1. قالَ هذَا وانقَضَّ يَطعَنُ ذِيقُو

    نَ بنَ فِرغاسَ بادِئاً بالهُجُومِ

    He said this and swooped to stab Deïcoon,

    son of Pergasus, opening the assault.

  2. تِربَ أَنياسَ كانَ وَهوَ لَدَيهِم

    كابنِ فِريامَ ذُو مقَامٍ قَدِيمِ

    He was Aeneas's peer, and among them

    held longstanding rank, like a son of Priam.

  3. لِلنَّجادِ السنِّانُ أُولِج يَفري ال

    تُّرسَ حَتَّى حشَا الفُؤَدِ الصَّمِيمِ

    The spearhead was thrust into his sword-belt, cleaving the

    shield, down to the heart's innermost core.

  4. فَالتَوَى تَحتَ طَعنةٍ وَكُلُومٍ

    وصَلِيلُ السِّلاحِ فَوقَ الكَلِيمِ

    He writhed beneath the thrust and wounds,

    and armor clanged over the wounded man.

  5. كَرَّنَحوَ الإِغرِيقِ يَطلُبُ ثَأراً

    آنِياسٌ كُرُورَ لَيثٍ غَشُومِ

    He charged toward the Greeks, seeking vengeance—

    Aeneas, charging like a ruthless lion.

  6. ثُمَّ َأردَى أُرسِيلُخُوسَ وإِكرِي

    ثُوناً ابنَي ذِيُو كَلِيسَ الحَكِيمِ

    Then he slew Orsilochus and Crethon,

    the two sons of Diocles the wise,

  7. وحَفيدَي أَرسِيلُخُوسَ الذيب كا

    نَ أخا صَولَةٍ ومُلكٍ جَسِيمِ

    and grandsons of Orsilochus, who was

    a man of prowess and mighty dominion.

  8. وَهُوَ ابنٌ لِلنَّهرِ أَلفاسَ أبقَى

    لابنِهِ ثَروَةَ الغِنا المَركُومِ

    And he, a son of the river Alpheus, left

    his son a fortune of heaped-up wealth.

  9. نشَاَ في فِيرِس وأَلفاسُ فيها

    فاضَ في فيلِيا بِخَيرٍ عَميمِ

    He grew up in Pheres, and there Alpheus

    flowed through Pylia with abundant bounty.

  10. تَوأَما شِدَّةٍ حَدِيثانِ لَكِن

    يَلَوا بِالنِّزَالِ كُلَّ العُلُومِ

    Twins in strength, young in years, yet

    they had mastered every art of combat.

  11. رَكِبا لُجَّةَ البحارِ انتصاراً

    لِمنيلا وَعِرضهِ المَثلومِ

    They sailed the seas' deep waters in support

    of Menelaus and his wounded honor.

  12. سَدَلَ المَوتُ فَوقَ عَينَيهِما السِّ

    ترَ بحُكمِ المَنِيَّةِ المَحتُومِ

    Death drew over their eyes the

    veil, by fate's inexorable decree.

  13. شِبهَ شِبلَينش قد غَذَت لَبوَةٌ في

    أَكَمِ الغَابِ فَوقَ طَودٍ عَظِيمِ

    Like two cubs a lioness had nourished in

    the forest's hillocks upon a mighty mountain,

  14. عَبِثا فِيهِ في شِياهٍ سِمانٍ

    وَعُجُولٍ بِمَنعَةٍ وَنَعِيمِ

    they sported there among fat sheep

    and calves, in safety and plenty.

  15. وَاستَطالا حَتَّى الرُّعاةُ أَعدَّت

    لَهُما الحَتفَ بالسِّنانِ القَوِيمِ

    They grew bold, until the shepherds prepared

    death for both with the straight spear.

  16. هَوِيا مِثلَ أَرزَتَينِ عَلى التُّر

    بِ بِجِذعٍ مُقَوَّضٍ مَحطُومِ

    They fell like two cedars upon the

    earth, their trunks felled and shattered.

  17. فَمَنيلا انبرَى يُجِيلُ قَناهُ

    شائِكاً في سِلاحِهِ المَوسُومش

    Then Menelaus sprang forth, brandishing his spear,

    bristling in his emblazoned armor.

  18. ساقَهُ آرسٌ لأَنيَاسَ يَبغي

    لِمَنيلا شَرًّا لِسَبقِ الغَرِيمِ

    Ares drove him toward Aeneas, seeking

    harm for Menelaus, so his foe might prevail.

  19. بَيدَ أَنَّ ابنَ نَسطُرٍ أَنطِلُوخاً

    هَبَّ في إُثرِهِ هُبُوبَ النَّسِيمِ

    But Nestor's son Antilochus

    rushed in his wake like a stirring breeze,

  20. خَشيَةً أَن يُمَسَّ بالضَّيمِ والآ

    مالُ تَفنَى بِقَتلِ ذاكَ الزَّعيمِ

    fearing he might suffer harm, and their

    hopes perish with that leader's death.

  21. فَمضَى والقَرنانِ كدا اشتِباكاً

    يَقرنانِ القَنا بِصَدرِ الجُسُومِ

    He advanced as the two champions strove in combat,

    bringing their spears against each other's breasts.

  22. فالتوَى ثَمَّ عَزمُ أَنياسَ لَمَّا

    لَقِيَ اثنينِ فانثَنَى للتُّخُومِ

    There Aeneas's resolve faltered when

    he faced two men, and withdrew to the battle's edge.

