1. A moment has come, so seize it
And choose from speech

2. Every word more gentle than
The smile of flowers in the rain

3. Drawn from the bosom of the wind
Borrowed from the breeze's breath

4. Gather strength now
Beaming with radiant light

5. Bestow it on the soul of an immortal poet
Whose verse endures

6. My pen what good is in me
O pen think and confide

7. Speak to the people of song
In the care of the eminent institute

8. That poet who
Languished in the grip of injustice

9. Is one of you and his art
Only God knows is your art

10. Was a melody and became a memory
Like dreams remembered

11. Poetry in truth thrives
Has told the tale of nations

12. With its strings of longing
Entwining and pressing together

13. It is a flute bringing back
Sorrows once hidden

14. It is the zither of time
And its laments from early days

15. It is the hymn of life
And an outpouring of melodies

16. O eminent institute
That has attained glory and is complete

17. Every remembered tune
That ignited the heart aflame

18. Was composed by the hand of grief
And played by the hand of sickness

19. And your songs and what
Art has wrought of greatness

20. Are the moans of souls
Crashing against decrees

21. And the sobs of eyes
That the night knows have not slept

22. And your melodies that
Stand at the peak of peaks

23. Are the sighs of a poet
Who knew love and pain

24. That poet whose spirit
Is now among you

25. I see him alive
Lofty above ambitions

26. Roaming every assembly
High of head, revered

27. Whenever he recited his verse
He flooded the plain and the hillside

28. Flowing ceaselessly
His torrent spilled forth

29. Bestowing on friend and kin
All he had gained

30. His wife and children are
His glory and his hope

31. They ascended to the heights of honor
And thrived in the bosom of bounty

32. They were raised in the protection of virtue
And far from any blame

33. When they thought what they
Had hoped in this life was complete

34. As the lord of the house complained of frailty
And strength deserted them

35. Grief nestled in his breast
And perched on his chest

36. And suddenly the birds
Were seized by death in their nest

37. Like a cunning thief
That invaded the home and consumed

38. And crushing poverty
Rose up to take revenge

39. Did to their hopes
What the wolf does to lambs

40. Like a raging furnace
Scattering fiery embers

41. Who has seen misery approach
Who has witnessed anguish descend

42. Who has seen virtuous destitution
Clash with fate

43. My people, art cannot be defeated
In the nation of resolve

44. My people, generosity cannot fail
In the nation of nobility

45. My people, nation of glory
And my forefathers of awe and pyramids