“Let the blast of fame, world-filling,
Say, the Arab chief o’erthrown
Would be brother to his victors,
Vassal of a stranger’s crown.”
Well the Spaniard prizes valour.
So the great Almanzor knowing,
They embraced him, circled round him,
As their true companion showing.
Each one then Almanzor greeted,
And their captain close embraced: