1. ربَّاه ايُّ رَزِيةٍ صَمَّاءَ قد

    هَجَمَت على أَرضِ الأَخائييِّنا

    O Lord, what a crushing calamity has

    descended upon the land of the Achaeans!

  2. لا شَكَّ فِريامٌ وكُلُّ بَنيهِ وال

    طُّروادَةُ الباقُونَ يَبتَهِجُونا

    Surely Priam and all his sons, and the

    rest of the Trojans, will rejoice

  3. إذ يَعلَمُون لما اختِصامكُمَا أَيا

    مَن فُقتُما بأساً عَلا ويَقينا

    when they learn why you two quarrel, O you

    who excel in lofty valor and conviction.

  4. فاستَعصِمَا بِنَصَائِحِي فكِلاكُما

    دُوني حُؤُولاً جَمَّةً وسنِينا

    So hold fast to my counsel, for both of you are

    younger than I by many seasons and years.

  5. ولَقَد صَحِبتُ بما مضى صِيداً أَشَ

    دَّ وقد رَعَوا لي حُرمَةً وشُؤُونا

    Indeed, I once kept company with mightier noblemen,

    and they respected my dignity and my concerns.

  6. لم أَلقَ قَطُّ وَلَن أَرى في ذَا الوَرى

    بَينَ الرِّجالِ كِفيرِثُو أوكِينا

    Never have I met, nor shall I see in this world,

    among men, the likes of Pirithous or Caeneus,

  7. أَو إِكسَذٍ أَوثيسِسَ بنِ أَغِيسَ مَن

    قد كانَ مثلَ الخالدينَ رَزِينا

    or Exadius, or Theseus son of Aegeus, who

    was as steadfast as the immortals,

  8. أو ذِرِيَسٍ راعي الورَى والمُجتَبِى

    فُوليفِمٍ قَومٍ خَلَوا صَلدِينا

    or Dryas, shepherd of the people, and the chosen

    Polyphemus—unyielding men now gone.

  9. كانوا أشَدَّ العالَمِينض وقاتَلُوا

    قوماً شِدَاداً في النّزالِ شِبِينا

    They were the mightiest of all men, and they fought

    mighty men, stalwart in combat.

  10. وعلى قَنَاطِرَةِ الجِبالِ سَطوا ولم

    يَدَرُوا لَهُم أًثَراً يُرى مأمُونا

    They assailed the mountain centaurs and did not

    leave a visible trace of them unscathed.

  11. وصحِبتُهم واستَقدَمُوني جُملَةً

    من مَوطني فِيلُوسَ مُلتمِسينا

    I kept them company; they all summoned me

    from my homeland, Pylos, seeking my aid.

  12. فَنَجَدتهُم جَهدِي وأَلفَيتُ الزَّما

    نَ بِمثلهِم في الرَّوعِ كانَ ضَنِينا

    I aided them with all my strength, and found that Time

    was sparing of their like amid battle's terror.

  13. وبِكُلِّ شُوراهُم إِذَا رَأيِى بَدا

    تَخذُوهُ بالإجماعِ مُتَّفِقِينا

    In all their councils, whenever my opinion was voiced,

    they adopted it unanimously, all agreeing.

  14. لَكُما بهِم مَثَلٌ أَطِيعاني إِذاً

    وخُذَاه رأياً صائِباً ورصينا

    They are an example for you both: obey me, then,

    and accept this as sound and well-grounded counsel.

  15. فاحذَر أَيا أَترِيذُ غَصبَ فتَاتِهِ

    مَهما عَلوتَ أماجِداً وقُرُونا

    Beware, son of Atreus, of seizing his maiden,

    however high you stand above nobles and peers.

  16. هي لابنِ فيلا قد حَبَاهُ بها بنُو

    إغرِيقيا حقًّا لهُ مَضمُونا

    She belongs to Peleus' son, bestowed on him by the sons of

    Greece, as a right guaranteed to him.

  17. وَتَجَاوَزَنَّ أَخِيلُ عن مضلكٍ حَوى

    شَأناً عَلا شأنَ المُلُوكِ رَكينا

    And you, Achilles, forbear toward a king who holds

    a firmly established rank above the rank of kings.

  18. ولئِن تَفُق بَأساً وأُمُّكَ رَبَّةً

    كانت فَزَفسٌ زادَهُ تمكينا

    Though you surpass him in might, and your mother was a goddess,

    Zeus has granted him greater power.

  19. وُهُوَ الأَشَدُّ قُوىً وأكثَرُ عِدَّةً

    وانبُذ أَيا أَتريذُ عنك ضُغونا

    He has the greater strength and the larger host.

    Cast away your rancor, son of Atreus,

  20. وأخيلَ صافِ وراعنِي فلقد غدا

    في ذا الوَغى حُبصنَ الأخَائِيينا

    and make peace with Achilles and heed me: he has become

    the Achaeans' bulwark in this battle.