ياO قِيانَsongstresses الأُولِمبِOlympus ليto me قُلنَtell (feminine plural) مَنwho كاbeginning of 'was/were'
يا قِيانَ الأُولِمبِ لي قُلنَ مَن كا
نَending of 'was/were' بِذَاكَin that الوَغىbattle رُؤُوساًchiefs وجُنداand troops
نَ بِذَاكَ الوَغى رُؤُوساً وجُندا
O songstresses of Olympus, tell me who
O Muses of Olympus, tell me who was
were the chiefs and troops in that battle.
With that turmoil heads and soldiers
فَلأَنتُنَّfor you indeed (feminine plural) بالخِفاof hidden things عالِماتٌknowledgeable
فَلأَنتُنَّ بالخِفا عالِماتٌ
لِلإِلاهاتِfor the goddesses كُلُّall عِلمٍknowledge أُعِدَّاwas made ready
لِلإِلاهاتِ كُلُّ عِلمٍ أُعِدَّا
For you indeed know what is hidden;
So you are with secrecy knowing
all knowledge has been made ready for the goddesses.
For the goddesses every knowledge was prepared
إنَّماmerely نَحنُwe شُهرَةَcommon report الأَمرِof the matter نَروِيwe recount
إنَّما نَحنُ شُهرَةَ الأَمرِ نَروِي
عنconcerning خَفَاياhidden things الأُصُولِof the origins نَقصُرُwe fall short حَدَّاin reach
عن خَفَايا الأُصُولِ نَقصُرُ حَدَّا
We merely recount what is commonly reported;
We just the fame of the matter we water
our reach falls short of the hidden origins.
From the secrets of the origins we shorten the limit
ضِقتُI was hard-pressed ذَرعاًin capacity لَوeven if ليfor me فُؤَادُa heart نُحاسٍcopper
ضِقتُ ذَرعاً لَو لي فُؤَادُ نُحاسٍ
وبصَوتيand with my voice مَهماhowever much تَعَمَّتُI exerted myself جُهداeffort
وبصَوتي مَهما تَعَمَّتُ جُهدا
I would be overwhelmed, even with a heart of copper,
I shrank an arm if I had a heart of brass
and however hard I strained my voice.
And with my voice no matter how hard I tried
لاno ولَوand even if ليfor me تَصِيحُcry out عَشرَةُten لُسنٍtongues
لا ولَو لي تَصِيحُ عَشرَةُ لُسنٍ
لمnot (past negation) أُطِقI was able للجُمُوعِof the multitudes ذِكراًnaming وسَرداand listing
لم أُطِق للجُمُوعِ ذِكراً وسَردا
No—even if ten tongues cried out for me,
No, even if I had the scream of ten tongues
I could not name and enumerate the multitudes.
I could not endure the mention and enumeration of the crowds
بَيدَyet أَنَّthat القِيانَthe songstresses منfrom نَسلِthe offspring of رَبِّthe Lord of الthe
بَيدَ أَنَّ القِيانَ من نَسلِ رَبِّ ال
جَوبِshield يُؤتِينَنيthey grant me إِذاif شِئنَthey wish (feminine plural) رِفداaid
جَوبِ يُؤتِينَني إِذا شِئنَ رِفدا
Yet the songstresses, offspring of the Lord of the
By the hand that the Muses are from the lineage of the Lord of
shield, grant me aid if they wish.
Generosity they will give me if they wish supply
لستُI am not أُحصِيI count إِذاًtherefore سوىexcept عَدَدِthe number of الفُلbeginning of 'the ships'
لستُ أُحصِي إِذاً سوى عَدَدِ الفُل
كِending of 'ships' وكُلِّand all القوَّادِthe commanders بالحربِin battle عَدَّاby counting
كِ وكُلِّ القوَّادِ بالحربِ عَدَّا
So I count only the number of the
I will not then count except the number of ships
ships, and tally all the commanders in battle.
And all the leaders in war counted
Sol 6.1