1. Youth has passed and life has become bleak
In my prime and yet power was beyond my reach

2. Until you attained all that you wished
Is it not time that gratitude you preached?

3. Sometimes, a gazelle with mouth red with wine
Would pass by wary of the watching eyes

4. It came to you terrified and filled with fright
Fear shook its body, dread filled its cries

5. Surrender, O Commander of the Faithful, let
Joy overcome you and taste the sweetness of triumph

6. For in many an incident, you took the lead
While time itself lagged behind and relapsed

7. A lion whose prey are the brave; never once
Did the blood of its victims bring it disgrace

8. You marched the armies and opened the gates
Of many a stubborn citadel that you could replace

9. None withstood you, whose hands did not falter
Without you razing them into their own grave

10. In war, you are a lion with courage and might
Before you are death, captivity, and plight

11. Your punishment is justice, your resolve is firm
Like fate itself, and your vow is as sacred as a shrine