1. A life of serenity is mine, and my home a land of peace;
Why should I worry about the ways of time or its trials?

2. A life of serenity is mine, my gifts flourish anew,
My virtues shine plain, my perfection comes due.

3. Though days may be harsh and resist me,
Why shouldn’t I glory in the prime of my state?

4. My tastes are refined and my hopes are sublime,
My roots are esteemed and my nature is fine.

5. The stars of the night continue rising
To herald the omens of my prayers answered soon,

6. Their rays yearn towards my face, lighting it up
With the gorgeous beauty of their fortunate bloom.

7. Destiny crowns me with a diadem of respect
So I rise above my misery, fortunate, blessed.

8. I wrote, and truth obeyed my fingers,
I spoke, and truth found room for my words.

9. I was the “Echo of the Desert,” I claimed,
For I shone the moon’s light over the sands.

10. I led with wisdom, raising up my people,
That sleepers past might heed my clarion call.

11. That sleepers past might heed, for they
Have slumbered through ages immemorial.

12. They fancy the signs of civilization among them
Miracles of the unseen, or visions dreamed.

13. The dark nights pass quick in their trek,
While they lie trapped ‘twixt mindless and conceit.

14. Among them are minds inert, resolves faint,
And the last dregs of gifts, sterile and quaint.

15. Awaken! This faith still lives in your lands,
Though time and events have sought to undo it.

16. Destroyers of truth constantly try to explode it,
While minions of evil target it with darts.

17. Defend it with steadfastness, let it not suffer harm,
So this faith remains safe from misguidance and harm.

18. Neglect not life, for it is vitality and zeal,
It is not mere being, but ardor and appeal.

19. The West holds your brother, champion of science,
Finding the heights of knowledge, ever climbing.

20. He spanned the earth with the railroad, took to the skies,
Roaming the winds, exploring the earth entirety.

21. He fashioned a flying machine with no motor,
Could this truly have settled in the mind readily?

22. He made the sea foam and churn, no hesitation,
His submarines slip through it with no reservation.

23. They plunge alongside whales in their deep waters,
That whales mistake them for a strange aberration.

24. Revere the men of knowledge among you,
Their judgment is sound, their minds are exalted.

25. Do not accept from the betrayers their lies against them,
Nor the misguided their slander, the envious their assaults.

26. They face only hardship from these tribulations,
But they will not bend, this is their determination.

27. Do not neglect the children, for they are
The best of men in future days, civilization’s core.

28. Their minds are like mirrors in their resemblance,
So set in them your finest example.

29. Show them the beauty of deeds so they follow,
For a child’s life is molded by deeds, good and thorough.

30. Dedicate yourselves to reform—God will suffice—
For those who work reform, God rewards very nice.