King Arthur watched in apprehension while the young knights, who should have filled the fighting ranks, dissipated their strength in the mires of complaint, confusion, and self-pity, condemning the old time without having created a new one.
Arthur erregeak kezkaturik ikusten zuen zaldun gazteen jarrera: borrokarako prest lerraturik egon beharko zuketenek kexa, nahasketa eta norberarekiko gupidaren lokatzetan ahitzen zituzten indarrak, garai zaharrak gaitzetsiz, ezer berririk sortu gabe.