تَحَمِلِّكَmake you bear الإِغريقُthe Greeks كُلَّevery مَلامَةٍblame
تَحَمِلِّكَ الإِغريقُ كُلَّ مَلامَةٍ
أَأَترِيذُO Atreides إِمَّاif indeed اليَومَtoday خَابَتhave failed وُعُودُهاtheir promises
أَأَترِيذُ إِمَّا اليَومَ خَابَت وُعُودُها
The Greeks lay every blame upon you,
O Atreides, if their promises fail today.
لدَيكَto you لَقَدindeed آلواthey swore قُبَيلَshortly before ارتَِحَالِهِمtheir departure
لدَيكَ لَقَد آلوا قُبَيلَ ارتَِحَالِهِم
لإِليُونَfor Ilium لاnot يَثنُونَthey turn aside عَزماًa resolve يُبِيدُهاthat destroys her
لإِليُونَ لا يَثنُونَ عَزماً يُبِيدُها
To you they swore, just before their departure
for Ilium, never to forsake their resolve to destroy her.
وهاهُمand here they are كوِلدٍlike children جُزَّعٍfretful وأَرامِلٍand widows
وهاهُم كوِلدٍ جُزَّعٍ وأَرامِلٍ
تَنَاهىhas ended حَنِيناًin longing للبِلادِfor the homeland هُجُودُهاtheir sleep
تَنَاهى حَنِيناً للبِلادِ هُجُودُها
Yet here they are, like fretful children and widows,
their sleep ended by longing for their homeland.
لِتَلكَsurely that إِذاًthen بَلوَىa trial تَفَاقَمَhas worsened ضُرُّهاits harm
لِتَلكَ إِذاً بَلوَى تَفَاقَمَ ضُرُّها
وماand not اليَأسُdespair إِلاَّexcept أُسُّهاits foundation ومُعِيدُهاand its renewer
وما اليَأسُ إِلاَّ أُسُّها ومُعِيدُها
That, then, is a trial whose harm has grown grievous,
and despair is its foundation and its renewer.
ولاand no شَكَّdoubt يَغتَمُّونَthey grieve إِنif يَمضpasses شَهرُهُمtheir month
ولا شَكَّ يَغتَمُّونَ إِن يَمض شَهرُهُم
بِفُلكِهِمaboard their ships والنَّوءُand the storm ظَلَّkept يُمِيدُهاrocks them
بِفُلكِهِم والنَّوءُ ظَلَّ يُمِيدُها
No doubt they grieve if they spend a month
aboard their ships while the storm keeps rocking them.
فَكيَفَthen how وقدwhile already بَاتتhave become حُؤُولُthe years of اغتِرَابِهِمtheir exile
فَكيَفَ وقد بَاتت حُؤُولُ اغتِرَابِهِم
سنينَyears طِوَالاlong تَمَّreached completion تِسعاًnine عَدِيدُهاtheir number
سنينَ طِوَالا تَمَّ تِسعاً عَدِيدُها
How much more, when the years of their exile have become
long years, their number now a full nine,
وأَزوَاجُهُمand their wives عَنهُمfrom them نَأَينَhave grown distant فلاso not أَرىI see
وأَزوَاجُهُم عَنهُم نَأَينَ فلا أَرى
مَلاماًblame إِذاwhen البَأساءُhardship شَطَّتhave stretched far حُدُودُهاits bounds
مَلاماً إِذا البَأساءُ شَطَّت حُدُودُها
and their wives are far from them! I see no
cause for blame when hardship exceeds all bounds.
ولَكِنَّbut كُلَّall العارِthe shame فيin عَودَةthe return of السُّرىthe night travelers
ولَكِنَّ كُلَّ العارِ في عَودَة السُّرى
بِخَيبتِهِمwith their failure مَهلاًwait فَسَوفَfor ... will نَعُودُهاwe return to it
بِخَيبتِهِم مَهلاً فَسَوفَ نَعُودُها
But utter shame lies in the travelers' returning
in failure. Wait; we shall return to it,
لِنَبلُوَso we may test صَحبيmy comrades صِدقthe truth of كَلخَاسَCalchas مُنبِئاًas a prophet
لِنَبلُوَ صَحبي صِدق كَلخَاسَ مُنبِئاً
بِماof what قدalready عَلِمتُمyou know آيةٌa sign وأُعِيدُهاand I repeat it
بِما قد عَلِمتُم آيةٌ وأُعِيدُها
to test, my comrades, the truth of Calchas's prophecy
of what you already know—a sign I shall recount.
