البيتيون بأمر ليطس — Suleyman Al Boustani

البِيُتيونَ بأَمرِ ليطُسِ

إِفرُوثُوينُورٍ وفِينيلاَوُسٍ

The Boeotians, under the command of Leitus,

Prothoenor and Peneleos,

وأَركَسِيلانٍ وإِكلُورِينُسِ

وبَعضُهُم من أَهلِ وَعرِ أُولِسِ

And Arcesilaus and Clonius;

Some were people of rugged Aulis,

إِغرَايَ إِسكُولُن سَخِينُس هِيرِيا

ومن هضابٍ زِدنَ في إِتيُونِيا

Graea, Scolus, Schoenus, and Hyria,

And of the rising hills in Eteonus,

وثَسبِيَا وسهلِ مِيكاليسا

هرمَةَ إِيرِثرِيَةٍ إِيليسا

And Thespia and the plain of Mycalessus,

Harma, Erythrae, and Eilesium.

وبعضُهُم من قَوم إِيلِيُونا

أُو كالِيا هِيلا وفِيتيُونا

Some were people of Eleon,

Ocalea, Hyle, and Peteon,

ومِيديُونا زاهِرِ المَقامِ

كذَاكَ ثِسبا مَجمَع الحَمامِ

And Medeon, with its flourishing abode;

Likewise Thisbe, gathering place of doves,

وكُوفَسٍ كُورُونيا أَترِيسِسِ

وهالِيَرتا رَوضَةِ المُستَأنِس

And Copae, Coronea, and Eutresis,

And Haliartus, a garden of delight,

وهيفثُيِبِسِ المَباني الشَتَّة

ومن فَلاطيا وإِغليسَنتا

And Hypothebes, with its scattered buildings,

And from Plataea and Glisas,

وقُدسِ أُنخِستا التي فيها زَكَت

غابُ أَفلُّونَ التي تبارَكَت

And holy Onchestus, where flourished

The blessed groves of Apollo,

وأرنِيا ذَاتش الكُرُومِ المُخصِبه

وميدِيا ونِيسَةَ المُقَرَّبَه

And Arne, rich in fertile vineyards,

And Midea and favored Nisa,

ومُنتَهى البُلدانِ أَنثِيدُونا

وقد أَتَوا في سُفُنٍ خَمسينا

And Anthedon, the farthest of the towns.

They came in fifty ships,

كلٌ بها عِشرُونض شَهماً ومِئَه

من فِتيَةٍ مُقدِمَةٍ مُلَبِّئه

Each bearing twenty brave men and a hundred

Of bold, lionhearted youths.

وأسفلِيذُونَ وأُرخُومِينُ

من مِينُسٍ قَيلُهُما يَلمِينُ

And Aspledon and Orchomenus,

Of Minyas—their prince Ialmenus,

كذا أًَخوهُ عَسقَلافُ جَهَّزَا

فُلكاً ثلاثينَ عَليها بَرَزا

And his brother Ascalaphus, equipped

Thirty ships, on which they set forth.

لآرِسٍ فَرعانِ بالخِفاءِ

وَأَستيُوخا الغادَةِ العَذراءِ

Two sons of Ares, born in secret,

And of Astyoche, the lovely virgin,

بِقَصرِ أَكتُرَ بنِ آزياهُما

قد وُلِدا بعد القِرانِ لهما

In the palace of Actor, son of Azeus, the two

Were born after their parents' union,

من بَعدِ أَن ساقَ اشتدَادُ الحُبِّ

لِخدرِها القاصي إِلاهَ الحَربِ

After the ardor of love had drawn

The god of war to her secluded chamber.

