فَكَذَا انتَهَى وَاحتَلَّ مَجلِسَهُ

فَكَذَا انتَهَى وَاحتَلَّ مَجلِسَهُ

وَبِهِم رَقى نَسطُورُ مُنتصِبا

وَبِهِم رَقى نَسطُورُ مُنتصِبا

And so he finished and took his seat.

So he finished and took his seat

And among them Nestor rose upright.

And Nestor rose, standing erect

هُوَ مَلكُ فِيلُوسَ التي رَكَمَت

هُوَ مَلكُ فِيلُوسَ التي رَكَمَت

بُرَقَ الرِّمالِ ببشرِهِ خَطَبا

بُرَقَ الرِّمالِ ببشرِهِ خَطَبا

He was king of Pylos, which had heaped up

He is the king of sandy Pylos

Knolls of sand; with good cheer he spoke:

Who lit up the sand dunes with his eloquent speech

لَو غَيرُ أَترِيذٍ رُؤَاهُ رَوَى

لَو غَيرُ أَترِيذٍ رُؤَاهُ رَوَى

يا مِعشَرَ الحُكَّامِ وَالنُّجَبا

يا مِعشَرَ الحُكَّامِ وَالنُّجَبا

If anyone but Atreides had recounted his dreams,

Had someone other than Atreus' son told of his dream

O company of rulers and nobles,

O assembly of rulers and nobles

لَرَغِبتُ عن تَصدِيقِهِ عَلَناً

لَرَغِبتُ عن تَصدِيقِهِ عَلَناً

وزَعَمتُ أَنَّ بِزَعمهِ كَذِبا

وزَعَمتُ أَنَّ بِزَعمهِ كَذِبا

I would openly have declined to believe him,

I would have openly refused to believe him

And declared there was a lie in his claim.

And claimed that his story was a lie

لكنَّ مَولى القَومِ كُلِّهِمِ

لكنَّ مَولى القَومِ كُلِّهِمِ

بِالنَّفسِ رُؤيا النَّفسِ قد رَقَبا

بِالنَّفسِ رُؤيا النَّفسِ قد رَقَبا

But the lord of all the people

But the lord of all these people

Has himself beheld the soul's vision.

Has himself confirmed the vision of his soul

هَيُّوا نَرَى أَنَّى يُتاحُ لَنَا

هَيُّوا نَرَى أَنَّى يُتاحُ لَنَا

أَن نَدفَعَ الإِغرِيقَ كَي تَثِبا

أَن نَدفَعَ الإِغرِيقَ كَي تَثِبا

Come, let us see how we may

Come let us see how we may be able

Urge the Greeks to spring up.

To repel the Greeks and stand firm