1. The regiments poured forth, what a pouring!
To war they rush, battalion after battalion

2. Like raging sea waves stirred up
By gusts of wind, violently blowing

3. Some driving others above the swell
To where above the cliff they violently meet

4. Then crashing down on the rocks in frothy spray
Roaring from the rattling, rumbling spray

5. With them the men of authority, their command is heard
Yet they are seen by no soul, no voice speaking

6. At first glimpse seeming mute
Organized in the expert coordinator's arrangement

7. Over aspiring chests gleamed their swords
Flashing, what a flashing!

8. But lo, the enemies arose, their clamor
Like a flock of mountain goats disturbed

9. If rounded up and the rams butted them
They would bleat with the plaintive bleating of the wary

10. So their discordant crowds from every crevice assembled
With an array of tongues and diversity of garb

11. Now eager for fray, now peace more enticing to them
And around it a terror and tumult of sedition

12. Its sister, nourisher of schism and separation
Yes, if it arises loss, and if it grows

13. It climbs to the dome of heaven through the air
Circling the two assembled hosts triumphantly

14. Shattering every unifier, every unifier
And when they closed in, souls full of wrath

15. The regiments blazed, what a blazing!
Thrusts met in chests that crashed together

16. Blows hiding blow upon blow
Death rattle of slain and roar of killer

17. In a torrent of blood, tongues drained
The warrior's zeal lashes them, urging them on

18. Like showers of rain in the clouds pouring down
In two streams from the summits of mountains cascading

19. Overflowing down the slopes in narrow channels
An overwhelming flood seems to appear

20. To a shepherd gazing from the lofty peaks