فَرآهُ أُوذِسُ قالَ يا ذُومِيذُ ذا

عَينٌ مِنَ الأَعداءِ جاءَ مُحَجَّبا

Odysseus saw him and said, "O Eurymachus, who

Is this enemy with veiled eyes come as a spy

أَتُرى أَتى كي يَرقُبَ الأُسطُولَ أَو

مِن عُدَّةِ القَتلَى يَغُلَّ ويَسلُبا

To watch the fleet, or left behind to plunder

The dead?" Let him alone to pass in front of us

دَعهُ إِذاً حَتَّى يَمُرَّ أَمامنا

فَعَلَيهِ نَقبِضُ حَيثُ يُحرَجُ مَذهَبا

So we can seize him where his way is narrow.

But if he gets by unseen, follow with a spear

لكِن إِذا ما اجتازَنا عَدواً وَلَم

نُدرِكهُ بالرُّمحِ اقتَفَيهِ مُصَوِّبا

And cut him off from reaching his men at their ships,

Driving him back, though he struggle to escape.

وَاقطَع سَبِيلَ قُفُولهِ لرِجالهِ

وإِلى السَّفائِنِ رُدَّهُ مُتَعَقِّبا