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1. Over sea, hither from Niphon, / Courteous, the Princes of Asia, swart-cheeked princes, / First-comers, guests, two-sworded princes, / Lesson-giving princes, leaning back in their open barouches, bare-headed, / impassive, / This day they ride through Manhattan.
2. Libertad! / I do not know whether others behold what I behold, / In the procession, along with the Princes of Asia, the errand-bearers, / Bringing up the rear, hovering above, around, or in the ranks marching; / But I will sing you a song of what I behold, Libertad.