وَبِهِمand among them بَداappeared نَسطُورُNestor أَوَّلَthe first سامِعٍone to hear
وَبِهِم بَدا نَسطُورُ أَوَّلَ سامِعٍ
قالhe said اسمَعُواlisten, all of you صَحبِmy companions حِدسيmy surmise ماnot نَباwent astray
قال اسمَعُوا صَحبِ حِدسي ما نَبا
And of them all, Nestor was the first to hear.
And among them Nestor proved the first to hear.
He said, “Listen, friends—my intuition has not failed:
He said, “Listen, my friends: my surmise has not erred.
قدindeed دَبَّcrept فيinto أُذُنيmy ear وَقلبيand my heart مُنبِئيtelling me
قد دَبَّ في أُذُني وَقلبي مُنبِئي
خَبَبٌa trot بِكَبكَبَةِwith a troop of الجِيادِthe steeds مُدَبدِباthundering
خَبَبٌ بِكَبكَبَةِ الجِيادِ مُدَبدِبا
Something has crept into my ear, and my heart is my informant—
Into my ear has crept—and my heart tells me—
a trotting beat, resounding with the steeds’ rolling clatter.
A trot, thundering from a troop of steeds.
فَعَسىso perhaps ذِيُومِيذٌDiomedes وأُوذِسُand Odysseus أَقبَلاthe two have come
فَعَسى ذِيُومِيذٌ وأُوذِسُ أَقبَلا
وَمِنَand from العِدىthe foe خَيرَthe finest الجِيادِthe steeds مُدَبدِباthundering
وَمِنَ العِدى خَيرَ الجِيادِ مُدَبدِبا
Perhaps Diomedes and Odysseus are returning,
So perhaps Diomedes and Odysseus have come,
driving from the foe the finest steeds, their hoofbeats rumbling.”
And brought the finest steeds from the foe, their hooves thundering.”
Sol 6.1