حَبَت فالاسُ ذاكَ اليَومَ عَزماً

وَبَأساً لاِبنِ تِيذِيُسٍ مَنِيعا

That day Pelasges resolved in firm will,

And fierce determination against the son of Tithoes impregnable,

لِيَعظُمَ في بَني الإِغرِيق شَأناً

وَيَبلُغَ فِيهِمِ الشَّرَفَ الرَّفِيعا

To exalt his fame among the Greeks,

And attain lofty honor among them,

وَفَوقَ صِفَاحِ مِغفَرِهِ أَفاضَت

وفَوقَ مِجَنِّهِ قَبَساً بَدِيعا

Above the rim of his all-covering shield overflowed

And above its cavity shone radiance pure,

فَشَبَّ بِرَأسِهِ وبِمَنكِبَيهِ

شَعَاعٌ فَاضَ مُندَفِقاً سَطِيعا

About his head and shoulders beamed

Effulgence pouring forth swift and compliant,

كَكَوكَبَةِ الخَرِيفِ قَدِ استَحَمَّت

بِلُجِّ البَحرِ وَامتَطَتِ الرَّقِيعا

As the autumn constellation when it bathes

In the sea's surge and spans the heavens,

وَألقَتهُ إِلى حَيثُ الأَعادي

تُكَثِّفُ مِن كَتَائِبِها الجُمُوعا

And toward the foe it hurls him

Where his masses of troops grow dense,

وكانَ بِزُمرَةِ الطُّروادِ شَيخٌ

وَفيرُ المالِ لَم يُدنَس صَنِيعا

And in the host of Trojans was an aged man

Wealthy, of unstained merit,

بَذَارِسَ عَرَّفُوهُ وكانَ إِلفاً

لِهيفِستٍ وكاهِنَهُ المُطيعا

Whom the Trojans recognized. He was known

To Hector and his compliant priest.

كذَا وَلَدَاهُ إِيذِيُسٌ وفِيغِس

ضُرُوبَ الحَربِ قد بَلَوا جَميعا

Also his sons, Aetion and Phegeus,

Had proved all the skills of war.

فَكَرَّا فَوقَ مَركَبَةٍ عَلَيهِ

وأَقدَمَ راجلاً يَطِسُ الرُّبُوعا

Over a chariot leaned they,

And strode ahead afoot spreading alarm,

وَبَادَرَ فِيغِسٌ لَمَّا تَدانَوا

إلى مِزرَاقِهِ طَعناً مَرُوعا

And first Phegeus charged, as they closed,

With a terrifying lunge at his craft.

فَعَن كَتفَيهِ مُنعَطِفاً يَمِيناً

مَضَى وَنَبا ولَم يُسِلِ النَّجِيعا

Swinging aside leftward from both shoulders

He passed and leapt and loosed no cry,

فَزَجَّ ذِيُومِذٌ بِشَحيذِ نَصلٍ

فَشَقَّ الصَّدرَ واخترًقَ الضُّلُوعا

When Dioxippus pierced him with keen blade

And cleft his chest and penetrated the ribs.

فَخرَّ إِلى الحَضيضِ وَخارَ عَزماً

أَخوهُ فَفرَّ مُنهزِماً هَلُوعا

He fell to the ground, strength gone,

While in panic his brother fled distraught.

فَغادَرَ مَتَنَ مَركَبِهِ وَلَولا

إِلاهُ النَّارِ أَدرَكَهُ صرِيعا

He left the deck of his craft, and had not

The fire god caught him, slain he would have been.

فهِيفِستٌ هُنا واراهُ حَتَّى

يُحَقِّفَ عَن حَشا الشَّيخِ الصُّدُوعا

He dove in search of the old man's corpse,

And Dioxippus shouted to his kin: “Now!

وصاحً ذِيُومِذٌ بِذَوِيهِ هَيُّو

إِلى السُّفُنِ الجِيادَ خُذُوا سَرِيعاً

To the ships, my heroes, swift, swift!”

So calamity came on Troy when

فَجَلَّ الخَطبُ بالطُّروَادِ لَمَّا

عَنَا بَطَلَيهِما جُهداً أُضِيعا

For both heroes effort was wasted.

There the other, back in defeat.

فَذا مُلقىً تخضَّبَ من دِماهُ

وَذَا لاوٍ بِخَيبَتَهِ رُجوعا