فَلَمَّا انتَهى ضَجَّ الجَمِيعُ تَحَمُّساً

دَوِيًّا كَعَجِّ البَحرِ بالجرف يقصِفُ

When he had finished, all the gathering roared with fervor—

a thunderous din, like the sea’s tumult battering the cliff,

كنُوطُسَ إِذ مِن كُلِّ صَوبٍ وهَبَّةٍ

لأَعلى حَزِيزِ الصَّخرِ بِالمَوجِ يَقذِفُ

like Notus when, from every quarter, gust on gust,

he flings the waves against the highest rocky ridge.

وسارُوا شَتَاتاً هارِعينَ لخَيمِهِم

بها أَضرَمُوا ناراً ولم يَتَوقَّفُوا

They scattered, hurrying away to their tents;

there they kindled fires and did not linger.

طَعَامَهُمُ نالوا وزَكَّوا تَقادِماً

لأَربابِهِم كُلٌ لِمَن كانَ يألَفُ

They took their food and, as of old, made pure offerings

to their gods—each to the one he was accustomed to honor.

وقد سألُوهم كَفَّ رُزءٍ وبَينَهُم

إِلى زَفسَ أَترِيذٌ غدَا يَتَزَلَّفُ

They asked them to ward off calamity; and from among them

Atrides went to win the favor of Zeus.

فضَحَّى بثَورٍ مُربِعٍ بعدَ أَن دَعا

لأُدبَتِه صِيدَ السُّرَى فتأَلَّفُوا

He sacrificed a four-year-old bull, after inviting

the noble leaders of the night march to his feast; they assembled.

وأَوَّلُهم نَسطُورُ ثُمَّ إِذُومنٌ

وآياسُ آياسٌ قلَيلاً تَخَلَّفُوا

First among them was Nestor, then Idomeneus,

and Ajax, Ajax—they had lagged a little.

تلا ذِيُميذٌ ثمَّ أُوذِيسُ مَن غدا

بِحكمةِ مَولى الخالدِينَ يُعرَّفُ

Diomedes followed, then Odysseus, who

was renowned for wisdom from the Lord of the immortals.

وجاءَ مَنِيلا القَرمُ من غَيرِ دَعوَةٍ

لِما بِأَخِيهِ مِن عَنا النَّفسِ يَعرِفُ

Menelaus the champion came without invitation,

knowing the anguish of spirit that afflicted his brother.

لَدى الثَّورِ قامُوا ثُم ذَرُّوا شَعِيرَهُم

وفيهِم اَغامَمنُونُ يَدعُو ويَهتِفُ

They stood around the bull, then scattered their barley,

and among them Agamemnon prayed and cried aloud.