On this joyous throng through the lofty pines;

Lamps gleaming forth from every tree,

All was splendour and revelry;

Sweet perfumes were wafted by every breeze

From the flowering shrubs and the orange trees,

Mingling with sounds which were borne along

From the lover's lute and the minstrel's song;

Fair Ada's praise was the theme of all,

She was the queen of this festival.