He well could see them riding slow; then pricked he in his wrath.
The raging sire, the kinsmen of Zayda's hateful house,
Fought well that day, yet in the fray the Zegri won his spouse.
THE BRIDAL OF ANDALLA
[The following ballad has been often imitated by modern poets, both in Spain and in Germany:
"
Pon te a las rejas azules, dexa la manga que labras,
Melancholica Xarifa, veras al galan Andalla." etc
.]
"Rise up, rise up, Xarifa, lay the golden cushion down;