1. Late in the month of July we saw
The beginning of a crisis that will last an age

2. In it, the swarm of Austria transgressed
The boundaries of the swarm, raging harmfully

3. And Russia prayed, William setting ablaze
The fire of chaos, to gain support from Joseph

4. And he marched his army to invade France
From Belgium, piercing a passage

5. He intended to surprise them with a strike
Through which he would gain victory over the Allies

6. So France met him with intense defense
Which he saw as intensely hot

7. And then Great Britain shouted at him
The great protector, and she had warned him

8. And on the fourth night of the month of August
She prepared for war for a month

9. And she drafted the fleets which
Spread across the surface of the sea

10. They split its immensity lengthwise and widthwise
With dreadnoughts plowing through it

11. Leaders like mountains, when they proceed
The sparking of lightning flows from them

12. Their thunderous roaring until
They resembled the Germans fleeing in panic

13. Without them we would not have seen
What we saw, and Truth promised the people of valor victory

14. It was they who destroyed what the Germans built
And it was they who turned their victory into defeat