King Louis summoned
All his barons and knights
King Louis asked
Who wants to follow me wherever I go
The most ardent have stood
Have sworn faith and fidelity
The more cautious have guessed
Where their king wanted to lead them
So spoke the Duke of Baume
I will fight for the Kingdom
The king tells him "It is not enough:
"We will defend Christendom"
Thus spoke the Lord of Estienne
"I will defend Christian land"
But I don't want to go away
Sowing death over the sea
"Ah, tell the King, Our Domain,
Stretches to the shore of Africa,
Until the Desert before,
This is our stronghold, and Blood price"
Then went King Louis
The Most Faithful followed him
Were gone far away
To conquer the fief Divine!
