Do not ask Evander for poems of light praise
Nor Marioun for paeans of the unworthy
This fair work, this pearl of wisdom,
From the mouth and mind of the lords of wolves
Is one tale of justice done
Oh Northland, make us acquainted with Shahid!
For one moment make us not separated from his dignity!
What need the land of worthy men?
In Shahid’s hand his sword, my pen.
Wolves, do not fear for honoured man
This white rose of trillium gardens
Champion in the field of war
Adorn upon his brow a pearl’d band
To Their court they claim him, baron,
In Caldrithig, safar five and twenty,
Three and fifty as we count the Jāmiʿah
What need the land of worthy men?
In Shahid’s hand his sword, my pen.
Wording by Maister Colyne Stewart, based upon the poetry of
the 16th century Turkish poets Fuzûlî and Yahya bey Dukagjini, and a quote
regarding the 16th century poet Riyazi by Ziya Pasha (an 18th century
writer, translator and administrator).
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