And the horn called for war
The Franks strike on their hearts are good and stout
Moors are slain a thousandfold in crowds
Left of five score are not two thousand now
No man on earth has more nor better found
In chronicles of
Franks is written down
What vassalage he had our
Emperor
Charlemagne
And the horns called for war
Marvelous in the battle now and grand
The Franks here strike their good brown spears in hand
Then had you seen sorrowing of clans
So many a slain shattered and bleeding man
Biting the earth or piled here on their backs
The Saracens cannot withstand the attack
And the horns called for war
And the horns called for war
No house stood there but straight
Its walls must crack
In full mid-day
The darkness was so grand
And no light was in the land
And many said
We in the judgement stand
The end of time is presently at hand
They spoke no truth they did not understand 't was the great day of mourning for
Roliant And the horns called for war
And the horns called for war
Marvelous in the battle now and grand
The Franks here strike their good brown spears in hand
Then had you seen sorrowing of clans
So many a slain shattered and bleeding man
Biting the earth or piled here on their backs
The Saracens cannot withstand the attack
And the horns called for war