By Austrechild von Mondsee, called al-Jubatee

Dana Cushing (c) 2012

(Good gentles please note!  I'll be happy to teach you the tune - a minor Arabic scale, really -

just ask me at the next event!  A video performance will be posted on Youtube shortly. - Austrechild)

 

Walking in the western lands

Moonlight on the desert sands

Camels' harness jingling

Softly the saeeda sings

Of the purple mountainsides

Where the lightning flashes bright-

ly, where Juliana and Heinrich abide.

 

Fortress of a people strong

Adepts of the arrow-song

Warriors born fair and freee.

Underneath the mesquite-tree

Artisans of every kind.

Fortunate the travellers find-

ing the Mons Tonitrus, oasis divine.

 

Hastens now our caravan

Winding 'cross the sunset's land

Following the hummingbird

Where coyote's voice is heard

Where saguaros bloom by night -

Perfumed breezes and starlight

Weave a dark enchantment

On these barren heights.

 

Walking in the western lands

Moonlight on the desert sands

Camels' harness jingling

Softly the saeeda sings

Of the purple mountainsides

Where the lightning flashes bright-

ly, where Juliana and Heinrich preside...

Where sweetest Juliana and good Heinrich abide.