like the beginnings have passed

9. We will strike with swords
And golden coins, O nobles

10. These treasures are with us
With them we make peace or fight

11. They are weapons in turmoil
And shields against every assailant

12. They are means to goals
And rewards for every hopeful

13. How many fortified places
And tribes they have looted

14. They humiliated proud Tadros
And what armies he had rallied

15. For them mountains bow down
As if they were coasts and beaches

16. And India which mobilized
Its armies of heroes

17. The Africans are subjected to them
And their tyrants are like waves

18. Not equal are those who hoard
Wealth to ward off afflictions

19. And spendthrifts who squander it
On every corruption they attempt

20. Let he who challenges us
Be prepared, we grant perdition