وقَومُ فُوقِيا بأَربَعِينا

سَفينةً يُسرى البِيُوتِّيينا

And the people of Phocis, with forty

Ships, to the Boeotians' left,

جَمِيعُها سَوداءُ فيها يَرؤُسُ

اَفسِتَرُوفُوسُ وإِسخِيذِيُسُ

All black; commanding aboard them were

Epistrophus and Schedius,

كلاهما ابنا ذِي العُلى إِيفِيتُس

فَرعِ نَبُولس قد أَتو من دَولِس

Both sons of exalted Iphitus,

Son of Naubolus; they came from Daulis,

ووَعرِفِيثُسٍ ومن فانُوفَةِ

وَقُدسِ إِكرِيسا وقِيبارِيسَةِ

And rugged Pytho, and from Panopeus,

And holy Crisa and Cyparissus,

وأَنِمُورِيا وهِيَّمبُولِسِ

ومن قَفِيسَ الساحِلِ المقدَّسِ

And Anemoreia and Hyampolis,

And from the sacred bank of Cephisus.

وفِئةٌ من نَهرِ لِيلايا أَتَت

وغادَرَت ضِفَافَهُ بما ازدَهَت

A company came from Lilaea's river,

Leaving its banks in all their splendor.

وقومُ لُقرِيا بأَربَعِينا

سَفِينةً جاؤُا مُسَلَّحينا

And the people of Locris, with forty

Ships, came armed,

بأَمرِ آياسَ بنِ وِيلا الفائِقِ

بطَعنهِ كلَّ سُرى الأَغارِقِ

Under Ajax, son of Oileus, who surpassed

All the Greek nobles with his spear-thrusts.

وَهوَ أَخُو الخِفَّةِ في الشُّجعانِ

لأمَتُهُ دِرعٌ من الكتَّانِ

He possessed swiftness among the brave;

His armor was a corselet of linen.

لَكِنَّهُ لدَى أَياسَ القَرمِ

إِبنِ تِلامُونض صغيرُ الجِسمِ

But beside Ajax the champion,

Son of Telamon, he was small in body.

وجُندُهُ مِن قِينُسٍ أُوفُنطَةِ

قليارُسٍ بِيسا ومن إسكَرفَةِ

His troops were from Cynus and Opus,

Calliarus, Bessa, and from Scarphe,

كذاك من تَرفا ومن إِثرُونُسِ

على ضفافِ نَهرِ بُوَّغريُسِ

Likewise from Tarphe and from Thronium,

On the banks of the river Boagrius,

وأوجيا ذاتِ الرِّياض المُؤنِسَه

ممَّا وراءَ أُوبِيا المُقَدَّسَه

And Augeae, with its delightful meadows,

From beyond sacred Euboea.

وجُندُ أُوبِيا بأَربَعينا

سَفينةً سَوداءَهُم آتُونا

And the troops of Euboea, with forty

Black ships of theirs, came to us.

وهُم جَميعاً عُصبةُ الأَبانِتَه

ذَوِي القُوَى المُجَرَّباتِ الثَّابِتَه

They were all the company of the Abantes,

Possessing proven, steadfast strength.

مَوطِنُهم هِستيَةُ الأَبانِتَه

والبلدِ المعمورِ في دِيومِ

Their home was Histiaea of the Abantes,

And the inhabited town at Dium,

كذاك إِيرترِيَةٌ الكُرومِ

وفُرضَةٌ بَحرِيَّةٌ فِرِنثِسُ

Likewise Eretria with its vineyards,

And Cerinthus, a harbor by the sea,

ومن كَرِستةٍ ومن سِتيرا

دانُوا إلى أَمرِ أَلِيفينُورا

And from Carystus and from Styra.

They obeyed the command of Elephenor,

وَهوَ ابنُ خَلكُودُونَ عالي الجَنبِ

أميرِهِم من نَسلِ رَبِّ الحَربِ

Son of Chalcodon, of lofty bearing,

Their prince, descended from the god of war.

وهم ذَوُون الغدائرِ المُستَرسِله

تَلَوهُ بالبأس وفَرطِ العَجلَه

With their flowing locks,

They followed him with valor and great haste,

يَبغُونَ شَقَّ الصَّدرِ بالدُّرُوعِ

بأَسَلٍ عالِيَةِ الفُرُوعِ

Seeking to cleave breasts through armor

With spears of towering shafts.

