Hakan ya faru ne a watan Oktoba 1066. A ranar 14, a kusancin Hastings, wani mawaki Norman mai suna Taillefer ya fara rera baitoci daga Waƙar Roldán don ba da ƙarfin gwiwa ga sojoji a ƙasar waje. Don haka ya fara yakin hakan zai juya Guillermo dan iska, Duke na Normandy, a cikin William I Mai Nasara, Sarkin Ingila.
Shekaru daga baya, wani daga cikin wadanda suka halarci yakin, Turoldus de Fecamp, sannan Abbot na Malmesbury, zai sake yin aiki a rubuce daya daga cikin nau'ikan baka na waƙar, wanda ya haifar da abin da muka sani a yau kamar Waƙar Roldán, mafi mahimmancin kayan haɗin tarihin zamanin Faransa.
Labarin da mai waƙa ya bayar sananne ne. A ƙarshen karni na XNUMX, Charlemagne ya haye Pyrenees tare da manyan mayaƙan masarautar don kewaye da garin Musulmi na Zaragoza. A lokacin dawowar, Roldán da Oliveros, waɗanda ke kula da rufe bayan, an yi musu kwanto a cikin hanyar Roncesvalles. Roldán ya ƙi yin ƙaho wanda zai kawo taimakon sauran sojojin Faransa, ya fi son faɗawa faɗa maimakon ya yarda da wannan abin kunya. Shi da Oliveros sun yi gwagwarmaya jarumtaka har sai an hallaka su. A ƙarshen waƙar, Charlemagne mai baƙin ciki da gajiya ta yi juyayin mutuwar saurayin Roldán.
Masana sun yi fa'ida game da ainihin tsarin abin da ya ƙunsa, da ilimin halin ɗabi'unsa, da kuma kamanceceniya mai kama da juna tsakanin hadayar Roldán da sha'awar Yesu Kiristi. Koyaya, karanta daga hangen nesa na yanzu, ba za mu iya taimakawa ba sai dai ganin girman kai da girman kai na Roldán. Labarin Roncesvalles a gare mu labari ne na gafalar da za a iya guje wa, wanda aka sa a cikin yaƙin addini mara amfani. Babu abin da za a yi da Cid Campeador.
Lokacin raira waƙa yana motsa mu da gaske, yana tare da martanin Charlemagus game da mutuwar Roldán. Yana da ƙarfi sosai kuma ban da motsi yana da enigmatic. A tsakiyar zamanai, wata al'ada za ta bazu nan ba da daɗewa ba wanda Roldan ɗan sirri ne na Charlemagne: Ciwon Charlemagne na iya zama zafin uba ne kawai kafin ɗansa da ya mutu; wanda ke ba labarin cikakkiyar ma'ana.
Amma bari mu koma cikin Filin Hastings, ba zan rasa damar yin magana game da sarki ba Harold. Don sarki ya sami sarauta wani ya ɓace. A yakin Hastings, an kashe Harold ɗan Jodwin, sarkin Saxon na Ingila. William zai shiga tarihi, Harold zai zama turbaya.
Sarki Harold mutum ne mai ƙarfin zuciya. Masanin Icelandic din Snorri sturluson gabatar da shi a cikin heimskringlasaga a cikin yanayi dan kadan kafin Hastings. Borges ya sake maimaita rubutu kuma ya bamu asalinsa Littattafan Jamusanci na Zamani.
Brotheran'uwan Harold Tostig ya yi kawance da Sarkin Norway, Harald Hardrada, don samun iko. Su duka biyun sun sauka tare da sojoji a gabar gabashin Ingila kuma suka ci Castle Castle. Kudancin masarautar, sojojin Saxon sun haɗu da su:
'Doki mahaya ashirin sun shiga sahun maharan; da dawakai, da dawakai, an sa su da ƙarfe. daya daga cikin mahayan ya yi ihu:
"Shin Countidaya Tostig anan?"
"Ba na musun kasancewa a nan," in ji kirgen.
"Idan da gaske ne Tostig," in ji mahayan, "Na zo ne in gaya muku cewa ɗan'uwanku ya ba ku gafararsa da sulusin mulkin."
"Idan na karba," in ji Tostig, "me sarki zai ba Harald Hardrada?"
"Bai manta da shi ba," mahayin ya amsa, "zai ba ka ƙafa shida na duniyar Turanci kuma, tunda yana da tsayi, ɗayan.
"To," in ji Tostig, "gaya wa sarkinku cewa za mu yi yaƙi har zuwa mutuwa."
Mahayin ya tafi. Harald Hardrada ya yi tambaya cikin tunani:
-Wane ne wancan mutumin kirki wanda yayi magana da kyau?
Kidayar ta amsa:
-Harold, Sarkin Ingila. "
Harald Hardrada da Tostig ba za su ga faduwar rana ba. Sojojinsa sun ci nasara kuma dukansu sun mutu cikin yaƙi. Amma Harold zai yi wuya ya sami lokacin yin makokin ɗan'uwansa. Ba da daɗewa ba labari ya iso cewa Norman sun sauka kudu kuma dole ne su tafi Hastings, inda zai cika makomarsa ta hanyar mutuwa a hannun maharin.
Labarin yana da labarin soyayya wanda Snorri bai sani ba, amma Borges ya sani, saboda ya karanta shi a cikin Balada de Hein: Wata mace ce da ta ƙaunaci sarki, Edith Gooseneck, wacce ta gano gawar sa.