أَسفاً خَلِيفَةَ تيذِيُوسَ أَراكَ مِن

دُونِ الفَوارِسِ جازعاً تَتَلَملَمُ

Alas Khalifa Tidius I see you without

The knights frustrated you mumble

هلاَّ اقتَفَيتَ أَباكَ في عَزمٍ بهِ

قد كانَ قَبلَ أُولي العَزَائِمِ يَعزِمُ

Why didn't you follow your father’s determination

He was before the determiners determine

لَم أَلقَهُ لَكِن رَوَيتُ لِمَن رأَى

عَنهُ فِعالاً بالفَخارِ تُعَظَّمُ

I did not meet him but I told those who saw

About his great deeds so highly spoken of

ولَقَد أَتى مِيكينِيا وفُلينِكٌ

ذُو البَأسِ ضَيفاً للجَحافِلِ يَنظِمُ

Mikinis and Philinkus came

The mighty guest organizing the regiments

لِحصارِ ثِيبَةَ يَجمَعُ الأَجنادَ في

حُلَفائهِ والجَيشُ ثَمَّ عَرَمرَمُ

To besiege Thebes gathering armies

With his allies and the troops then roared

رَغِبا بنَجدَتِهِم فَما بَخِلُوا بها

لَكِنَّ زَفسَ على الخِلافِ مُصَمِّمُ

Eager for their support so they did not stint

But Zafis insisting on the conflict remained steadfast

فأَراهُمُ لِلشُؤمِ منهُ إِشارَةً

وَلوى العَزِيمةَ عَن مَرامٍ أَبرَموا

So I see in it omens of misfortune

And the firm resolution turned from the goal they agreed

نَكَصا ولَمَّا بُلِغّا آسُوفِساً

والخَيزُرانُ بِضَفَتَّيَهِ مُخَيِّمُ

Retreating and when they reached Asufis

And the Khayzurans on both banks camped

فَبدا لَدى الإِغرِيقِ أَمرُ مُهِمّةٍ

فَبِتِيذِيُس خَيراً رَأوا وتَوَسَّمُوا

So there appeared before the Greeks an important matter

And they saw Tidius as the best option and hoped

بَعَثُوهُ سارَ فَجاءَ أَبنا قَدمُسٍ

في صَرحِ إِتيُكلٍ ومُدَّ المَطعَمُ

They sent him, he went and came to the sons of Kadmus

In the citadel of Attica and the food was extended

ماراعَهُ أَن كانَ مُنفَرِداً لَدى

قَومِ العِدى وبَدا بِبأسٍ يُفحِمُ

It scared him that he was alone with

The enemy people yet he showed formidable prowess

باراهُمُ واحتازُ أَعظَمَ نُصرَةٍ

ولَهُ بآثِينا النَّصِيرُ الأَعظَمُ

They saw him gain the greatest victory

And Athens was his greatest ally

فَتَحَدَّمُوا غَيظاً عَلَيهِ وأَكمَنُوا

خَمسينَ أَخمَسَ بالحَدِيدِ استَلأموا

So they snarled angrily at him and ambushed

Fifty armed to the teeth

وبِرَأسِهِم ذُو العَزمِ لِيفوفُنطسٌ

ومِيُونُ ذُو الطَّولِ الشَّدِيدِ الأَيهَمُ

Led by Lufuntis the determined

And Mion very tall and grim

أَفناهُمُ عَن بَكرَةِ الأَبآءِ لا

ناجٍ نَجا الأَمِيُونٌ مِنهُم

He finished them off early in the morning no

Survivor survived except the helpless among them

أَبقاهُ إِذعاناً لأَربابِ العُلى

فلذَاكَ تِيذِيُسٌ وهَذا الإِبنُمُ

He spared him in obedience to the lords on high

That’s why Tidius and this son

ما كانَ مِثلَ أَبِيهِ إِبَّانَ الوَغى

وأَبُوهُ لَم يَكُ مَثلَهُ يَتَعَظَّمُ

He was not like his father during turmoil

And his father was never like him ever grand