rked [for Igor] the
                 way to
                 the river.
                 The nightingales
825              with gay songs
                 announce the dawn.

                 Says Gzak to Konchak:
                 "Since the falcon to his nest is
830              flying,
                 let us shoot dead the falcon's
                 son
                 with our gilded arrows."
                 Says Konchak to Gza [sic]:
                 "Since the falcon to his nest is
                 flying
                 why, let us entoil the falconet
                 by means of a fair maiden."
                 And says Gzak to Konchak:
                 "if we entoil him
                 by means of a fair maiden,
                 neither the falconet,
                 nor the fair maiden,
                 shall we have,
                 while the birds will start
                 to beat us
                 in the Kuman field."


        Igor's return

                 Said Boyan, song-maker
                 of the times of old,
                 [of the campaigns] of the kogans
                 --
835              Svyatoslav, Yaroslav, Oleg:
                 "Hard as it is for the head
                 to be without shoulders
                 bad it is for the body
                 to be without head," --
840              for the Russian land
                 to be without Igor.

                 The sun shines in the sky:
                 Prince Igor is on Russian soil.
                 Maidens sing on the Danube;
845              [their?] voices weave
                 across the sea
                 to Kiev.
                 Igor rides up the Borichev
                 [slope]
850              to the Blessed Virgin of the
                 Tower;
                 countries rejoice,
                 cities are merry.


        Conclusion

                 After singing a song
                 to the old princes
                 one must then sing to the young:

                 Glory to Igor son of Svyatoslav;
855              to Wild Bull Vsevolod;
                 to Vladimir son of Igor!
                 Hail, princes and knights
                 fighting for the Christians
                 against the pagan troops!
860              To the princes glory, and to the
                 knights
                 [glory]-Amen.