ومَضى مِنَ النَّادِي كَذَاكَ مَضى

ومَضى مِنَ النَّادِي كَذَاكَ مَضى

بِعَصاهُ كلٌّ من ملوكِهِمِ

بِعَصاهُ كلٌّ من ملوكِهِمِ

And he left the council; likewise departed

And thus he went away from the club just as he went

each of their kings with his staff.

With his staff, each one of their kings

دَانُوا لِمُرشِدهِم وأَقبَلَتِ ال

دَانُوا لِمُرشِدهِم وأَقبَلَتِ ال

أَجنَادُ لِلشُّورَى بِحَشدِهِمِ

أَجنَادُ لِلشُّورَى بِحَشدِهِمِ

They obeyed their guide, and forward came the

They submitted to their guide, and the

troops, in their throngs, for council.

Armies came to the council with their multitude

كالنَّحلِ من كَهفٍ خَشَارِمُها

كالنَّحلِ من كَهفٍ خَشَارِمُها

هَرَعَت بجَمعٍ فَاجَ مُزدَحمِ

هَرَعَت بجَمعٍ فَاجَ مُزدَحمِ

Like bees whose swarms, from a cave,

Like bees from a cave, their

rushed forth in a surging, crowded mass,

Claws swarmed in a mass, crowded

تَحكِي عَناقيداً عَلِقنَ على

تَحكِي عَناقيداً عَلِقنَ على

نَورِ الرَّبِيعِ بِزَاهِرِ الأَكَمِ

نَورِ الرَّبِيعِ بِزَاهِرِ الأَكَمِ

resembling clusters that hang upon

Bearing clusters, stuck on

spring blossoms on the flowering hillocks.

The light of spring, with the flowers of acacia

هُم هَكذَا اندَفعُوا إِلَيهِ زَرَا

هُم هَكذَا اندَفعُوا إِلَيهِ زَرَا

فاتٍ فمن فُلكٍ ومِن خِيَمِ

فاتٍ فمن فُلكٍ ومِن خِيَمِ

Thus they surged toward it in

They rushed to it hosts

groups, from ships and from tents.

From every ship and tent

وأمامَ جُرفِ البَحرِ قد طَفِقُوا

وأمامَ جُرفِ البَحرِ قد طَفِقُوا

مُتَعَاقِبينَ لِمَجمَعِ الأُمَمِ

مُتَعَاقِبينَ لِمَجمَعِ الأُمَمِ

And before the sea-cliff they began

And by the sea-shore they began

filing one after another toward the peoples' assembly.

To take turns, for the gathering of nations

وَرَسولُ زَفسٍ شُهرَةُ انتُدِبت

وَرَسولُ زَفسٍ شُهرَةُ انتُدِبت

فَسَعَت تَجُوبُ بِعَزمِها بِهِمِ

فَسَعَت تَجُوبُ بِعَزمِها بِهِمِ

And Fame, Zeus's messenger, was dispatched;

And Zafes' envoy, renowned, was chosen

so she hurried, ranging among them with resolve.

She went around vigorously among them

فَتَهافَتُوا والرَّبعُ مُضطَرِبٌ

فَتَهافَتُوا والرَّبعُ مُضطَرِبٌ

والأَرضُ تَشكُو ثِقلَةَ القَدَمِ

والأَرضُ تَشكُو ثِقلَةَ القَدَمِ

So they flocked in, while the encampment trembled,

So they jostled, and the open country was disturbed,

and the earth complained of the weight of feet.

And the earth complained of the heaviness of feet

وعلا الضَّجِيجُ وتِسعةٌ بِعَلاَ

وعلا الضَّجِيجُ وتِسعةٌ بِعَلاَ

أَصوَاتِهِم نَهَضُوا لِكَفِّهِم

أَصوَاتِهِم نَهَضُوا لِكَفِّهِم

And the clamor rose, and nine, raising

And the clamor rose, and nine with

their voices, stood up to quiet them.

Their voices stood up for their fists

واستَرعَوُوا الأَسماعَ لِلنُّبَلا

واستَرعَوُوا الأَسماعَ لِلنُّبَلا

ءِ مُحَكَّمِي زَفسٍ قُيُوِلهِمِ

ءِ مُحَكَّمِي زَفسٍ قُيُوِلهِمِ

And called for attention to the noble

And they seized the ears for the eminent

lords, Zeus's appointed judges, their rulers.

