1. Three months passed, and the fires of war,
Raging on land and sea, still roar.

2. The night of battle grew long and drear,
We thought death had rooted out the morn.

3. The Ottomans feigned neutrality,
Deceiving the Allies most vilely.

4. They plotted and said, "We're obliged to be
Neutral, though this allows no flight."

5. "If we're inclined, it can only be
In secret and openly, towards thee."

6. Thus they spoke, while Enver was preparing
To join with Germans most eagerly.

7. Ninety days he spent getting ready,
Plunging his people in recklessly,

8. Inciting them against the Allies,
Their hearts bitter enmity.

9. So they provoked the bear, and down upon them
Came his legions furiously.

10. A grueling war ensued between them,
Its tides ebbing and flowing unceasingly.

11. While Enver hoped for victory,
Fate looked at him disdainfully.

12. His army suffered a terrible rout,
No remedy could mend them speedily.

13. In the Caucasus moths of decay
Began gnawing them gradually.

14. Those whom battle did not kill
Perished from Russian arrows certainly.

15. Some starved, some suffered miserable thirst,
No patience could succor them utterly.

16. Those whom these plagues did not drive away
Were taken by typhus fever, expiring miserably.