boris & gelb 5

After Gleb had been slain... 

he was cast [geworpen] in a deserted place between two hollowed-out tree trunks. 

And though the saintly one lay there a long time, he remained entirely unharmed, for He left him not in oblivion and neglect, but gave signs: now a pillar of fire was seen, now burning candles. Moreover, merchants passing by on the way, would hear the singing of angels. And others, hunters and shepherds, also saw and heard these things. 

It did not occur to anyone to search for the body of the saintly one, until Iaroslav, unable to bear this evil murder, moved against that fratricide, the accursed Sviatopolk, and fought many battles with him and was always victorious, with the aid of God and the help of the saintly ones. And as many battles as he waged, the accursed one always returned shamed and defeated. 

Finally, this thrice-accursed one attacked with a horde of Pechenegs. And having gathered troops, Iaroslav went forth against him, to the Alto river, and he halted at the place where the saintly Boris was slain. 

They advanced against one another, and the field of the Alto was covered with a multitude of troops. Toward evening Iaroslav triumphed and the accursed Sviatopolk fled. And he could not endure being in one place, and fled through the land of the Liakhs [Poland], pursed by the wrath of God. 

Sviatopolk fled into the wilderness between the lands of the Czechs and Liakhs [Poland], and there forfeited [verbeurde] his life in an evil manner. And his grave exists even to this day, and from it issues an evil stench for the edification of men.

[bron]