To die thus, As once I saw him die — The friend who threw divine thunderbolts and Glances into my dark youth. Sportive and profound, A dancer in the battle — The most cheerful among warriors, The gravest among victors, A fate standing upon his fate, Hard, reflective, calculating: Trembling because he triumphed, Rejoicing in that he triumphed dying: Commanding while he died — And he commanded that one destroy ... To die thus, As once I saw him die — Vanquishing, destroying...