فصاحَ يُجِيب يا آخِيلُ يا مَن

حكى الأربابَ دَع هذي المَسالِك

My eloquent friend Achilles, you who

Spoke of the lords, leave these paths

فلَستَ بِخادعي أَبَداً وإنِّي

تَزاني غَير مُنقادٍ لِقالِك

For you will never deceive me, even though

I restrain myself, not led by your words

أرَدُّ سَبِيَّتي وذَهابُ سَهمي

وسَهمُكَ فَائِزٌ خَطَرَا ببالِك

I want back my captive and my arrow’s course

While your arrow was victorious in your mind

نَعم أَرضى إِذا ضَمِنت سُرانا

لذلك لي جَزاءً مثلَ ذلك

Yes, I would be content if you guaranteed our secrets

For that, I deserve a reward like that

وإِلاَّ خِلتَني أَعتاضُ قَسراً

بِمالِ أياسَ اوذِسَ أو بمالِك

Otherwise, leave me to resist by force

With the gold of Ajax or Odysseus or yours

هُناك أُحِلُّهُ خَيمِي بنفسي

ومَن وافَيتُ فَلَيَحنَق هُنالِك

There I will pitch my tent by myself

And whoever comes to me will be enraged there

سَنَبحَثُ واقذِفُوا فَوراَ هُنا في

غُرَابٍ في عُبَابِ البحر حالِك

We will search and cast immediately here in

A raven lost in the sea's fog

نراهُ بالأَرَادِمِ والضَّحايا

وذي الحسناءِ فوقَ اللُّجّ سالِك

We will see him with the shields and victims

And the beautiful one above the waves traveling

عَسانا بالتَزَلُّفِ وَالضَّحايا

لرَبِّ النَّبلِ نَدَّرِىءُ المَهالِك

Maybe with humility and victims

We will avert destruction for the lord of nobility