1. Oh say to the son of Ma'n, he who
Has become accustomed to affection

2. I have been told what they said
Yet I did not do what they said

3. And if he were of the lions
He would neither have feared nor recoiled

4. So listen to what you had adorned
Your sword's scabbard with

5. What will you do with the sword
If you are not a killer?

6. And if he stretched to his ears
Both his palms, he would not attain it

7. Short of height and height
So neither a youth nor fully-grown

8. I see your people as heroes
While you have become idle