Orators of Zafes, their spokesmen

حتى إِذَا بالجَهدِ قد جَلَسُوا

حتى إِذَا بالجَهدِ قد جَلَسُوا

وَالصَّمتُ يُسمِعُ وَقعَةَ الكَلِمِ

وَالصَّمتُ يُسمِعُ وَقعَةَ الكَلِمِ

At last, when with difficulty they had sat down,

Until when with effort they sat down

and silence made the fall of words audible,

And silence made audible the fall of speech

وافى اغا مَمنُونُ مُنتَصِباً

وافى اغا مَمنُونُ مُنتَصِباً

بِالصَّولَجَانِ الفائِقِ العظَمِ

بِالصَّولَجَانِ الفائِقِ العظَمِ

Agamemnon came forward, standing erect,

Aga Memnon came forward

with the scepter of surpassing grandeur.

With the magnificent, supreme mace

هُوَ صُنعُ هِيفستٍ وَفيهِ حَبا

هُوَ صُنعُ هِيفستٍ وَفيهِ حَبا

زَفسَ العَظِيمَ بِغَابِرِ القِدَمِ

زَفسَ العَظِيمَ بِغَابِرِ القِدَمِ

It was Hephaestus's work; with it he endowed

It is the making of Hefaistos, and in it is the affection

great Zeus in the far-distant past.

Of great Zafes for the grave of the past

فأَبَاحَهُ زَفسٌ لقَاتِلِ أَر

فأَبَاحَهُ زَفسٌ لقَاتِلِ أَر

غُوصَ الرَّسُولش الأَصيَدِ الحَكَمِ

غُوصَ الرَّسُولش الأَصيَدِ الحَكَمِ

Then Zeus granted it to Argus's slayer,

So Zafes allowed it to Arges' killer

the majestic messenger and arbiter.

His envoy, the wise hunter

وَفِلُبسَ أَولى هِرمِسٌ هِبةً

وَفِلُبسَ أَولى هِرمِسٌ هِبةً

فَحبَا بهِ أَترا أَخا الهِمَمِ

فَحبَا بهِ أَترا أَخا الهِمَمِ

And Hermes bestowed it on Pelops as a gift;

And the first Philip received it as a gift

then he gave it to Atreus, a man of high resolve.

So he granted it to Atra, brother of the resolute

فَبِموتِهِ أَبقاهُ خيرَ جَدا

فَبِموتِهِ أَبقاهُ خيرَ جَدا

لثِيَستِسَ المشهورِ بالنَّعَمِ

لثِيَستِسَ المشهورِ بالنَّعَمِ

So at his death he left it as the finest gift

So by his death he left it best

to Thyestes, renowned for his herds.

To Theseus, renowned for bounty

فإِلى أَغَا مَمنُونَ جاءَ بهِ

فإِلى أَغَا مَمنُونَ جاءَ بهِ

يَقضِي بهِ أَحكامَ مُحَتَكِمِ

يَقضِي بهِ أَحكامَ مُحَتَكِمِ

Then he brought it to Agamemnon,

To Aga Memnon he brought it

to pronounce with it a sovereign's judgments

To judge with it the judgments of an arbiter

فِي آلِ أَرغُو لِيذَةٍ وَكَذَا

فِي آلِ أَرغُو لِيذَةٍ وَكَذَا

بِجَزَائرٍ وَفرَت بِقُربِهِمِ

بِجَزَائرٍ وَفرَت بِقُربِهِمِ

among the people of Argolis, and likewise

Regarding the house of Argus violently and also

on the many islands near them.

With islands, and they fled near them

فَعَلَيهِ بَينَ القَومِ مُتَّكِئاً

فَعَلَيهِ بَينَ القَومِ مُتَّكِئاً

خَطَبَ المَلِيكُ بِكُلِّ جَمعِهِمِ

خَطَبَ المَلِيكُ بِكُلِّ جَمعِهِمِ

So, leaning upon it among the people,

Upon it, leaning among the people

the king addressed their entire assembly.

The king spoke to the whole of their gathering