أنا السيف يخشى حدُّه قبل هَزَّه

أنا السيف يخشى حدُّه قبل هَزَّه

فكيف وقد هُزَّ الحسامُ المهنَّدُ

فكيف وقد هُزَّ الحسامُ المهنَّدُ

I am the sword whose edge is feared before it is brandished;

I am the sword whose edge is feared before brandishing

How then, now that the keen sword of Indian steel has been brandished?

How can this be when the Indian sword is unsheathed