O Saladin, O Saladin

O Saladin, O Saladin!
How are thy sword the sharpest!
O Saladin, O Saladin,
How are thy siege the greatest!

You'll fight them in the summertime,
But even in winter is thy prime.

O Saladin, O Saladin,
How are thy sword the sharpest!
O Saladin, O Saladin,
Much bloodshed doth thou bring them!

O Saladin, O Saladin,
The city fell before you!
In that great year the Christians died,
At Hattin and Jerusalem.

O Saldin, O Saladin,
Siege engines doth thou bring them!

O Saladin, O Saladin,
Thy purify the mosques!

O Saladin, O Saladin,
Thy armies fought them nightly!
To Olive Mount you took the fight,
Crusaders fled cause of your might.

O Saladin, O Saladin,
Thy inspire our great siege