1. When war strikes him, he turns his spear
Against the pursuers, the pillars of attacks

2. The heroes cry: You are truly a knight!
We bear witness, you have proven the omens right

3. If they assail him, he's the first assailant
If they meet him in battle, he's the first combatant

4. With a firm, polished heart that's long known
How to sharpen swords and hone

5. His blade flashes with the lightnings of death
Fulfilling the auguries of those dark signs

6. On a fateful day, his shade is like daylight
Brighter still than the shadows of unsheathed swords

7. Under him, men grapple enemies
In a give-and-take, alas for that exchange!

8. Until the slain lie strewn between them
Their bellies split with deep, bloody gashes

9. Their horses' legs exposed, yet still they charge
Tails trailing in the muddied dust behind

10. He brought doom between their throngs and many
Brought between their masses ruin with his sword

11. Alas, the mother of enemies lost her wits
What man fought him but the son of madness?

12. You are the land's watchful guarding eyes
Your feet its pillars fortifying against quakes

13. They neglected us, blinded in their loss
Futilely, and bombarded us with shells

14. So people's unity became a flock's
And their life a shared life of camel loads

15. How often they loaded us with bounty after bounty
Though to bear it our shoulders were too frail