Crusader  Chris De Burgh

What do I do next? said the bishop to the priest
I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast
And now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost
The king of heathen Saracen has seized the holy cross

Then the priest said,
Oh my bishop, we must put them to the sword
For God in all his mercy will find a just reward
For the noblemen and sinners, and knights of ready hand
Who will be the lord's crusader, send word throughout all the land

Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost

Tell me what to do, said the king upon his throne
But speak to me in whispers for we are not alone
They tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand
 of some bedeviled eastern heathen who has seized the holy land

Then the chamberlain said,
Lord, we must call upon our foes
In Spain and France and Germany to end our bitter wars
All Christian men must be as one and gather for the fight
You will be their leader, begin the battle cry

Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost...

Ooh, high on a hill, in the town of Jerusalem
There stood Saladin, the king of the Saracens
Whoring and drinking and snoring and sinking around him his army lay
Secure in the knowledge that they had won the day

A messenger came, blood on his feet and a wound in his chest
The Christians are coming! he said,
I have seen their cross in the west
In a rage Saladin struck him down with his knife
And he said,
I know that this man lies
They quarrel too much, the Christians could never unite

I am invincible, I am the king
I am invincible, and I will win...

Close they came, the army of Richard the Lionheart
Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every part
And when the crusaders came over the mountain and they saw Jerusalem
They fell to their knees and prayed for her release

They started the battle at dawn, taking the city by storm
With horsemen and bowmen and engines of war
They broke through the city walls
The heathens were flying and screaming and dying
And the Christian swords were strong
And Saladin ran when he heard their victory song

We are invincible, God is the king
We are invincible, and we will win!

What do I do now? said the Wiseman to the fool
I have spent my whole life searching, to find the golden rule
Though centuries have disappeared
The memory still remains of those enemies together
Could it be that way again?

Then the fool said,
Oh you wise men, you really make me laugh
With your talk of vast persuasion and searching through the past
There is only greed and evil in the men that fight today
The song of the crusader has long since gone away

Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost........
Jerusalem
十字軍  克里斯迪伯夫

「接下來我該做什麼?」主教問教士說
「我已經等待了一輩子,為饗宴做好準備。
 如今你說耶路撒冷已被攻佔淪陷,
 撒拉森人這些異教徒的國王奪取了神聖的十字架!」

教士說:
「哦,我的主教,我們必須將敵人投向我們的劍,
 在上帝的悲憫中找到公平正義的報償。
 貴族、罪人和枕戈待旦的武士,
 已將箴言傳遍所有領土,他們均將是主的十字軍。」

耶路撒冷淪陷了
耶路撒冷淪陷了
耶路撒冷淪陷了

「告訴我該怎麼做?」寶座上的國王說
儘管四下並非無人,卻輕聲對我耳語說:
「他們告訴我耶路撒冷已淪陷在
 那些強取了聖地、毫無信仰的東方異教徒手裡。」

接著御前大人說:
「主上,我們必須昭告仇敵,
 在西班牙、法國和德國結束這場痛苦的戰爭,
 所有基督徒將為這場戰鬥團結一致,
 您就是他們的領袖,開始宣戰吧!」

耶路撒冷淪陷了
耶路撒冷淪陷了
耶路撒冷淪陷了

噢!高據在山丘上,在耶路撒冷城裡
那兒站立著薩拉丁-撒拉森人的國王
他的軍隊在他的四週嫖妓、喝酒、酣睡、醉臥
對於他們打勝仗的戰果十分放心

信使回來了,他的腳上流著血,胸口有傷
「基督徒打來了!」他說:
「我看到他們的十字架出現在西方。」
盛怒之下,薩拉丁用刀殺死了信使
並且說:
「我知道這個人在撒謊,
 他們爭吵不合已久,基督徒永遠不可能團結。」

我戰無不勝,我就是王
我所向無敵,一定獲勝

獅心理查的軍隊逐步進逼
來自四面八方的士兵日夜不停的前進
當十字軍翻山越嶺而來,看見了耶路撒冷
他們曲膝下跪,為她的解放而祈禱

他們於黎明時分開戰,風捲雲殘般佔領了城市
騎兵和弓箭手和投石機
他們擊破了城牆
異教徒們被震飛、尖叫而死去
基督徒的利劍強而有力
薩拉丁一聽見他們勝利的歌聲就逃跑了

我們戰無不勝,上帝就是王
我們所向無敵,一定獲勝

「我現在該做什麼?」智者對愚人說
「我已用盡一生在追尋,想找到金科玉律,
 雖然已然消失幾百年,
 但記憶依然和那些敵人一起存在,
 它還是沒變嗎?」

於是愚人說:
「哦,智者啊!您真的害我大笑不已。
 以您的巨大信仰搜尋過往歷史,
 如今人們僅和內心的貪婪和惡念奮戰,
 在十字軍的軍歌消逝許久之後。」

耶路撒冷淪陷了
耶路撒冷淪陷了
耶路撒冷淪陷了
耶路撒冷

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在早期的羅馬帝國時代,撒拉森只用以指稱西奈半島上的阿拉伯遊牧民族。後來的東羅馬帝國則將這個名字,套用在所有阿拉伯民族上。伊斯蘭教興起於西亞,特別在十一世紀末期的十字軍東征後,以基督教信仰為主的歐洲人。「撒拉森」指居住在北非且以海盜為業的穆斯林

薩拉丁·優素福·伊本·埃宥比(阿拉伯語:صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب‎ / ALA-LC:Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb;庫德語سەلاحەدینی ئەییووبی‎ / ALC-LC:Selahedînê Eyûbî;1137 年或 1138年-1193年),通稱薩拉丁 (Saladin),埃及埃宥比王朝的第一位蘇丹敘利亞的第一位蘇丹,1174 年-1193 年在位。埃宥比王朝是得名自他父親 Najm ad-Din Ayyub。

薩拉丁是埃及歷史民族英雄,因為他在阿拉伯人對抗十字軍東征的過程中,表現出卓越的領袖作為、騎士風度、軍事才能,聞名於基督徒穆斯林世界。他為人慷慨,從不吝惜錢財,死後的財產只有幾個第納爾,還不夠支付葬禮費用。

他是庫德族穆斯林,也是首位成為埃及敘利亞蘇丹的庫德族人,埃宥比王朝的建立者,在黎凡特之役中,領導穆斯林及阿拉伯人對抗來自法國歐洲的十字軍。在權力最鼎盛時期,其蘇丹國包括了埃及敘利亞美索不達米亞庫德斯坦希賈茲葉門

哈丁戰役中,薩拉丁所領導的軍隊收復了自法蒂瑪王朝期間被十字軍佔領長達八十八年的巴勒斯坦。雖然耶路撒冷的十字軍王國仍持續了一段時期,但他們在哈丁之役中的戰敗,成了這場穆斯林與十字軍戰爭的轉捩點。也因此薩拉丁在庫德族阿拉伯及穆斯林文化中均享有盛名。薩拉丁是虔誠的遜尼派穆斯林,但其義行及高貴的行為在基督教經典中也可發見,尤其是在卡拉克攻防戰中的著墨甚多;雖說是十字軍的敵人,也贏得了不少對方的敬重,例如獅心王理查。薩拉丁雖是歐洲人最憎惡的人物,但也是體現古老騎士精神的最好範例。