شِهِدتُمyou witnessed وماand not مُتُّمyou have died وفيand in الأَمسِyesterday خِلتُI thought ذاthis
شِهِدتُم وما مُتُّم وفي الأَمسِ خِلتُ ذا
قَدِيماًlong ago سَرَاياناour companies استُنِمَّتwere fully mustered جُنُودُهاtheir troops
قَدِيماً سَرَايانا استُنِمَّت جُنُودُها
You witnessed it, you who still live; it seems but yesterday,
though long ago, when our companies' troops were fully mustered
وهَيَّأَتِand prepared الأُسطُولَthe fleet فيin بحرِthe sea of أَفلِسٍAulis
وهَيَّأَتِ الأُسطُولَ في بحرِ أَفلِسٍ
لاُمَّةِfor the people of قِريامٍPriam يُعَدُّis prepared وَعِيدُهاits threat
لاُمَّةِ قِريامٍ يُعَدُّ وَعِيدُها
and prepared the fleet in the sea of Aulis,
its threat being readied for Priam's people.
إِلىbeside ساجَةٍa teak tree عُظمَىmighty لَديهاnear it تَفَجَّرَتburst forth
إِلى ساجَةٍ عُظمَى لَديها تَفَجَّرَت
مِنَof الماءِwater عَينٌa spring فاضَoverflowed سَيلاًas a stream بَرُودُهاits cool water
مِنَ الماءِ عَينٌ فاضَ سَيلاً بَرُودُها
Beside a mighty teak tree, near which there burst
a spring of water, its cool waters flowing in a stream,
رَفَعناwe raised علىupon طُهرِthe purity of المَذَابِحِthe altars جُملَةًall together
رَفَعنا على طُهرِ المَذَابِحِ جُملَةً
مِئَاتِhundreds of الضَّحاياsacrificial victims واستَطارَand blazed aloft وَقُودُهاtheir fire
مِئَاتِ الضَّحايا واستَطارَ وَقُودُها
we raised upon the pure altars, all together,
hundreds of sacrificial victims, and their fire blazed aloft.
إِذاwhen suddenly أُفعُوَانٌa serpent هائِلٌterrifying قَدindeed بَداappeared لَناto us
إِذا أُفعُوَانٌ هائِلٌ قَد بَدا لَنا
بِمُعجِزَةٍas a miracle منfrom أَمرthe command of زَفسَZeus وُرُودُهاits coming
بِمُعجِزَةٍ من أَمر زَفسَ وُرُودُها
Suddenly a terrifying serpent appeared to us,
its coming a miracle by Zeus's command.
مِنَfrom المَذبحِthe altar الدَّاميbloodied استَطالَstretched upward مُخَضَّباًstained with blood
مِنَ المَذبحِ الدَّامي استَطالَ مُخَضَّباً
إلىtoward السَّاجةِthe teak tree الشَّماءِtowering وَثباًleaping يُرِيدُهاmaking for it
إلى السَّاجةِ الشَّماءِ وَثباً يُرِيدُها
From the bloodied altar it stretched upward, stained with blood,
making for the towering teak tree with a leap.
وفيand at رَأسِهاits top عُصفُورَةٌa female sparrow وفِرَاخُهاand her chicks
وفي رَأسِها عُصفُورَةٌ وفِرَاخُها
ثَمانِيةٌeight ماnot كادَhad nearly يَنقُفُpeck through عُودُهاtheir bodies
ثَمانِيةٌ ما كادَ يَنقُفُ عُودُها
At its top were a sparrow and her chicks,
eight, their bodies barely hatched from the shell.
إِلَيهاtoward them سَرِيعاًswiftly هَمَّrushed مُزذَرِداًswallowing greedily علىamid
إِلَيها سَرِيعاً هَمَّ مُزذَرِداً على
تَغَارِيدِهاtheir chirping والأُمُّand the mother شُقَّتwere torn كُبُودُهاher vitals
تَغَارِيدِها والأُمُّ شُقَّت كُبُودُها
It swiftly made for them, gulping them down amid
their chirping, while the mother's vitals were rent.
