Mansur’s Song of Eilidh

Sir Mansur ibn al-Shabi ibn Rafi
fallen in Spring Crown Tourney, A.S. XLII

Mansur’s Song of Eilidh

In Caid grows an oak of a queen;
I, Mansur, have beheld such a queen.

In silver script, I draw her splendor;
Virtues, her beauty, crown her my queen.

Of fair Eilidh, I sing her treasures-
A bard’s bright ruby fit for a queen.

As humble a Sir though I might be
I draw my sword to prove Eilidh queen.

In fine combat, I meet on the field
Fighters for another to be queen.

In fine combat, my joy of Eilidh
Rings the blades to ladies who’d be queen.

Though fervent in her golden regard,
At day’s end I fall, failed for my queen.

Gentle her heart and noble her soul,
She reigns all the same as fit a queen.

I, Mansur, have voiced and Alais inked
These my words of one I would make queen.

— Lady Alais de Saint Germain en Laye

...is the spouse of Reinhardt Medebreuer. She may often be heard but seldom seen.

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