12. Si no se respetan leyes, Ay de mi, Alhama! 13. Fuego por los ojos vierte, De leyes tambien hablava. 14. Sabe un Rey que no ay leyes De darle a Reyes disgusto.Esso dize el Rey Moro Relinchando de colera. Ay de mi, Alhama! 15. Moro Alfaqui, Moro Alfaqui, El de la vellida barba, El Rey te manda prender, Por la perdida de Alhama. Ay de mi, Alhama! 12. "He who holds no laws in awe, Wo is me, Alhama! 13. Fire flashed from out the old Moor's eyes, Wo is me, Alhama! 14. "There is no law to say such things "As may disgust the ear of kings :"Thus, sporting with his choler, said The Moorish King, and doomed him dead. Wo is me, Alhama! 15. Moor Alfaqui! Moor Alfaqui! Though thy beard so hoary be, The king hath sent to have thee seized, For Alhama's loss displeased. Wo is me, Alhama! 16. Y cortarte la cabeza, Y otros tiemblen en miralla. 17. Cavalleros, hombres buenos, Ay de mi, Alhama! 18. De averse Alhama perdido Ay de mi, Alhama! 19. Perdieran hijos padres, Ay de mi, Alhama ! 16. And to fix thy head upon High Alhambra's loftiest stone; That this for thee should be the law, 17. "Cavalier! and man of worth! "Let these words of mine go forth; "Let the Moorish Monarch know, "That to him I nothing owe: Wo is me, Alhama! 18. "But on my soul Alhama weighs, 19. "Sires have lost their children, wives "Their lords, and valiant men their lives; "One what best his love might claim "Hath lost, another wealth, or fame. Wo is me, Alhama! |