تُرَدِّدُshe repeats أَنَّاتِmoans of الأَسَىgrief وتَرُفُّand flutters فيin
تُرَدِّدُ أَنَّاتِ الأَسَى وتَرُفُّ في
جَوَانِبِهِits sides حتَّىuntil اشرَأَبَّit craned its neck يَصيدُهاto catch her
جَوَانِبِهِ حتَّى اشرَأَبَّ يَصيدُها
She repeated moans of grief and fluttered
about its sides, until it craned its neck to catch her.
ولمَّاand when فَرَاهاit tore them apart تِسعَةًnine صارَit became صَخرةٌa rock
ولمَّا فَرَاها تِسعَةً صارَ صَخرةٌ
بِحِكمَةِthrough the wisdom of مُبدِيهاits revealer استَتَبَّbecame fixed جُمُودُهاits stoniness
بِحِكمَةِ مُبدِيها استَتَبَّ جُمُودُها
When it had torn all nine apart, it became a rock,
its hardness fixed by the wisdom of him who revealed it.
فَزِدناso we grew عُجاباًin wonder والتَّشاؤُمُand foreboding رابَناtroubled us
فَزِدنا عُجاباً والتَّشاؤُمُ رابَنا
ولِكنbut لكَلخاسٍto Calchas تَجَلَّتbecame clear عُقُودُهاits knots
ولِكن لكَلخاسٍ تَجَلَّت عُقُودُها
Our wonder grew, and foreboding troubled us,
but to Calchas its knotted meaning became clear.
فقالَthen he said تَوَلَّتكُمhas seized you مِنَfrom الأَمرِthe event دَهشَةٌastonishment
فقالَ تَوَلَّتكُم مِنَ الأَمرِ دَهشَةٌ
وَلكِنbut خَفاياthe hidden things of السِّرّthe secret وَافَتhave arrived وُفُودُهاits envoys
وَلكِن خَفايا السِّرّ وَافَت وُفُودُها
He said, “Astonishment at this event has seized you,
but the hidden mystery's envoys have arrived.
يُريناshows us بِهذَاthrough this زَفسُZeus مُعجِزَةًa miracle بهاin which
يُرينا بِهذَا زَفسُ مُعجِزَةً بها
لَناfor us نُصرَةٌa victory فيin الغَيبِthe unseen خُطَّwas inscribed خُلُودُهاits eternity
لَنا نُصرَةٌ في الغَيبِ خُطَّ خُلُودُها
Through this Zeus shows us a miracle, in which
lies victory for us, its eternity inscribed in the unseen.
كَماjust as أُفعُوَانُthe serpent of الضَّيرِharm أَمسَكَseized تِسعةًnine
كَما أُفعُوَانُ الضَّيرِ أَمسَكَ تِسعةً
منَof الطَّيرِthe birds مُغتالاًkilling treacherously وأَنتُمwhile you شُهُودُهاits witnesses
منَ الطَّيرِ مُغتالاً وأَنتُم شُهُودُها
Just as the deadly serpent seized nine
birds and slew them, with you as witnesses,
كَذَاكَlikewise لَدَىbeside إِليُونَIlium تِسعَةَnine أَحؤُلٍyears
كَذَاكَ لَدَى إِليُونَ تِسعَةَ أَحؤُلٍ
نَخيبُwe fail فَيَأتيthen comes عاشرٌa tenth ونَسُودُهاand we rule her
نَخيبُ فَيَأتي عاشرٌ ونَسُودُها
so for nine years beside Ilium
we shall fail; then a tenth will come, and we shall rule her.”
وَقدand already كادَتِhave nearly الأَنباءُthe prophecies تَكمُلُbe fulfilled فالبَثُواso remain
وَقد كادَتِ الأَنباءُ تَكمُلُ فالبَثُوا
يَسيراًa little while وإِليُونٌand Ilium تُحَطُّare brought low سُعُودُهاher fortunes
يَسيراً وإِليُونٌ تُحَطُّ سُعُودُها
The prophecies are nearly fulfilled, so remain
a little longer, and Ilium's fortunes shall fall.
فَهلهَلَتِthen cheered الإِغرِيقُthe Greeks والفُلكُand the ships رَدَّدَتechoed
فَهلهَلَتِ الإِغرِيقُ والفُلكُ رَدَّدَت
هَلاهِلَcries of سُرٍّjoy للسَّماءِto heaven صُعُودُهاtheir ascent
هَلاهِلَ سُرٍّ للسَّماءِ صُعُودُها
The Greeks cheered aloud, and the ships echoed
cries of joy ascending to heaven.