وجُهِزّت سَفائنٌ خَمسُونا

مَصبُوغَةٌ سَوداءُ من آثِينا

And fifty ships were fitted out,

Painted black, from Athens,

أَلمَوطِنِ البهيِّ لابنِ الأَرضِ

مُرِيدِ آثينا وصافي العِرضِ

The splendid home of the son of Earth,

Athena's devoted follower, of unsullied honor,

رَبيبِها المَأثُورِ إيرِخثَاوُسِ

في الهَيكَلِ المَعمُورِ بالنَّفَائِسِ

Her celebrated fosterling Erechtheus,

In the temple filled with precious treasures,

حَيثُ بِحَولِ الحَولِ فِتيانُهُمُ

حُبًّا بها يُذبَحُ قُربانُهُمُ

Where, year after year, their youths

Have their offerings slaughtered out of love for her.

يَرؤُسُها أَمهَرُ هادٍ يَهدِي

يومَ النِّزال عَجَلاتِ الجُندِ

Their commander was the most skillful guide in directing,

On battle day, the army's chariots,

ويَنظِمُ القَومَ ذَوي التُّرُوسِ

وهوَ مِنِستِسُ بنُ فِيتيُوسِ

And ordering the men who bore shields:

Menestheus, son of Peteos.

لم يَحكِهِ من دونِ نَسطُورَ أَحَد

بل فاقهُ نَسطُورُ سِنًّا وانفَرَد

None matched him except Nestor;

Yet Nestor alone surpassed him in age.

وجُهِّزَت مَراكِبٌ إِثنا عَشَر

فيها أَياسُ بنُ تِلامونَ أَمَر

And twelve vessels were fitted out,

Commanded by Ajax, son of Telamon.

وقد أَتَت في قَومِ سالامِينا

وَوَلِيَت فُلكَ الأَثِينيِّيينا

They came bearing the people of Salamis,

And took their place beside the Athenians' ships.

وجُندُ أَرغُس ماسِسٍ إِيُّونا

وأَترِزِينا ثمَّ هَرمِيُّونا

And the troops of Argos, Mases, and Eion,

And Troezen, then Hermione,

كذا إِيجِينا وآسينا التي

على خَليجٍ ثمَّ هَرمِيُّونا

Likewise Aegina and Asine, which lay

On a gulf; then Hermione,

كذاكَ إيجِينا وآسِينا التي

على خَلِيجٍ قِدماً شُيِّدَتِ

Likewise Aegina and Asine, which

Had long ago been built upon a gulf.

جَمِيعُهُم من فِتيةِ اليُونانِ

قُيُولهم ذِيُومِذُ الطِعانِ

All were youths of Greece;

Their chiefs were Diomedes the spearfighter,

وإِستِنِيلُ بنُ قَفَانُوسَ الجَري

كذاك أُريالُ بنُ ميكِستَ السَّري

And bold Sthenelus, son of Capaneus,

Likewise noble Euryalus, son of Mecisteus,

مَن نِسبةً يُعزى لطالَيُونا

وشِدَّةً يَحكي المُخَلَّدِينا

Who traced his lineage to Talaus

And resembled the immortals in strength.

سُفُنُهم سُودٌ ثمانُون وَقَد

ولَّوا ذِيُومذَ الأَميرَ المُعتَمَد

Their ships were eighty, black; and they

Entrusted command to Diomedes, their reliable prince.

ووافِدُوا مِيكيِنيا البهيَّه

وأُرنِيا قُورِنشُسَ الغَنيَّه

And those arriving from splendid Mycenae,

And Orneae and wealthy Corinth,

وقومُ هِيفيريسيا فلينا

كذَاكَ من دِيارِ غُونُوِيسَه

And the people of Hyperesia and Phlius,

Likewise from the dwellings of Gonoessa,

وقُطرِ هِيليقَا وما قد جاوَرَه

كذاك إِغيالا البلادِ العامرَه

And the district of Helice and its neighboring lands,

Likewise Aegialus, the thriving country,

وأَرضَ سِكيُونا التي فيها حَكَم

أَذرَستُ أَوَّلاً على تِلكَ الأُمَم

And the land of Sicyon, where

Adrastus first ruled over those peoples:

جميعُهُم جاؤُا على فُلكٍ مِيَه

بِهمَّةٍ على الجَمِيعِ مُربيَه

All came aboard a hundred ships,

With zeal surpassing everyone else's.

