Christian knights and heathen, in one vast host came they,
And they saw their Queen, and forward they swept in a stately array.
Warriors many of Russia and many of Greece were there;
On flew they, Poles and Wallachs, swiftly as birds of the air;
Horsemen on goodly horses, kings of the saddle they rode;
Each after his own land’s fashion their knightly prowess they showed.
From the land of Kiev came riding thitherward many a thane:
On came the wild Petschnegers; the great bow did they strain
Against the fowl of the heaven as flickered their wings in the blue.
Up to the head the arrow with marvellous might they drew.