في الحال لَبَّى أَغامَمنُونُ مُنتَدِباً
كُلَّ الدُّعاةِ لِحَشدِ الجُندِ والعُمَدِ
At once Agamemnon sent out a summoner
Calling all the chieftains to muster the host and its chiefs
بأَجهَرِ الصَّوتِ نَادَوهُم وما لَبِثُوا
أَن أَقبَلُوا مُستَتِمِّي العَدِّ والعُددِ
In loudest of voice he called them and soon they came
Trooping in numbers beyond count and reckoning.
والصِّيدُ مِن حَولِ اَتريذٍ مُكَتِّبَةٌ
صُفُوفَها وأَثِينا فَوقَ كُلِّ يَدِ
And round about Atreus’ son were ranks of huntsmen
Setting their lines, and keen hounds above every hand,
مُثِيرَةً خَطَوَاتِ الجُندِ نافخةً
بينَ النُّفُوسِ اقتحامَ الهَولِ والشِّدَدِ
Raising the courage of ranks, rousing among souls
The plunging onset through dread and dire peril.
تَرنُو بماءِيِّ عَينَيها مُشَدِّدَةً
قُلُوبَهُم وبَدَت بالمِجوَب الخَلِدِ
They made the hearts quake with the flicker of eyes
And stood out in that place of conclave that lasts forever.
اَهدَابُهُ مئِةٌ كُلٌّ لِقا مِئَةٍ
مِنَ العُجُول ولا تَنحَلُّ لِلأَبدِ
Reach the troops and find them in armor that shone
Above frost for the loftiest peak of the skin.
دَارَت عَلَيهِ مُدَلاَّةً وَقَد سُبِكت
من عَسجَدٍ خَالِصٍ بالنُّورِ مُتَّقدِ
They snort with passion for wives and children
Till it seemed grimmer than war with its beds and its babes.
حتَّى سَعَوا وأُوَارُ الحَربِ لاحَ لَهُم
أَشهَى منَ العَودِ للأَزوَاجِ والوَلَدِ
He moves before them in mail that glittered
Over bleakness aloft to the dome of the skull
تَمضِي فَيَالِقُهُم في أَدرُعٍ سَطَعَت
فوقَ الرَّقيعِ لأًعلى قُبَّةِ الجَلَدِ
Like fire blazing a wood on a mountain
And brightness streamed out from it on and on.
كالنارِ مُلهِبَةً غاباً على جَبَلٍ
والنُّورُ مُنبَعِثٌ منها على أَمدِ
They left the camp and vessels with benches and upon
That space were scattered in raiment of emerald.
وغادَرُوا الخَيمَ والفُلكَ السِّرَاعَ وفي
ذَاكَ الفَضا انتَشَرُوا في حُلَّةِ الزَّرَدِ
As the birds of the upland come thronging together,
Cranes and pegions and ospreys of distinguished breed,
كما تَكاثَفَ طَيرُ البَرِّ من بَجَعٍ
ومن أَوَزٍّ ورَهوٍ بَالغِ الجَيَدِ
They bustle in the Asius’ meadow by Caÿstrius
Out of each glen bands of the young on their shoulders,
تَعَجُّ في مَرجِ أَسيُوسٍ بِكَيسَطرٍ
مِن كُلّ فَجٍّ عِصَاباتٍ على الجُدَدِ
Clashing in mighty medley—the orchards thundering
To it with thronging battalions in thickest array.
تَساجَلَت بِعرارٍ خارِقٍ فَدَوَت
تِلكَ الرِّياضُ لهُ في حَشدِ مُحتَشِدِ
To the buskins and harnesses clatter and clang
Shattering stalwart limbs into pieces of flint.
ولِلحَوَافِزِ وَقعٌ والنعالُ لَها
خَفقٌ يُفَتِّتُ جِسمَ الجَلمَدِ الأَجَد
So to the shore of Schoeneus’ Scamander they stood
Numbered like leaves in an orchard in flowery spring.
حتى بساحلِ إسكا مَندَرٍ وَقَفُوا
عِدَادَ أَورَاقِ رَوضٍ بالرَّبيعِ ندِي
They occupied its banks in a series that dimmed
Men’s eyes, as they lit inward fires of anguish.
حَلُّوا بِضَفَتَّهش في عِدَّةٍ غَمَضَت
يَصلَونض نارَ انتقامٍ داخِلَ الكَبِدِ
Like the flies when spring has appeared and the goatherd’s attention is turned
To his flock, attacking the pails without end or number,
مِثلَ الذُّبَابِ إِذا حانَ الرَّبِيعُ وقد
حامَت بعُنَّةِ راعي العَنزِ والنَّقَدِ
Each chieftain stood with his troop, a shepherd
Among sheep that a shepherd alone understands.
تَهافَتَت تَبتَغَي الأًلبانَ هَاجِمَةً
على القِصَاعِ بِلا حَصرٍ ولا عَدَدِ
At one he collects them when they mix pell-mell
Amid thousands on land, if he wants them aright.
وكُلُّ سَيِّدِ قَومٍ قامَ مُنفَرِداً
بِهِم كَرَاعٍ بما يَستاقُ مُنفَرِدِ
Between them flaunting the insignia of pride,
Atreides took his stand in pride with lofty pillars.
في الحالِ يَجمَعُ شَتَّاهُم إِذَا امتَزَجَت
بَينَ الأُلُوفِ بأَرضِ البَرّ إِن يُرِدِ
His eyes flashed fire and his high helm swayed—
Zeus-fostered bosom and Ares-mighty limbs.
وبَينَهُم بِشِعارِ الفَخرِ مُتَّشِحاً
أَترِيذُ قامَ بمَجدٍ باذِخِ العَمَدِ
That whetter of thunder decreed on that day
None to match him in valor amid all the host’s ranks
وقد حكَى زَفسَ عَينَيهِ وهامَتَهُ
فُوسِيذَ صَدراً وآرِيساً قُوَى جَسَدِ
For he towered among all the bulls as a stallion
Will rear his head high over the herds that he leads.
في ذلك اليومِ قَصَّافُ الرُّعُودِ قَضى
أَن لا يُضَاهِيهِ بَينَ الجُندِ من أَحَدِ
فكانَ كالفَحل ما بَينَ الصِّوَارِ متى
يَقُم شُمُوخاً على قُطعانِهِ يَسُدِ
