Inside the fort of Fehérvár1Hamza Bey2is grieving
The famous champion of the Turks
A raid is coming from the south, it decimates their army
They are hassling them in every possible way
Head to Palota3my good spy!
Make your trip quickly and efficiently!
Don't allow anyone to see you, not from the ground nor from the sky!
Bring my poison to the infidel4György Thury5
Hark, my good lord, what that wretched heathen6
Is plotting against you in secret!
With me he has sent you sleeping powder and he's coming with an army
To defeat you via nefarious trickery
Don't you worry for a second my loyal and brave servant!
That despicable Hamza Bey will be very sorry
Let the Turks come, you just head back and report
That you have poisoned everyone here
Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!
Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!
Today we won't allow a single plundering heathen to go home alive!
Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!
Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!
The battle between us will be decided with swords, not poison!
Believe me, this country is not yours by right nor is it yours by heritage
You can't live in peace here, eternal enmity awaits you
People will rebel and they'll rise against you, even from the grave
You can't gain anything via conquering, you'll have to perish here7
They refuse to descend into the moat of the silent fort
The heathen army stops and they just wait about8
They sneak cowardly home, just how they came
They are so afraid of the captain of Palota
Hamza Bey is having a fit in his fort in Fehérvár
Reading a message from the good György Thury
"I've heard that you've been here, but you see, I drank so much
That even after three days is didn't feel very well."
Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!
Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!
Today we won't allow a single plundering heathen to go home alive!
Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!
Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!
The battle between us will be decided with swords, not poison!
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r2. A Turkic title for a chieftain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bey3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1rpalota4. The Turks considered Hungarians infidels (giaours) because they weren't Muslims.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giaour5. György Thury (1519-1571) was a Hungarian soldier and military leader from a noble family.
Throughout his life he defended multiple forts from the Ottoman army.
Some called him the Hungarian EL Cid. He was a formidable duelist.
https://www.mysteriumtours.com/captain-gyorgy-thury-the-famous-duelist
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thury_Gy%C3%B6rgy6. Hungarians considered Turks heathens because they weren't Christians.7. Hungary lived under Turkish rule for about a 150 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Hungary8. Wait about in the sense of "to stay in a place and do nothing while you wait for someone to arrive or something to happen."
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/wait-about-a...