1. I spread upon the flame of verse
The slaves' complaint to slaves

2. A complaint echoed by time
Tomorrow and forevermore

3. Arise and hear in every street
The martyr's blood cries out

4. Arise and see, Rehan's brow
Bears the mark of prostration

5. He walks to the noose of martyrdom
Fasting, with the gait of lions

6. Seventy years in God's path
And the ancient truth

7. The youth are shamed by the gray hair
Nay, the decades by the years