1. Leave us be, do not come near our gathering,
And do not burn us with your fires,

2. We are content being slaves of the imam,
And we are as blind and deaf as he desired.

3. We shackle our feet with chains,
And muzzle our mouths with gags,

4. We furnish our beds with ignorance,
And satisfy ourselves with dreams.

5. What does it matter if we live
Our lives in deep darkness?

6. We were given life for our idols,
The beats of hearts and light of sight.

7. What need have we for sunlight?
What do we want with moonlight?

8. In insects we find example,
Making us scorn the life of man.

9. In the world of worms there is pleasant living,
We have descended to their lowly level.

10. If we could descend even lower
We would go down to the level of stone.

11. You want, oh fools, for us to rebel,
But we are like graveyard worms,

12. We live on the corpses of the dead,
The likes of you, lovers of evil.

13. We suck the blood of your misguided ones,
And mock their anguish and regrets,

14. We nest in the skull once inhabited
By the arrogance of the vainglorious.

15. We will watch for long your heroes' deaths,
For we are a people of patience.