Szent László 1. Rész [English translation]

Louis the Great1commands thusly

Go my servant, Endre Laczfi!

Give the orders immediately

Put a hefty scimitar in your belt

The Tatars2are a great threat

For Moldavia3, our border defense

Against the Tatars take the Székelys4

With ten thousand Székely lófős5you'll advance

Thus Endre Laczfi leaves from Buda

And starts his journey for Nagy-Várad

Though the millet fields of Kunság

His good cohorts are going across

On the gravely streets of Várad

Clacks the steel toes of their horses

The glint of weapons shines so far

Their steps are booming in the distance

Ladislaus hears it in the temple

That's near the bank of the Körös6

The light returns into his eyes

He's starting to draw breath

The stone cover of his coffin

Almost three centuries are weighing it down

It's time to air out a bit

This narrow house

He fastens his sword on his belt

And grips his battle-axe

The one he used in the east long ago

To hurt the pagans to the max

He adjusts his crown

That was tilted on his head

- Maybe around midnight

- The iron doors he spreads

And he steps out onto the square

And he's heading to the right

Where stands tall in the dark

His cast metal statue on a horse

The steed can feel him coming

It neighs in frenzy, greets him loud

Bucks the huge iron horse

Hurling the iron rider to the ground

It's bridle is foaming with combat zeal

It paws, whinnies and blows flames

Ladislaus rattles into the saddle

And gives a sharp jolt with his spurs

From the tall pedestal

They jump far from the stone leg7

Through mountains and valleys carries

The horse the long departed

The calvary is but a jump away

And nine to get to Király-hágó8

They hear the clacking of the hooves

The wild Székelys and the Csángó9

But the horse and it's rider

Can't be seen by living eyes

It's wonderful what miracles

God's will can devise

Laczfi fought the pagans

For three whole days

The Székelys' heart was fully in it

But their numbers didn't raise

While the Tatars - as many as chaff

Or like the sand in the plains

- They shriek and spray their arrows

Blocking the sun's rays

Now the Székelys barely hold on

The great flag could be taken from us

But a roar explodes:

"God, my Lord! It's Saint Ladislaus!

Just like lions, the Székelys attack

In a tough situation but not yet beat...

Now on the ridge, invisible

Clacks the toes of the metal steed

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_I_of_Hungary2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatars3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavia4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kelys5. "Lófő" (in Latin: primipilus) was a title among the Székely people.6. It's a river in Eastern Hungary.7. The pedestal.8. A mountain pass in current day Romania (Pasul Craiului in Romanian).9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csangos

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