1. When will this looming cloud disperse
And its brooding shadow lift from us

2. So the sun of truth can shine full in the sky
And stars emerge in the night of falsehoods

3. When we have not tired of our ignorance
Though we tire of the torments of sword and fire

4. Children of the East! Ignorance is our greatest foe
With it dwell or be conquered, however you deem

5. It is the oppressor lording over us, destroying us
The sinner wandering among us, dividing us

6. Is it not an injustice that we are its troops
While it remains the ruler and arbitrator?

7. Wounded Anatolia, truly I
Send you from afar all my love

8. Your wounds in our hearts and our wounds
With them glory bleeds and exaltation suffers

9. Your plight is grave, for what has brought low
Our community among communities is the gravest

10. We cried for the youth killed treacherously in your peace
They were fortresses for the nation, demolished

11. We cried for maidens whose honor was stained with blood
And died as martyrs, their purity cleansed by blood

12. We cried for innocent angels of children
Annihilated, they are scattered flesh and bones

13. Woes brought by ignorance - fight ignorance!
If you freeze, know we will recommence the fight