Worshipping the mountains that hold up the sky Bowing to the ground upon which they once crawled Lifting up an eternal flame as an offering Drinking from the flowing spring waters With threatening evil spirits encircling The wolves beasts stand guard Backed by the great nymph of nature Tie them up with winds of the storm The blue-spotted nomads of the steppe Branded by the bases of the felt dwellings Bowing down to the black banner A nation with traditions born in antiquity Pressing forward with the agility of a hawk Under the spell of the god of the sky Aggressively invading foreign lands Fiery heroic Mongol men Taming the earth and heavens Crossing the great waters By horse in all directions The one and only Mongols