فَبَادَرَthen hastened نَسطُورُNestor الوَقُورُthe venerable مُخاطِباًaddressing them
فَبَادَرَ نَسطُورُ الوَقُورُ مُخاطِباً
هَذَرتُمyou have babbled كَوِلدٍlike children طَالَhas grown long جهلاًin ignorance قُعُودُهاtheir sitting
هَذَرتُم كَوِلدٍ طَالَ جهلاً قُعُودُها
Then venerable Nestor hastened to address them:
“You babble like children who have long sat in ignorance,
كأَنَّكُمُas though you لَمnot تَشهَدُواhad witnessed قَطُّever مَصرَعاًa battlefield death
كأَنَّكُمُ لَم تَشهَدُوا قَطُّ مَصرَعاً
وأَقسامُناand our oaths هَلshall تَضمَحِلُّfade away عُهُودُهاtheir covenants
وأَقسامُنا هَل تَضمَحِلُّ عُهُودُها
as though you had never witnessed a death in battle!
And our oaths—shall their covenants fade away?
فأَينَwhere then الضَّحاياthe sacrificial victims والقَرَابينُand the offerings أُحرِقَتwere burned
فأَينَ الضَّحايا والقَرَابينُ أُحرِقَت
بأَيمَانِwith oaths of صِدقٍtruth مُوثَقاتٌfirmly bound بُنُودُهاtheir terms
بأَيمَانِ صِدقٍ مُوثَقاتٌ بُنُودُها
Where, then, are the sacrifices and the offerings burned
with truthful oaths whose terms were firmly sealed?
وأَينَand where مُدَامٌwine قدalready أَرَقناwe poured out وَأَيمُنٌand right hands
وأَينَ مُدَامٌ قد أَرَقنا وَأَيمُنٌ
بهاby which قَدindeed توَاثَقناwe pledged ourselves أَبادَhas ... vanished وُجُودُهاtheir existence
بها قَد توَاثَقنا أَبادَ وُجُودُها
And where is the wine we poured, and the right hands
by which we pledged ourselves—has their existence vanished?
لقدindeed طالَhas grown long مَنآناour exile وَكُلُّand all قِتالِناour fighting
لقد طالَ مَنآنا وَكُلُّ قِتالِنا
بِبُطلِthrough the futility of أَقاوِيلٍsayings بَعِيدٌfar off مُفِيدُهاtheir useful outcome
بِبُطلِ أَقاوِيلٍ بَعِيدٌ مُفِيدُها
Our exile has been long, and all our fighting,
through empty words, is far from bearing any fruit.
تَقَلَّدgird yourself أَياO أَترِيذُAtreides بالحَزمِwith resolve مِثلَماjust as
تَقَلَّد أَيا أَترِيذُ بالحَزمِ مِثلَما
عَهِدتُكضI have known you وَليَعلُand let ... rise above الحُرُوبَthe wars وَصِيدُهاand their proud chiefs
عَهِدتُكض وَليَعلُ الحُرُوبَ وَصِيدُها
Gird yourself, O Atreides, with resolve, as
I have known you; master the wars and their proud chiefs.
ودَعand leave aside حانِقاًone angry man أوor حانِقَينَtwo angry men تَعَمَّدَاboth deliberately chose
ودَع حانِقاً أو حانِقَينَ تَعَمَّدَا
مُغَادَرَةَleaving الهَيجاءِthe battle أَنتَyou are عَمِيدُهاits leader
مُغَادَرَةَ الهَيجاءِ أَنتَ عَمِيدُها
Leave aside one angry man or two, intent
on quitting the battle, of which you are the leader.
فَلَنfor ... will not يَرجِعاthe two return ماas long as لمnot نَخِبwe fail أَوor تُتَحare granted لَناto us
فَلَن يَرجِعا ما لم نَخِب أَو تُتَح لَنا
مَوَاعِيدُthe promises of رَبِّthe lord of التُّرسِthe shield صِدقاًin truth يَشِيدُهاhe upholds them
مَوَاعِيدُ رَبِّ التُّرسِ صِدقاً يَشِيدُها
They shall not return until we fail, or there are granted us
the promises of the lord of the shield, which he upholds in truth.
