At this hole the two demi-damsels posted themselves, and observed Don Quixote on his horse, leaning on his pike and from time to time sending forth such deep and doleful sighs, that he seemed to pluck up his soul by the roots with each of them; and they could hear him, too, saying in a soft, tender, loving tone,
A este agujero se pusieron las dos semidoncellas, y vieron que don Quijote estaba a caballo, recostado sobre su lanzón, dando de cuando en cuando tan dolientes y profundos suspiros que parecía, que con cada uno se le arrancaba el alma. Y asimesmo oyeron que decía con voz blanda, regalada y amorosa: