MONGOL IS WHAT I AM!

After the death of Saladin

Rose up another king

His real name was Temudjin

He wore a diamond ring

Born in 1162

A humble man like you

According to the Secret History

Was brave, strong and free

When his father was poisoned

He was only nine

Then the frightened warrior promised:

“all the world will be mine!

Living in a hostile world

With the power of the sword

Emperor of All Men

Mongol is what I am!”

At the age of fifteen

captured by Targutai

Actually a mighty warrior

Genghis was hard to die

In 1206, elected by the kuriltai

A very polemical statesman

Grandfather of Khubilai

He had the obsession

of invading and pillaging Cathai

under the rule of his general

whose name was Subodai

After the conquest of North China

The South was ruled by the Song

Now we must subdue the Moslems

The campaigns always must go on

A wise man built for the kill

A smart sovereign with unbreakable will

Relied only on the power of steel

Conquered a lot of rich lands

Lived at Karakorum

Which means Black Sands

In his youth he had a sworn brother

Was created by a vigorous mother

A great master of strategy

Seeking alliance with the enemy

Wanted by his rivals dead or alive

It was a very good way to survive

You must let the Conqueror live

This was Genghis'prerogative

Capable of making his own decisions

There cannot be two Khans on the Earth

God gave him an important mission before his birth

Not yet totally satisfied

Wishing immortality

“Is it possible to live forever?”

The Taoist monk Chang Chun denied

Genghis'life was made of victories

Had no interest in the West

Proved to everybody

That the Mongols were the best!

The Tartars rose up in History like a ray of light

All those little dark warriors were born to win and to fight

“Living in a hostile world

With the power of the sword

Emperor of All Men

Mongol is what I am!”