1. How long shall we remain inactive,
O Hashim, while the people are in turmoil,

2. Calling for horses by the neck,
While we remain fearful and isolated?

3. Like a black camel that wanders blindly
And soon gets lost in confusing terrain,

4. The Turks attack in raging madness
Like a wild cat approaching a watering hole,

5. O people, defend your community
With every sharp blade on its sheath,

6. Five span swords that slice as they strike,
Inheritance of the finest from the finest,

7. Six span wide swords that blaze as they slash,
Honed to a polish in the whetstone,

8. How many wars have I seen among noble youth
In the chaos and dust of the battlefield,

9. Never flinching when you meet them,
And in the fury of war like lion cubs.