يا قِيانَ الأُولِمبِ لي قُلنَ مَن كا

نَ بِذَاكَ الوَغى رُؤُوساً وجُندا

O Muses of Olympus, tell me who was

With that turmoil heads and soldiers

فَلأَنتُنَّ بالخِفا عالِماتٌ

لِلإِلاهاتِ كُلُّ عِلمٍ أُعِدَّا

So you are with secrecy knowing

For the goddesses every knowledge was prepared

إنَّما نَحنُ شُهرَةَ الأَمرِ نَروِي

عن خَفَايا الأُصُولِ نَقصُرُ حَدَّا

We just the fame of the matter we water

From the secrets of the origins we shorten the limit

ضِقتُ ذَرعاً لَو لي فُؤَادُ نُحاسٍ

وبصَوتي مَهما تَعَمَّتُ جُهدا

I shrank an arm if I had a heart of brass

And with my voice no matter how hard I tried

لا ولَو لي تَصِيحُ عَشرَةُ لُسنٍ

لم أُطِق للجُمُوعِ ذِكراً وسَردا

No, even if I had the scream of ten tongues

I could not endure the mention and enumeration of the crowds

بَيدَ أَنَّ القِيانَ من نَسلِ رَبِّ ال

جَوبِ يُؤتِينَني إِذا شِئنَ رِفدا

By the hand that the Muses are from the lineage of the Lord of

Generosity they will give me if they wish supply

لستُ أُحصِي إِذاً سوى عَدَدِ الفُل

كِ وكُلِّ القوَّادِ بالحربِ عَدَّا

I will not then count except the number of ships

And all the leaders in war counted