Then one knight stepped back and took up a bow and shot a steel-tipped arrow into Gawain's arm so that he could not defend himself, and the brothers would have fallen soon, but four ladies came into the hall and pleaded for their lives.
Orduan zaldunetariko batek atzera jo, uztai bat hartu eta altzairuzko muturra zuen gezi bat jaurtiki zion Gawaini besora, bere burua defenda ezin zezan, eta bi anaiak luze gabe bentzutuko zituzketen, baldin eta lau dama ez balira saloira itsumustuan saitu haien bizien alde oihu eginez.