1. The caller called and he readily obeyed, determined,
And went to meet the foe amid the throng.

2. A hero whose mettle was proven when the flames of defiance blazed
And its terrors spread did his mettle shine.

3. He was roused by a whim of one who transgressed,
An ignorant soul and rude in nature-

4. Every self below him in what he claimed
And every right false in what he asserted.

5. Obsessed with evil, slave to desires,
Tyrannical whatever he decreed was unjust.

6. A shepherd of his people's valiant ones in battle,
Unleashing his might wherever he wished to storm.

7. He plunged into its horrors in a tumultuous sea
Where death scowled, but he smiled.

8. He strikes oppression down in its death throes
And restores the right, raising its banner.

9. His nation's honor is in his care-
If the caller called and the nations' glories.

10. The state's flag, were it not for him, would fold
And the pillar of the kingdom, were it not for him, would crumble.

11. Blessed is the builder and a nation was honored
By his strength in the wilds it takes shelter.

12. He sees the walls collapsing around him
So he restores the walls with fire and blood.

13. The nation has naught but what he built
Between the jaws of death, propping it up.

14. Without him to protect its basin-
What presence is there to revere or respect?

15. A people conquered has no existence
Save one resembling oblivion.

16. The Creator of magnanimity created man
With freedom, planting in him ambition.

17. And decreed for him what he approved
Of excellent systems and laws.

18. All people are brothers, none among them
Slaves or servants.

19. They are equal, each has his right-
That is God's rule, not the idol's.

20. No harm befalls the able when
He avenges the oppressor's crime.

21. It is war, and what fine retaliation
For one who observes covenants.

22. The soldier extinguished on its field
The ember of transgression with raging force.

23. He surged in its storm unrestrained
As a volcano spewing lava.

24. When fulfilling his purpose he cares not
Whether his death has found him or eluded him.

25. If he dies a martyr he lives on, enduring
In a life of glory and might.

26. Sacrificing soul when passions were inflamed
Dispelling perils when perils loomed.

27. A scene, were its knowledge veiled from us
The meaning of generosity and nobility would leave us.

28. It is war, and this is its way-
For truth it has no sanctuary but this.

29. Its greatest sins are, by its canon,
A nation invaded, a people consumed.

30. Matters twist so there is no mercy
For the tyrannical if they do not reform.

31. Do not let soldiers deter you, hoping for harm.
What soldiers have not been defeated by harm?