Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the Berbers, Stories of the Kabyles, Folk-Lore, and National Traditions

by Unknown

When, from sweet Genil's side,

Thou passest to the stormy waves

Of Tagus' rushing tide;

Abencerrajes are not there,

And from thy balcony

Thou shalt not hear the horsemen

With loud hoof rushing by.

Thoughts of lost days shall haunt thee then

And lay thy spirit waste,

When thy past glories thou shalt see