وهُم أَجلُّ القَومِ بأساً وعَدَد

بِهِم أَغامَمنُونُ بالأَمر انفَرَد

They were greatest in valor and number;

Agamemnon alone commanded them.

قد ماس بالشِّكَةِ بافتِخارِ

لما حَوى من عِظَم اقتِدارِ

He strode proudly in his armor,

For the immense power he possessed.

بِسُفُنٍ سِتِّينَ جُندُ ميسه

أَرضِ الحَمام وكذا فَاريسَه

In sixty ships came the troops of Messe,

Land of doves, and likewise Pharis,

وَوَعرِ لَقدَمُونِيا العَمِيقَه

كذا سُرى إِسبَرطَةَ الأَنيقَه

And rugged, deeply hollowed Lacedaemon,

Likewise the nobles of elegant Sparta,

بَريسيا كَذا هِلُوسِ البَحرِ

وأُوجِيا ذاتِ ابتِسامِ الثَّغرِ

Bryseae, and likewise seaside Helos,

And Augeae, with its smiling harbor,

أَوتيليا أَمِكلِيا ولاَءَسِ

دانت إلى أَخيهِ مِينيلاَوُسِ

Oetylus, Amyclae, and Laas.

They obeyed his brother Menelaus.

في عُزلَةٍ يُهَيَئُونَ العُدَّه

ونفَسُهُ بَينَهُمُ مُشتَدَّه

Apart, they prepared their equipment,

And his spirit burned fiercely among them,

يَستَنهِضُ الهِمَّاتِ والحَمِيَّه

للذَّبِّ عن هِيلانَةَ المَسبِيَّه

Rousing their resolve and ardor

To defend captive Helen.

جيرينِيا بَطَلُها المَشهورُ

والفارِسُ السَّامي النُّهى نَسطُورُ

Gerenia's celebrated champion,

The horseman of lofty wisdom, Nestor,

سُفُنُهُ كَبيرةٌ تِسعينا

كانَت بها جاءَ معَ الباقينا

Had ninety great ships;

In them he came with the others,

بِقَومِ فِيلُوسَ وإِيفيجِينيا

قيفارِسٍ فَتِيليا آرينِيا

With the people of Pylos and Ephigenia,

Cyparisseis, Pteleon, and Arene,

وأَرضِ مَجرى أَلفَسٍ ثِريُونا

وآفِيا العُظمى هِلُس دُريُونا

And Thryon, the land along the Alpheus,

And great Aepy, Helos, and Dorion,

حَيثُ لِنَسلِ زَفسٍ القِيانِ

ثَامِيرِسٌ قد لاحَ باطمِئنانِ

Where, before Zeus's daughters, the songstresses,

Thamyris appeared in confidence,

يَعُودُ من منزِلِ أفرِيتيسَ مِن

أُوخاليا وَغَيظُهُنَّ مُكتَمِن

Returning from the house of Aphrytes, from

Oechalia, while their anger lay concealed.

لأَنهُ ادَّعى بإِحسانِ النَّغَم

أَكثرَ منهنَّ ومن كُلِّ الأُمَم

For he claimed skill in melody

Greater than theirs and that of all peoples.

ضَرَبنَهُ بِكَيدِهنَّ بالعَمى

ثم استَلَبنَ من حِجاهُ النَّغَما

They struck him blind through their cunning,

Then stole melody from his mind.

أَنسَينَهُ نَفَائِسَ الأَشعارِ

ومَهنَةَ الضَّربِ على القِيثارِ

They made him forget the treasures of poetry

And the craft of playing the lyre.

