The Count Rollánd was ever great in war;

Most valiant is Gualtier de l'Hum; Turpin

The Archbishop, of a valor proved: each leaves

The other naught to do, and 'mid the throng

Strikes Pagans down, who though one thousand foot

And forty thousand horsemen mustering, yet

Dare not approach, forsooth; but from afar

Against them hurl their jav'lins, spears and darts,

Their lances and winged arrows. First of all

Is slain Gualtier; Turpin de Reins' good shield

Is pierced, his helmet broken, and his head

Wounded, his hauberk shattered and dislinked;

Four spears have pierced his body; his good steed

Dies under him. Alas! the Archbishop falls.

Aoi.