The crack of the whip, and (A)rumble of the wheel,
    (B)galloping horse and (C)bounding chariot!
Horsemen charging,
    flashing sword and (D)glittering spear,
(E)hosts of slain,
    heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
    they stumble over the bodies!

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Hear the crack of whips,
    the rumble of wheels!
Horses’ hooves pound,
    and chariots clatter wildly.
See the flashing swords and glittering spears
    as the charioteers charge past!
There are countless casualties,
    heaps of bodies—
so many bodies that
    people stumble over them.

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