1. O protector of honor, curse be upon all who forbid protection
And those who do not accept bold plunging and demolition

2. For life is but to die with honor
And death is but to live and be safe

3. I contemplated the turns of time but found
None save the sharp swords that make peace through submission

4. And I saw no escape from peace except for those
Who come late and count safety as profit

5. They say the face of the sword is ever white
Yet it is not white unless it is red with blood

6. If fending off harm through wisdom is decisive
Then fending off harm through harm is more prudent

7. The people of the West disregard any issue
Unless swords come into it translated

8. And some stubborn people look with eyes
Blinded by ignorance more than blindness

9. Adrianople, O mother of beauties and protection
To the Ottoman house as fence and stronghold

10. We owed you, as the best of its people
And protector of us, the most honorable and generous

11. We gave you long eras but did not cease
Being merciful to your people from Basitia

12. But when the reformers came to you supposedly
They returned those gardens to hell

13. Look, Ferdinand you went too far transgressing
And claimed much falsehood in the valley of misguidance

14. And you attacked men, betraying pacts and treachery
Who have become, from your conspiracies, tranquil

15. Men who among themselves have some disputes
By God's decree were unavoidable among them

16. This kingdom was exposed by you and by them
To two arrows, both their tips destroyed

17. Adrianople, if only rocks could speak
On the day of their return, they would surely lament

18. No stallion returned except neighing
No knight except crying loudly

19. No mare except wiping its tears
Protectors of honor fierce like torrents overflowing

20. No pulpit left without blooming joy
With a preacher standing reciting poetry

21. The eyes of the Chosen One relaxed in his shrine
And Jesus son of Mary cheered him in Paradise

22. You hastened to take from us wide citadels
Why, when Thursday has come, so stirred up?

23. A Thursday, when intentions are sincere, I see it
Encamp with its victory wherever it settles

24. Look at the slopes of mountains now tranquil
And speak of the vast ocean now quiet

25. Its regions shine with the first light of might
Escorted by what is underneath the chests mingled

26. Followed by every strong and fierce hero
Who smiles when death's gloom frowns

27. You see them lions in battle and excluding others
And in the horizon of glory, full moons and stars

28. Who will tell the Bulgarians that we are marching to battle
And our Turkish brothers completely together

29. All Arabs and Turks are one brotherhood
To them, from them, they seek advancement

30. The Arabs and Turks will remain one nation
Pure white, never to split

31. And say to them bright fortune has appeared so always
Keep your hearts forever longing for it

32. It will remain Ottoman despite your noses
And the noses of other critics shouting blame

33. So do not let any hopes tempt you
Never open this issue of Adrianople

34. Adrianople has become, for us, after Mecca
And the water of Murad today resembles Zamzam

35. O what a day that came in our struggles
Like a towering mountain in the face of dark gloom

36. And the remnants were crying but have become
Laughing with them happily like angels of heaven

37. The world persists with bliss and sorrow
And days persist with misery and bounty

38. May each day after Adrianople's day
Return as holiday and season to Islam

39. It is not difficult for the Master that we see
Tranquility erase that advancing gloom