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Fil pront tinstama iz-zarzar trumbetta—chien sinial li uasal ir-Re ma'l gharus, il Cavalieri u il mistednin.
Evviva is-Sultan ! u id-Duca ta Brabante ! bdeu ighaitu in-nies.
Elsa bhal berka marret xtehtet f'dirghain il gharus tahha.
—Xi gralec Elsa ? staksa dan.
Ortruda bdiet tinheba kalb in-nies, izda il guerrier ragha.
—Xi trid dic il mara ?
—Ah! nitolboc ehlisni minna, mara nfami, kalet tolfok Elsa.
—Ghaliex ? x'ghamlitlec ?...
—Kaltli biex ma nafdacx.
—Mur, thighed minn haun, mara nfami, ghaj- jat il guerrier.
Ortruda ma chelliex il hila titniffes.
—Imxi, imxi, Elsa l'altar ke'd jistenniena—II guerrier dauuar uicciu u jilmah lil Telramondo kighed jitchellem mas-Sultan.
—Ismaghni nitolboc, Maestà, beda igheidlu.
—Ghal meut l'infami, bdeu ighaitu in-nies.
—Le, Maestà cun af li jena iccumbatteit ma guerrier sahhar... ghajjat Telramondo — irrid giustizia, staksuh min hu, gheidlu igheid mnein gei.
