1. Alas Khalifa Tidius I see you without
The knights frustrated you mumble

2. Why didn't you follow your father’s determination
He was before the determiners determine

3. I did not meet him but I told those who saw
About his great deeds so highly spoken of

4. Mikinis and Philinkus came
The mighty guest organizing the regiments

5. To besiege Thebes gathering armies
With his allies and the troops then roared

6. Eager for their support so they did not stint
But Zafis insisting on the conflict remained steadfast

7. So I see in it omens of misfortune
And the firm resolution turned from the goal they agreed

8. Retreating and when they reached Asufis
And the Khayzurans on both banks camped

9. So there appeared before the Greeks an important matter
And they saw Tidius as the best option and hoped

10. They sent him, he went and came to the sons of Kadmus
In the citadel of Attica and the food was extended

11. It scared him that he was alone with
The enemy people yet he showed formidable prowess

12. They saw him gain the greatest victory
And Athens was his greatest ally

13. So they snarled angrily at him and ambushed
Fifty armed to the teeth

14. Led by Lufuntis the determined
And Mion very tall and grim

15. He finished them off early in the morning no
Survivor survived except the helpless among them

16. He spared him in obedience to the lords on high
That’s why Tidius and this son

17. He was not like his father during turmoil
And his father was never like him ever grand