وقَومُ أَرقادِيَةَ الآتُونا

من لِحفِ طَودٍ أَجَدٍ كِيلينا

And the people of Arcadia who came

From the foot of massive Mount Cyllene,

بِقربِ قَبرِ أَفتِيُس مَن فازُوا

حَيثُ بدا يومَ الوَغى البِرازُ

Near the tomb of Aepytus, men who prevailed

Where combat arose on battle day,

وأهلُ أَرخُومِينِسٍ ذاتِ النَّعَم

كذَا أَنِسفا حَيثُ هَبَّاتُ النَّسَم

And the people of Orchomenus, rich in livestock,

Likewise Enispe, where breezes blow,

وَرِيفِيا سِتراتِيا وفِينيا

كذاكَ إِستمفالسٍ مَنتِينيا

And Rhipae, Stratia, and Pheneus,

Likewise Stymphalus and Mantinea,

وتِيجِيا فَرَّاسِيا يَقُودُهُم

أَغافَنُورُ أَنكَوُس عَمِيدُهُم

And Tegea and Parrhasia; leading them was

Agapenor of Ancaeus, their chieftain.

وهُم صَنادِيدُ مُحَنَّكُونا

جاؤُا على سَفائنٍ سَبعينا

They were seasoned champions,

Who came aboard seventy ships.

أرسَلَها أترِيذُ عَوناً لَهُمُ

إذ جَهِلُوا صِناعَةَ الفُلكِ هُمُ

Atreides sent them as assistance,

For they did not know the craft of ships.

ومَن بأَرضٍ وَلَيت هِرمينِيا

أَليسِيا والوَعرَ في أُولِينيا

And those in the land adjoining Hyrmine,

Elis, and the rugged country in Olenia,

بفُرَاسِيا ثم الأَلِيذا الواسعَه

كذاكَ مِرسِينُوسَ تلكَ الشاسِعَه

In Buprasium, then broad Elis,

Likewise Myrsinus, that far-reaching land:

كُلُّهُمُ من إِيفِيا قد رَكِبا

وقد أَعَدُّوا أَربَعِين مَركَبا

All from Epeia had embarked,

And they had prepared forty vessels.

لكُلِّ عَشرَةٍ أَميرٌ يرؤُسُ

غِبنُ عَمارِنقا الفتى ذِيُورِسُ

For each ten, a prince commanded:

Young Diores, son of Amarynceus,

كذا ابنُ أَقطِياطَ ثَلفيُوسُ

وأَمفِماخُ الفارِسُ العَبُوسُ

Likewise Thalpius, son of Cteatus,

And Amphimachus, the stern horseman,

إِبنُ أُرِيتَ المُنتَمِي لأَكتُرِ

كذا فُلِكسِينُ الحقيقُ المَخبَرِ

Son of Eurytus, descended from Actor;

Likewise Polyxenus, of proven mettle,

إِبنُ أَغَستِينَ بنِ أَفغِياسا

ذي الطَّولِ والكُلُّ تسامى باسا

Son of Agasthenes, son of Augeas,

The bountiful; all rose high in valor.

وميجسُ الذي أَتى مهزوما

قِدماً إلى دِيارِ دُولِخيُوما

And Meges, who had come defeated

Long ago to the dwellings of Dulichium,

غَيظاً على أَبيهِ فيلاوُسَ مَن

كان حبيبَ زَفسَ في ماضي الزَّمَن

Angry with his father Phyleus, who

Had been beloved of Zeus in former times,

بأَربَعينَ مَركباً سَوداءَ

بقومِ من يلي أَلِيذا جاءَ

With forty black vessels

Came with people from near Elis,

من جُزُرٍ قُدسِيَّةِ الدِّيارِ

قاصِيَةٍ في شاسِعِ البحارِ

From islands with sacred abodes,

Remote in the wide seas,

بإِيخناذَةٍ غدَت مشهورَه

ودُلخِيُومَ البلدَةِ المعموره

Which became famous as the Echinades,

And Dulichium, the inhabited town.

