1. Akhil said, "O old man, have patience,
I have no need for what you feign.

2. Zafsa has given me respite and will protect me,
Providing me joy while I live.

3. And do not force me into shattered love.
Do not make me love her while you are my beloved.

4. If you are not hopeless in your love for me,
Then meet the one who has finished me, inevitably,

5. And judge with me, I will share the judgment with you.
These messengers stir up discord,

6. And here I stay, competing.
So when dawn breaks we will look into

7. What we hope for, whether to raid or stay.
And looking at the sea he said the tide will come

8. With a fresh breeze to speed the ships."
Ajax shouted, “Odysseus, come!

9. I do not see this as a wise course."
And it is up to us to craft an answer, even if

10. The Greeks have been troubled by it."
"Akhil is stubborn by nature

11. And has brought me down though I tended the sheep.
They exalt him above all the exalted

12. While he is harsh, dry, and unjust.
How many brothers ransom themselves with money and son

13. While the criminal stays prosperous and safe?
And the family of the murdered, even if they gain wealth

14. Abundantly, they pardon, excuse, and ignore the offenses."
"Your heart has frozen, vexed for a girl,

15. And we came to you, seven daughters,
And beyond the treasures, magnificent gifts,

16. Calm your terror, cast off your worries.
On behalf of all the Greeks we have come to you

17. Wanting to see what is most dear to you.
We are in your house where you are

18. So respect it, and respect your guests and cheer up."