فَقالَ أَغامَمنُونُ أَخطَأتُ إِنَّما

أَصَبتَ بِتَثرِيبي ولَستُ بِمُنكِرِ

Agammemnon said, "I was wrong,

you chided me rightly, I do not deny it.

فَإِنَّ فَتىً زَفسُ اصطَفَاهُ وزادَنا

وَبالاً لِمَنآهُ يُقاسُ بِعَسكَرِ

For a brat we nurtured and increased

is a curse to whoever matches our army.

عَثابيَ داعي الشَّرِّ حَتَّى أَهَنتُهُ

وَعلِّيَ غِن أَستَغفِرِ الذَّنبَ يَغفِرِ

I raised Thersites until he was impudent to me

and prayed for the sin to be forgiven.

سَأُتحِفُهُ غُرَّ الهَدَايا وكُلُّكُم

شُهُودٌ على قَولي بِحَافِلِ مَحضَري

I will reward him with precious gifts and you are all

witnesses to my words in this crowded assembly.

مَناضِدَ سَبعاً لَم تَرَ النَّارَ جُدَّداً

وعِشرِينَ طَسًّا ساطعاتٍ لِمَنظَرِ

Seven tables that have not seen fire,

and twenty shining basins for display.

ومِن ذَهَبٍ يَغلُو شَواقِلَ عَشرَةً

وخَيرَ جيادٍ تُحرِزُ السَّبقَ ضُمَّرِ

Of gold ten heavy shards

and the best steeds that win repeated races.

فَيُحرِزُها اثنَي عَشرأَ جردَ سَلهَباً

حَبَتني كُنُوزاً في السِّباقِ المُكَرَّرِ

Twelve bays, slick haired, will win them

as two treasures in the swift, recurring race.

كُنُوزاً إِذا ما نالَها اَيُّما امرِىءٍ

تَرَفَّعَ عَن شَكوَى شَجِيّةِ مُعسِرِ

Treasures which if attained by any lord

will raise him above the complaint of a pauper.

وسَبعَ غَوانٍ فُقنَ حُسناً وصَنعَةً

مِنَ اللاّءِ في لَسبُوسَ نالَ بِأَبتَرِ

And seven fair robes shaped and woven

from sheer linen in Lesbos attained seamlessly.

وقد كُنَّ لي سَهماً وذلكَ عِندَما

تَوَلَّى عَلَيها بالطِّعانِ المُدَمِّرِ

Once they were mine, at the time

when he turned on them with a destroying spear.

كَذاكَ بَرِيسا مُقِسماً وَمثُقِّلاً

بأَنِّي إِلَيها القربَ لَم أَتَصَوَّرِ

So too Briseis I vow weighed down

that I never imagined having her close.

فَهذِى صِلاتي اليَومَ يُحرِزُها وإِن

نَنَل دَكَّ إِليُونٍ بِحُكمٍ مُقَدَّرِ

Let him keep these gifts of mine today, even if

we take Ilium by fated decree.

نُضَاراً وصُفراً يُؤتَ مِلءَ سَفِينةٍ

وعِندَ اقتِسامِ السَّبي بِالغِيدِ يَظفَرِ

Twenty beauties, neither sallow nor pale, to fill a ship

and at dividing the captives with the lot he will gain

بِعِشرِينَ حُسناً فُقنَ غَيرَ هِلاَنَةٍ

لَهُ بِانتِقَاها خِيرَةُ المُتَخَيِّرِ

Twenty fair ones he chooses himself

the finest of the choicest.

وإِمَّا رَجَعنا لِلخَصِيبَةِ أَرغُسٍ

يَكُونَنَّ صِهرِي بالمَقَامِ المُوَقَّرِ

And once we return to fertile Argos,

he will be my honored in-law.

ثَلاثٌ بَناتي هُنَّ أَخرِيسَثِيمَةٌ

ولَوذِيقُ أَفيَاناسُ مَن يَرضَ يَختَرِ

I have three daughters: Chrysothemis,

Laodice, and Iphianassa for him to choose.

ولَستُ بِباغٍ مَهرَها وأَزِيدُها

جَداً لَم يَجُد فيهِ مُنذُ أَدهُرِ

And I am no miser in brides-price and will increase it

beyond what anyone since time began has found.

فَيُنزِلُهَا في دَارِ فِيلا وفَوقَ ذا

مَدائِنُ سَبعٌ فَوقَ بَرٍّ مُعَمَّرٍ

I will settle her in the house of Peleus and above that

seven citadels on an age-old height.

فِرِيسُ النُّقى إِيرا الزُّهُورِ وإِنيُفا

وَقَرذَمِلا أَنثَا الفَجاجِ المُنَوِّرِ

Cardamyle of the bright flowers, and Ire,

Euneepa, and fair-ankled Credea

وإِيفِيةُ الحَسناءُ فِيداسُ وإِنيُفا

وقَرذَمِلا أَنثا الفَجاجِ المُنَوِّرِ

and lovely Ifea, Phila and fair-ankled Credea

and lovely Ifea like a fruitful vine

وإِيفيَةُ الحَسناءُ فِيداسُ كَرمَةٍ

إِزاءَ فِلوسَ الكلُّ في جُرفِ أَبحُرِ

before the cliffs where all are engulfed in the sea

who will free him of grave, perilous troubles

يُجَلُّ بِأَلِيها كَرَبٍّ خُطُورَةً

ويُؤتُونَهُ جَمَّ الخَرَاجِ المُقَرَّرِ

and bring him the full tribute imposed.

Spoils of war and cattle beyond number—

غَنِيماً وأَبقَاراً تَناهى عَدِيدُها

فتِلكَ هِبَاتي فَليَلِن ثُمَّ يَحضُرِ

these are my gifts. Let him yield and then come."

So every angry man except Acesimus was pleased.

فَكُلُّ مَغِيظٍ غِيرِ آذِيسَ يَرتَضي

لذَاكَ قلاهُ الخَلقُ عَن شَرِّ مَخبَرِ

For this the people said he was far from evil report.

"Enough rage since I was greatest in rank

كَفى حَنَقاً مُذ كُنتُ أَعظَمَ رِفعَةً

واكثَرَ أَيَّاماً ليَذعَن ويُقصِرِ

and lived many days that he may yield and shorten sail.