  23. دَفَعا جُثَةَ القَتيلَينِ لِلقَوض

    مِ وعادا بِصَولَةٍ وَهَزِيمِ

    The two brought the slain men's bodies to the

    troops, then returned with an onslaught and a battle-roar.

  24. جَندَلا قيلَ بفَلغُونَة فِيلي

    مينَ رَوَّاعَ كُلِّ شَهمٍ عَزُومِ

    They felled Paphlagonia's chieftain, Pylaemenes,

    the terror of every brave, resolute warrior.

  25. فَمَنيلا عَلَيهِ مالَ بطَعنِ

    وأَقَرَّ السِّنانَ بالبُلعومِ

    Menelaus lunged at him with a thrust

    and lodged the spearhead in his throat.

  26. وابنُ نَسطُورَ صَدَّ خادِمَهُ مِي

    ذُونَ مُذ رامَ نَجوَةَ المَهزُومِ

    And Nestor's son checked his servant Mydon,

    when, beaten, he tried to escape.

  27. وَرَماهُ بِفهِرِ صَخرٍ شَدِيدٍ

    فَتَوَارى بِزَندِهِ المَقصُومِ

    He struck him with a hard stone,

    and it vanished into his shattered forearm.

  28. فاستَطارت أَعِنَّةُ الخَيلِ مِنهُ

    سابِحاتٍ تَخُبُّ فَوقَ الأديمِ

    Then the horses' reins flew from him,

    as they coursed, trotting over the earth.

  29. فَعَلَيهِ بالسَّيفِ بالصُّدغِ ثَنَّى

    فَثَناهُ للأَضِ حَدُّ الصَّرُومِ

    He followed with a sword-blow to the temple,

    and the keen sword's edge toppled him to the ground,

  30. ناشِراً لِلهَوَاءِ رِجَلَيهِ لكِن

    رَأسُهُ تَحتَ رَملِها المَركُومِ

    with his legs spread into the air, but

    his head beneath its heaped-up sand.

  31. ظَلَّ حَتَّى جِيَادُهُ بِخُطَاها

    طَرحَتهُ للأَرضِ دَامي الكُلُومِ

    He stayed so until his horses, with their steps,

    threw him to the ground, bleeding from his wounds.

  32. وابنُ نَسطُورَ ساقَها لِحِماهُ

    مَغنَماً مِن أَجَلِّ أَصلٍ كَرِيمِ

    And Nestor's son drove them to his camp,

    as booty of the finest, noblest stock.

  33. تَحَدَّمَ هَكطُورٌ لِما هُوَ باصِرُ

    فصاحَ مُغيرا واقتَفَتهُ العَساكِرُ

    Hector blazed with rage at what he saw,

    then shouted as he charged, and the troops followed him.

  34. وفي صَدرِهم رَبُّ الوَغى يَستَحِثُّهُم

    وإِنيُو تُثِيرُ الشَّغبَ والشَّغبُ ثائرُ

    At their head the lord of battle urged them on,

    and Enyo stirred up strife as strife raged.

  35. وآريسُ هَكطُوراً يَلي فَهوَ تارَةً

    ظهيرٌ وَطَوراً دُونَهُ مُتَظَاهِرُ

    And Ares stayed close to Hector, at times

    his supporter, at times showing himself before him.

  36. يُجِيلُ قَنَاةً أَثقَلَت كُلَّ كاهِلٍ

    ويَفعَلُ ما لا تسَتَطِيعُ القَساوِرُ

    He brandished a spear too heavy for any shoulder,

    and did what lions could not do.

  37. ولكن ذِيُومِيذُ الإِلاهُ لَهُ انجَلى

    فَأَحجَمَ كَرَّاتِ الإلاهِ يُحاذِرُ

    But to Diomedes the god stood revealed,

    and he drew back, wary of the god's assaults.

  38. كَطَاوٍ بُطُونَ البِيدِ صَدَّتهُ عَنوَةً

    سُيُولٌ غَثَت عَنها تَزُوغُ النَّواظِرُ

    Like a traveler through the desert's depths, forcibly barred

    by foaming torrents from which the eyes recoil,

  39. فَيَعلُوهُ إشفَاقٌ وَتَغشاهُ خَشيَةٌ

    فينكُصَ مُنهَدَّ القُوَى وَهوَ حائِرُ

    dread overtakes him, and fear envelops him,

    so he retreats, his strength broken, bewildered.

  40. قَالَ صَحبي هَكطُورَ هَولاً ظَنَنتُم

    بِقَناهُ وَالعاسِلِ المسَنُونِ

    He said: “My comrades, you thought Hector a terror

    with his lance and his sharpened, quivering spear.

  41. فَاتَكُم أَنَّهُ أَوانَ الوَغى لَم

    يَخلُ يَوماً من مُرشدٍ وَمُعِينِ

    You missed that, in the hour of battle, he never

    once lacked a guide and helper.

  42. هَاكُمُ آرِساً بِهَيئَةِ إِنسٍ

    حَولَهُ حَامَ كالنَّصِيرِ الأَمينِ

    Here you have Ares, in human form,

    hovering around him like a faithful ally.

  43. فَارجِعُوا والصُّدُورُ مُنقَلِبَاتٌ

    لِلعِدى وَاتَّقُوهُ وَاتَّبِعُوني

    So draw back, keeping your breasts turned

    toward the enemy; beware of him, and follow me.”