No man, the soldiers said, could have fought as he fought or, at the end of a day of such toil and bloodshed, could have slain Twala, who, in addition to being the king, was supposed to be the strongest warrior in the country, in single combat, shearing through his bull-neck at a stroke.
Inongo gizonek, zioten soldaduek, ezin zuen borrokan egin bera aritu zen bezala, edo, egunaren amaieran horrenbeste neke eta odolgaltzeren ondoren, borrokaldi bakar batean Twala hil, erregea izateaz gainera ustez lurraldeko gerlari indartsuena bait zen, eta haren zezen-lepoa aizkorakada bakar batez moztu.