God!
We chased them with a shoe like rats!
Doddering gray beards with a gesture
Put to flight battalions, and children whose voices broke,
Catching him by the bridle, led away the horse and his rider.
This I saw.
I saw the captured flags brought in like fagots!
I remember soldiers, black-bearded, or with chins
Bristling with white hairs,
Who in the evening, while the soup was cooking,