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(The Christian knights surrounded by the Saracen enemy) |
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Turan is lost, no retreat |
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The heathens we'll meet |
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Not one drop to drink |
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The spring without reach |
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Now surrounded by foes |
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On this damn plateau |
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This camp is no longer safe |
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Running out of supplies |
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Arrows go down |
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Blinded by smoke we march |
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Still we go on |
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(Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem) |
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Losing faith, our knights defecting - it's our kings disgrace |
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(The knights) |
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This battle is over - we're beaten and lost |
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There is nowhere to go |
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Crusaders defeated - the Holy Land's lost |
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Christians down on the ground |
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(Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem) |
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Raymond's charges in vain |
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There's nothing to gain |
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Cut off from the rest |
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Men and horses were slain |
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Defections in droves |
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The only ones brave |
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The knights of the orders alone |
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(The fleeing knights) |
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Not more than 3000 men we are |
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Who are fleeing the fields of death |
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Escape from the heathen's grasp |
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Led by count Raymond and Balian |
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Attacked by the blazing sun |
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We are on our way home |
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(Raymond II of Tripoli) |
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Charging on Saladin |
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Again and again |
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But it's all over now |
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When the tent falls |
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(The knights) |
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This battle is over - we're beaten and lost |
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There is no way to go |
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Crusaders defeated - the Holy Land's lost |
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Christians down on the ground |
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Saracen Ascension - our kingdom is gone |
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We are down on our knees |
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We will rise again - we will return |
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Beat them once and for all |
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"Only a small number of Crusaders survived the battle at the Horns of Hattin. Those who didn't die or flee |
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From the battlefield were captured, among them former King Guy of Lusignan, Gerard of Ridefort, Raynald of |
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Chatillon and many others. |
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In the meantime, Richard I Lionheart, King of England, supported by the pope, was already preparing |
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Another crusade, swearing to regain the Holy Land for the sake of Christianity." |