فَرآهُ أُوذِسُ قالَ يا ذُومِيذُ ذا

فَرآهُ أُوذِسُ قالَ يا ذُومِيذُ ذا

عَينٌ مِنَ الأَعداءِ جاءَ مُحَجَّبا

عَينٌ مِنَ الأَعداءِ جاءَ مُحَجَّبا

Then Odysseus saw him and said: “Diomedes, this

Odysseus saw him and said, "O Eurymachus, who

is a spy from the enemy, coming cloaked.

Is this enemy with veiled eyes come as a spy

أَتُرى أَتى كي يَرقُبَ الأُسطُولَ أَو

أَتُرى أَتى كي يَرقُبَ الأُسطُولَ أَو

مِن عُدَّةِ القَتلَى يَغُلَّ ويَسلُبا

مِن عُدَّةِ القَتلَى يَغُلَّ ويَسلُبا

Do you think he came to watch the fleet, or

To watch the fleet, or left behind to plunder

to pilfer and plunder the slain men's gear?

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

دَعهُ إِذاً حَتَّى يَمُرَّ أَمامنا

دَعهُ إِذاً حَتَّى يَمُرَّ أَمامنا

فَعَلَيهِ نَقبِضُ حَيثُ يُحرَجُ مَذهَبا

فَعَلَيهِ نَقبِضُ حَيثُ يُحرَجُ مَذهَبا

Let him be, then, until he passes before us;

So we can seize him where his way is narrow.

then we shall seize him where he is hard-pressed to escape.

But if he gets by unseen, follow with a spear

لكِن إِذا ما اجتازَنا عَدواً وَلَم

لكِن إِذا ما اجتازَنا عَدواً وَلَم

نُدرِكهُ بالرُّمحِ اقتَفَيهِ مُصَوِّبا

نُدرِكهُ بالرُّمحِ اقتَفَيهِ مُصَوِّبا

But if he runs past us and we do not

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

reach him with the spear, pursue him, taking aim.

Driving him back, though he struggle to escape.

وَاقطَع سَبِيلَ قُفُولهِ لرِجالهِ

وَاقطَع سَبِيلَ قُفُولهِ لرِجالهِ

وإِلى السَّفائِنِ رُدَّهُ مُتَعَقِّبا

وإِلى السَّفائِنِ رُدَّهُ مُتَعَقِّبا

And cut off his way back to his men,

and drive him toward the ships, pursuing him.”