فأَشارَ ذولُونٌ لِعارِضِهِ يَمَ

سُّ بِكَفِّهِ مُتَشَفِّعاً يَتَضَرَّعُ

So Dhul-lūniṣ signaled to him who sought his aid,

Extending his palm, pleading most piteously,

لكِن ذِيُومِيذٌ على العُنُقِ انثَنى

بِحُسامِهِ العَضَلَينِ قَطعاً يَقطَعُ

But Dhiyyūmith round the neck bent down,

With his sinewy blade smote sheer through it clean.

فالرَّأسُ أَهوَى لِلحَضِيضِ مُصَدَّعاً

مُذ كانَ يَهتِفُ صارخاً يَتَصَدَّعُ

So fell the head to the dust, wounded sore

Since he had cried aloud, shouting disdainfully.

وكِلا ذِيُومِيذٍ وأُوذِسَ عامِدٌ

لِترِيكَةٍ والقَوسَ مِنهُ يَنزَعُ

And either Dhiyyūmith or Odissa kept up the flight

From the Trojans; his bow would he nowise relax.

وَكَذَاكَ جِلدَ الذِّئبِ والرُّمحَ الطَوِي

لَ وَكُلَّها أَوذِيسُ أَمسَكَ يَرفَعُ

And likewise did he the wolf's pelt and long spear wield;

Nay, them all did Odysseus hold and uplift.