King of all men,
Ruler of the universe
Crossed the Steppes.

I took the vow of anger,
An orphan my gift to my
Warlord father was a sable fur.

Together with my blood brother
My power increases by heaven & earth,
Our twin leadership.

A true leader must show his worth
For men follow but a strong leader.
Like the wolf I endure,

As by virtue of birth alone
A great warrior is not born.
Then the day of the Shaman,

A prophecy from the hidden worlds,
That I would rule the surface of the world
& my blood brother would ride against me.

High on the plateau he ambushed me,
Boiled my generals alive. I vowed then
To end vendetta & unite the tribes.

On the eve of the battle,
I ordered each of my men
To light five fires.

More than the stars in the sky,
My archers & cavalry were relentless,
My blood brother fled the heart of the battle.

His generals, as those of Cyrius,
Delivered him into my hands & I
As Alaxander dealt with them the same,

Only a King may slay a King.
He asked a noble death that spilt
No blood & I broke his back.

I Ghengis Khan,
Universal King & Ruler of men
Cross the Gobi Desert.

A handful of dust came to an empire
as vast as the sea, who thought
I could be bought & sold as they.

The greatest joy of man
Is to take your enemy's riches,
Ride his horses, have his women.

Days were my siege, I scaled all walls,
I plundered, burnt & raped,
I spawned every woman delivered me.

More than the sword, I wanted my people
to live in beautiful tents on rich pastures,
I wanted to leave them a word.

I sent ambassadors west for trading routes,
When the Persian King returned one of their heads
I invaded & inflicted the punishment of God.

I annihilated until the streets ran greasy with their fat.
I sought the elixir of immortal life for it was too short
to conquer the world, which I left for my sons to do.

I am Genghis Khan the greatest conqueror the world
has ever known. The secret of my success as my fall,
only my death, my tomb concealed evermore.

Gift of Tongues