Of the hirelings’s blood outpoured, lustrous rubies makes the lord; tyrant squire to swell his wealth desolates the peasant’s tillth. Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

City Sheikh with string of beads, many a faithful heart misleads; Brahman baffles with his thread many a simple Hindu head: Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

Prince and Sultan gambling go; loaded are the dice they throw. Subjects soul from body strip, while their subjects are asleep: Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

Preacher’s at the mosque, his son to the kindergarten gone; grey-bird is a child, in truth, child a grey-bird, spite his youth. Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

Brother Muslims! Woe to us for the havoc science does; Ahriman is cheap enough, God is rare, scarce-offered stuff: Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

See bow Falsehood’s blandishment shadows Truth, with ill intent; how the Bat, with blinded eyes, plots against the Sun to rise: Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

In the Churches, Jesus Christ on the Cross is sacrificed; with God’s Book Muhammad (S.A.W.) too from the Ka’aba flees a new: Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

I have seen into the bowls furnished by this age for souls; such the venom they contain, serpents twist and writhe in pain: Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!

Yet the weak are given at length lion’s heart and tiger’s strength; In this bubbling lantern, lo! Haply yet a flame will glow: Revolt, I cry! Revolt, defy! Revolt, or die!