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Sultan—ncun nistenniecom u hemm l'imseicna tcun taf min jena...
Il guerrier allura b'uicċ ta uiehed mnicchet hareg mil camra u dauc id-dami kaghdu iduru b'Elsa u jaghmlula li ghanda bzonn.
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L'aghda fil ghodu Anversa chienet xeuuiexa uahda.
Suldati imarciau, dakk ta trombi, giri ta nies, ghajjat, hsejjes ta carrijet — chienu seirin it- truppi collha biex jokghodu schierati kuddiem is-Sultan halli dana jippresentalhom id-Duca il ġdid ta Brabante u jerhihom f'ideih.
Culhatt ferhan u dahcani jistenna li jasal is- Sultan.
Xi saghtein uara tluh ix-xemx reġghou bdeu idokku it-trombi—chien sinial li uasal is-Sultan.
—Evviva Enrico I !
—Evviva is-Sultan ! bdeu ighaitu dauc il hlejjak ta nies ecc chif ir-Re mar kaghad bil keghda taht il balluta fuk ix-xtaita tax-xmara Schelda.
Enrico allura kam bil uiekfa—u kal : “ Brabantini mahbubin tighi. Ma nistax nfis srilcom il ferh li ghandi f'kalbi xhin naracom hecc ilcoll miġbura ma duar it-tron tighi, fer hanin u dejjem ubbidienti ghas-seiha tighi.
