A cry is heard
From the Basque mountain’s midst.
Etcheco Jauna,[13] at his door erect,
Listens, and cries, “What want they? Who goes there?”
At his lord’s feet the dog that sleeping lay
Starts up, his bark fills Altabiscar[14] round.
2.
Through Ibañeta’s[14] pass the noise resounds,
Striking the rocks on right and left it comes;
’Tis the dull murmur of a host from far,