[[8-14]] Se le murió su madre, 'her mother died.'
[[8-18]] había, 'there were.' Cf. the pres. ind. hay.
[[8-22]] oyó, etc. The English order would be: oyó [á] los pobres cautivos gemir. Usually, a dependent infinitive immediately follows oir, ver, mirar, hacer, etc.
[[8-23]] lleno su corazón=su corazón lleno.
9.—[[9-3]] ¡Señor padre! 'My lord and father!'
[[9-4]] Quítales, 'take from them': les is dative of separation.
[[9-6]] lloran the subjects (padres, etc.) follow.
[[9-14]] lloraba, etc., 'he had been mourning for a year.'
[[9-18]] Profeta=Mohammed.
[[9-23]] que, 'for.'