وِعندِيand I have يَقينٌcertainty أَنَّناthat we عِندماwhen علىupon
وِعندِي يَقينٌ أَنَّنا عِندما على
سَفائِنناour ships لِلفَتكِfor slaughter جِئناwe came نَقُودُهاwe steer them
سَفائِننا لِلفَتكِ جِئنا نَقُودُها
I am certain that, when upon
our ships we came, steering them to slaughter,
لناto us سَلَفاًbeforehand بالرَّأسِwith his head أَومَأَhe nodded مُعلِناًproclaiming
لنا سَلَفاً بالرَّأسِ أَومَأَ مُعلِناً
بَشَائِرَglad tidings of نَصرٍvictory فاصِفاتٌcrashing رُعُودُهاtheir thunders
بَشَائِرَ نَصرٍ فاصِفاتٌ رُعُودُها
he had already nodded his head to us, proclaiming
tidings of victory, their thunders crashing.
فلاso do not تَفكِرُواthink بالعَودِof returning ماas long as لمnot تُقَوِّمُواyou exact
فلا تَفكِرُوا بالعَودِ ما لم تُقَوِّمُوا
لِهيلانَةٍfor Helen ثَأراًvengeance لِبؤسٍfor misery يَكِيدُهاthat afflicts her
لِهيلانَةٍ ثَأراً لِبؤسٍ يَكِيدُها
So do not think of returning until you have exacted
vengeance for Helen, for the misery that afflicts her,
فَيَظفِرَso may win كُلٌّeach مِنكُمُof you بِسَبِيَّةِwith a captive woman
فَيَظفِرَ كُلٌّ مِنكُمُ بِسَبِيَّةِ
وتُدمَرَand be destroyed إِليُونٌIlium وَتُحرَزَand be seized غِيدُهاher graceful women
وتُدمَرَ إِليُونٌ وَتُحرَزَ غِيدُها
so that each of you may win a captive woman,
Ilium be destroyed, and her graceful women seized.
ومَنand whoever تاقَlongs للأَوطانِfor the homelands فَليَأتِthen let him approach فُلكَهُhis ship
ومَن تاقَ للأَوطانِ فَليَأتِ فُلكَهُ
فَيَعلَمَand let him know أَنَّthat النَّفسَthe soul حَانَhas come خُمُودُهاits extinction
فَيَعلَمَ أَنَّ النَّفسَ حَانَ خُمُودُها
Whoever longs for home, let him approach his ship
and learn that the time has come for his soul to be quenched.
فخُذso adopt بِشِعارِas the watchword of الحَزمِresolve أَترِيذُAtreides مُثبِتاًaffirming
فخُذ بِشِعارِ الحَزمِ أَترِيذُ مُثبِتاً
نَصَائِحَthe counsels of أَحكَامٍsound judgments لَدَيكَbefore you أُجِيدُهاI expound them well
نَصَائِحَ أَحكَامٍ لَدَيكَ أُجِيدُها
Take resolve as your watchword, Atreides, affirming
the counsels of sound judgment I set forth well before you:
لِتَنتَظِمِlet ... be organized الأجنادُthe troops بَينَamong قَبائِلٍtribes
لِتَنتَظِمِ الأجنادُ بَينَ قَبائِلٍ
يُوَلَّىare appointed عَلَيهاover them بالمَعَامعِin battles صِيدُهاtheir proud chiefs
يُوَلَّى عَلَيها بالمَعَامعِ صِيدُها
let the troops be organized by tribes,
with their proud chiefs appointed over them in battle.
فَتَعلَمُso you will know مَنwho مِنهُمamong them أشَدُّmost تَثَبُّتاًin steadfastness
فَتَعلَمُ مَن مِنهُم أشَدُّ تَثَبُّتاً
ومَنand who قَلَّis lacking عَزماًin resolve إِذwhen يُدَنَّىis brought near بَعِيدُهاits distant reaches
ومَن قَلَّ عَزماً إِذ يُدَنَّى بَعِيدُها
Then you will know which of them stands most firmly,
and who lacks resolve when distant battle is brought near;
وتَعلَمُand you will know ماwhat إِليُونُIlium مَنَّعَmade impregnable حُصنَهاher fortress
وتَعلَمُ ما إِليُونُ مَنَّعَ حُصنَها
أَوَهنٌis it weakness بِجُندٍin an army أَمor قَضاءٌa decree of fate يَذُودُهاdefends her
أَوَهنٌ بِجُندٍ أَم قَضاءٌ يَذُودُها
and you will know what makes Ilium's fortress impregnable:
is it weakness in the army, or fate's decree defending her?”
Sol 6.1