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Uakt li Elsa chienet titlob, il Cavalieri lemhu fil boghod gei fuk uiċċ ix-xmara ciniu abiad— cull ma imur jokrob leighom.
—Ara hemm!...
—Ara x'gei!...
—Dan x'icun!...
—Elsa ghanda ragiun!... bdeu ighaitu dauc il Cavalieri.
Dac ic-ciniu chien kighed jirmonca freiga- tina—u gio din chien hemm, uiekaf, giuvni guer- rier—sabieh, liebes bi huejjeg tant ghanjin li chienu jghammxu ghainein dauc li chienu iharsu.
—Uasal! uasal! bdeu ighaitu dauc — uasal dac li ghandu isalva lill'Elsa—Oh! xi ġmiel ta guerrier—arau kighed izomm ic-ciniu b'catina tad-deheb!...
Ghal dac il ghajjat is-Sultan kam u baka bhal scantat ihares lein dac il ġmiel ta guerrier gei rmuncat fi freigatina minn dac ic-ciniu.
Federicu u Ortruda bdeu jirtoghdu, bezghou, Ortruda chella il meut fuka.
Elsa chienet ghada gharcubteigha u dac il guerrier nizel l'art fost il ghajjat ta'l poplu, u ic-ciniu ragia lura baka seijer mnein telak.
Il guerrier allura resak lein is-Sultan, gha- mel riverenza u kallu:
