4. When the Alhambra walls he gain'd, That the trumpet straight should sound Woe is me, Alhama! 5. And when the hollow drums of war Beat the loud alarm afar, That the Moors of town and plain Might answer to the martial strain, Woe is me, Alhama! 6. Then the Moors by this aware That bloody Mars recall'd them there, One by one, and two by two, To a mighty squadron grew. Woe is me, Alhama! 7. Out then spake an aged Moor Woe is me, Alhama! 8. Aveys de saber, amigos, 9. Alli hablò un viejo Alfaqui, 10. Mataste los Bencerrages, Que era la flor de Granada; Cogiste los tornadizos De Cordova la nombrada. Ay de mi, Alhama! 11. Por esso mereces, Rey Una pene bien doblada; Que te pierdas tu y el reyno, Y que se pierda Granada. Ay de mi, Alhama ! 8. "Friends! ye have, alas! to know "Of a most disastrous blow, "That the Christians, stern and bold, "Have obtain'd Alhama's hold." Woe is me, Alhama! 9. Out then spake old Alfaqui, With his beard so white to see, "Good King! thou art justly served, "Good King! this thou hast deserved. Woe is me, Alhama! 10. "By thee were slain, in evil hour, "The Abencerrage, Granada's flower; "And strangers were received by thee "Of Cordova the Chivalry. Woe is me, Alhama! 11. "And for this, oh King! is sent "On thee a double chastisement, "Thee and thine, thy crown and realm, "One last wreck shall overwhelm. Woe is me, Alhama! 12. Si no se respetan leyes, Ay de mi. Alhama! 13. Fuego por los ojos vierte, De leyes tambien hablava. Ay de mi, Alhama! 14. Sabe un Rey que no ay leyes Relinchando de colera Ay de mi, Alhama! 15. Moro Alfaqui, Moro Alfaqui, 12. "He who holds no laws in awe, "And thyself with her undone." Woe is me, Alhama! 13. Fire flash'd from out the old Moor's eyes, The Monarch's wrath began to rise, Woe is me, Alhama! 14. "There is no law to say such things "As may disgust the ear of kings:"Thus, snorting with his choler, said The Moorish King, and doom'd him dead. Woe 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, VOL. III. Woe is me, Alhama! Y |