1. دَجا اللَّيلُ والاَربابُ والنَّاسُ نُوَّمٌ

    وَلكنَّ زَفساً نابِدٌ سِنَةَ الكَرَى

    Night grew dark; the gods and people lay asleep.

    But Zeus spurned the drowsiness of sleep;

  2. بإِعزَازِ آخِيلٍ وَإهلاَكِ جُملَةٍ

    لَدَى سُفُِ الإِرِيقِ ظَلَّ مُفَكِّرا

    how to honor Achilles and destroy a multitude

    beside the Greeks' ships—on this he pondered still.

  3. فعَنَّ لَهُ إِرسالُ رُؤيا خَبِيثَةٍ

    لأَترِيذَ تُغريهِ بأَمرٍ تَصَوَّرا

    Then he thought to send a malicious dream

    to Atreides, to entice him into a plan he had conceived.

  4. فنادى أُنِيرُوساً وقالَ أَلا فَطِر

    أَيا أَيُّها الطَّيفُ المُداجِي مُبَشِّرا

    He summoned Oneiros and said, “Come, fly,

    O deceitful phantom, bearing good tidings,

  5. إِلى سُفُنِ الإِغرِيقِ لِج خَيمةً بها

    أقامَ أَغا مَمنُونُ أَنبِىء بِما تَرى

    to the Greeks' ships; enter the tent where

    Agamemnon dwells, and report what you see.

  6. أَعِد كُلَّما أُلقِيهِ فَليَمضِ مُقدِماً

    على الحَربِ وَليُعدِد لِذَاكَ المُعَسكَرا

    Repeat all I tell you: let him advance boldly

    to battle, and prepare the army for it.

  7. تآلَفَت الأربابُ طُراًّ وَفوزُهُ

    على بَلَدِ الطُّروادَةِ اليَومَ قُدِّرا

    The gods have all united, and his victory

    over the city of Troy is decreed today.

  8. وهِيرا استَلانَتهُمفأَجمَعَ رأيهُمُ

    على رزءِ إِليُونٍ وَبالاً مُكَرَّرا

    And Hera won them over; their judgment was unanimous

    to afflict Ilium with repeated calamity.”

  9. فطارَ ولم يَلبَث أَنِ اجتازَ فُلكَهُم

    لِخَيم أغامَمنُونَ بالغَيبِ مُخبِرا

    He flew, and soon had passed their ships,

    to Agamemnon's tents, bearing tidings of the unseen.

  10. فأَلفاهُ فيمن حَولَه نُوَّماً دَنا

    لدَى رأسهِ واحتَازَ هَيئَةَ نَسطُرا

    He found him asleep with those around him, and drew near

    to his head and assumed Nestor's form.

  11. وقال وقد حاكاهُ إِذ كان عالماً

    لَدَيهِ ابنَ نِيلاَ خَيرَ مُوَقَّرا

    He spoke, having mimicked him, for he knew

    Neleus' son was held in highest honor by him:

  12. لِم يا ابنَ أَترا القَرمَ تَهجعُ ما

    ذا شأنُ مَولىً يَملِكُ الأَمرا

    “Why sleep, son of Atreus, noble chief? This is not

    the conduct of a lord who holds command.

  13. مَن قد تَوَلَّى أمرَ أُمَّتِهِ

    أَنَّى ينَامُ اللَّيلَةَ الحَرَّى

    Whoever has taken charge of his people—

    how can he sleep this fevered night?

  14. فاحفَظ كَلامي زَفسُ بي لَكَ من

    قاصي أَعَاليهِ لَقد أَسرَى

    So heed my words: Zeus has sent me to you from

    his farthest heights, on a journey by night.

  15. مالت إلى الإِغريقِ رأفَتُهُ

    فأَرادَ أَن تَستَدفِعَ الضُّرَّا

    His compassion has turned toward the Greeks,

    and he wishes you to ward off harm,

  16. في كُلّ مَن وَالاكَ تَزحَفُ إِذ

    قد حانَ فَتحُ البَلدَةِ الكُبرى

    marching with all who stand by you, for

    the time has come to take the great city.

  17. أَربابُنا طُرًّا قدِ انفَّقُوا

    ولِقَولِ هِيرَا أَذعَنُوا طُرَّا

    Our gods have now all agreed,

    and all have yielded to Hera's word.

  18. وعلى بَنِى الطُّروَادِ زَفسُ قَضَى

    بالوَيلِ فاخبُر أمرَهُ خُبرا

    And against the sons of Troy Zeus has decreed

    woe; so know his command well.

  19. وحَذارِ أَن تَنقادَ للوَسَنِ ال

    حالي فَتَنسَى بَعدَهُ قَسرا

    And beware of yielding to the drowsiness

    so sweet, lest afterward you forget against your will.”