Little flower fast asleep, rise narcissus-like, and peep; Lo, the bower droops and dies wasted by cold griefs; arise! Now that birdsong fills the air and muezzins call to prayer, listen to the burning sighs of the passionate hearts, and rise! Out of leaden sleep, out of slumber deep: Arise! Out of slumber deep: Arise!

Now the sun, that doth adorn with his rays the brow of morn, doth suffuse the cheeks thereof with the crimson blush of love. Over mountain, over plain caravans take route again; bright and world-beholding eyes, gaze upon the world, and rise! Out of leaden sleep, out of slumber deep: Arise! Out of slumber deep: Arise!

All the Orient doth lie like strewn dust, the roadway by; or a still and bushed lament and a wasted sigh and spent: Yet each atom of this earth is a gaze of tortured birth. Under Ind’s and Persia’s skies, through Arabia’s plains, O rise! Out of leaden sleep, out of slumber deep: Arise! Out of slumber deep: Arise!

See, thy ocean is at rest, slumbrous as a desert waste; yea, no waxing or increase e’er disturbs thy ocean’s peace. Ne’er thy ocean knoweth storm or Leviathan’s dread swarm; rend its breast and, billow-wise swelling into tumult, rise! Out of leaden sleep, out of slumber deep: Arise! Out of slumber deep: Arise!

Listen to this subtlety that reveals all mystery: Empire is the body’s dust; spirit, true Religion’s trust; body lives and spirit lives by the life their union gives. Lance in hand, and sword at thighs, cloaked, and with thy prayer mat, rise! Out of leaden sleep, out of slumber deep: Arise! Out of slumber deep: Arise!

Thou art true and worshipful guardian of eternal Rule; thou the left hand and the right of the World-possessor’s might. Shackled slave of earthy race, thou art Time, and thou art Space: Wine of faith that fear defies, drink, and from doubt’s prison rise! Out of leaden sleep, out of slumber deep: Arise! Out of slumber deep: Arise!

Against Europe I protest, and the attraction of the West: Woe for Europe and her charm, swift to capture and disarm! Europe’s hordes with flame and fire, desolate the world entire; architect of Sanctuaries, Earth awaits rebuilding; rise. Out of leaden sleep, out of slumber deep: Arise! Out of slumber deep: Arise!