فَكَذَا انتَهَى وَاحتَلَّ مَجلِسَهُ

وَبِهِم رَقى نَسطُورُ مُنتصِبا

So he finished and took his seat

And Nestor rose, standing erect

هُوَ مَلكُ فِيلُوسَ التي رَكَمَت

بُرَقَ الرِّمالِ ببشرِهِ خَطَبا

He is the king of sandy Pylos

Who lit up the sand dunes with his eloquent speech

لَو غَيرُ أَترِيذٍ رُؤَاهُ رَوَى

يا مِعشَرَ الحُكَّامِ وَالنُّجَبا

Had someone other than Atreus' son told of his dream

O assembly of rulers and nobles

لَرَغِبتُ عن تَصدِيقِهِ عَلَناً

وزَعَمتُ أَنَّ بِزَعمهِ كَذِبا

I would have openly refused to believe him

And claimed that his story was a lie

لكنَّ مَولى القَومِ كُلِّهِمِ

بِالنَّفسِ رُؤيا النَّفسِ قد رَقَبا

But the lord of all these people

Has himself confirmed the vision of his soul

هَيُّوا نَرَى أَنَّى يُتاحُ لَنَا

أَن نَدفَعَ الإِغرِيقَ كَي تَثِبا

Come let us see how we may be able

To repel the Greeks and stand firm