1. Seek refuge when you rise after slumber
From the tyranny of the vulgar and base

2. And from a man whose heart is untouched by mercy
Reckless in his ways, insolent and rash

3. Obstinate and fierce, harsh in punishment
Whenever the blind hour brings him chance

4. From a blow with a stick that left no words behind
You struck with a polished blade, rent and gashed

5. Thus on the day of valor you took his life
Though no victim called, no foe attacked

6. So neither kinship nor severing of ties
Can save you from the abjection you have hatched

7. Leaving an aged, frail mother bereft
Still enthroned in your rule, corroded and wretched

8. Rutbil refused, so you killed him
While lounging atop a mattress unabashed

9. If after this we shun you out of loathing
We'll leave you alone in the desolate wild

10. And people's aid unlike ours was of no use
Nor did you refrain from rending with relish

11. A weeping woman laments at Fandashe's grave
I said: restrain your tears and be still

12. He was a bold knight when horses held back
Striking with the sword's blade, no weakling or craven

13. Striking the skulls of men with his sword
Plunging into fray like a thirsty raven

14. We will requite wickedness in full measure
And smite the snout of the surly, brazen beast