- Eating happily they asked,
- Comendo alegremente perguntavam,
- For the Arabic language, where they came from,
- Pela Arábica língua, donde vinham,
- Who they were, what land they were looking for,
- Quem eram, de que terra, que buscavam,
- Or what parts of the sea had they?
- Ou que partes do mar corrido tinham?
- The strong Lusitanians
- Os fortes Lusitanos lhe tornavam
- The discreet answers, which were:
- As discretas respostas, que convinham:
- "The Portuguese are from the West,
- "Os Portugueses somos do Ocidente,
- We are looking for the lands of the East.
- Imos buscando as terras do Oriente.