ومن يُحاكي زَفسَ بالرَّأي الأَغَر

أُذِيسُ في مرَاكبٍ إِثنَي عَشَر

And he who resembled Zeus in illustrious counsel,

Odysseus, in twelve vessels,

من صَفحَتَيها صُبِغَت بالأَحمَرِ

اَتى بها بما لَهُ من عَسكَرِ

Painted red on both their sides,

Came with the troops he possessed,

من قَومِ إِيتاكا وكيفالِينِيا

ذاتِ السُّرى البُهمِ وإِكرُوكِيليا

From the people of Ithaca and Cephallenia,

Of stalwart nobles, and Crocylea,

ومن أَغِيلِيفا ومن زاكِنثُسِ

وعِبرِها ونِيرِتُس وسامُسِ

And from Aegilips and from Zacynthus,

And across from it, Neritus and Samos.

وأَربَعُونَ مَركَباً سُوداً أَتَت

بقَومِ إِيتُولِيَةٍ مِمَّن حَوَت

And forty black vessels came

With the people whom Aetolia embraced,

من أُولنُس ووَعِر كالِيدُونا

والثَّغرِ خَلكِيسَ وإِفلُورُونا

From Olenus and rugged Calydon,

And the harbor of Chalcis and Pleuron,

كذاك منمُقَاتِلي فِيلينا

زَعِيمُهُم ثُوَاسُ قد بادُوا

Likewise from the warriors of Pylene.

Their chief was Thoas; they had perished.

وَجُندُ إِقرِيطِشَ ذاتِ المِئِةِ

مَدِينةٍ بإِيذُمِينٍ َأتَتِ

And the troops of Crete, with its hundred

Cities, came with Idomeneus,

مَليكِهِم والطاعنِ الشَّدِيدِ

كذاك مِريُونَ الفتى العَنيدِ

Their king and mighty spearfighter,

Likewise Meriones, the headstrong youth.

جاؤُوا من المدَائِنِ الكِبارِ

غُرطِينةَ المتينَةِ الحِصارِ

They came from the great cities:

Gortyn, with its strong defenses,

إِغنُوسَةٍ مِيليتُسٍ ولِكتُسِ

لِيكَستُسٍ ريتيةٍ وَفَستُسِ

Cnossus, Miletus, and Lyctus,

Lycastus, Rhytium, and Phaestus,

وقَومُهُم من سائِرِ البِلادِ

على ثمَانِينَ أَتَوا عِدادِ

And their people from the remaining lands;

They came on eighty ships in number.

وتِسعُ سُفنٍ بِجُنُودِ رُودُسِ

من لِندُسٍ غِيليسُسٍ كَامِيرُسِ

And nine ships bore the troops of Rhodes,

From Lindus, Ialysus, and Camirus,

من كُلِّ لَيثٍ للوغى مُندَفِقِ

قد قُسِمُوا إِلى ثَلاثِ فِرَقِ

Each man a lion rushing into battle.

They were divided into three companies.

وابنُ هِرَقلَ قَيلُهَا الكَبيرُ

أَطلُوفُليمُ الطاعِنُ المشهورُ

The son of Heracles was their great prince,

Tlepolemus, the renowned spearfighter.

وأَستِيُوخا أُمَّهُ من إِيفِرس

سَبى أَبُوهُ في ضِفَافِ سِلَّيس

And Astyoche, his mother, from Ephyra,

His father captured on the banks of Selleis,

لمَّا غَزا مَدائِناً عَظِيمَه

فيها بنو زَفسِ العُلى مُقِيمَه

When he attacked great cities

Where the sons of exalted Zeus dwelt.

فظَلَّ أَبِيهِ لِكمِنيُّوسَ قَتَل

وكانَ ذاكَ الشيخُ قارَبَ الأَجَل

Then he slew Licymnius, his father's protector;

That old man had drawn near death.

ففَرَّ من أَبنائِهِ وحَفَدَهِ

بالبَحرِ في أَتباعِهِ وعُدَدِه

He fled from his sons and grandsons,

By sea, with his followers and equipment,

حتَّى إِذا عانى مَشقَّاتِ الأَسَى

دَفَعَهُ البحرُ لأَرضِ رُودُسا

Until, after suffering grievous hardships,

The sea carried him to the land of Rhodes.

جَعلَها ثلاثةً أَقساماً

بكُلِّ قِسمِ فِئةٍ أَقاما

He made it into three divisions,

Settling a company in each division.

وَزَفسُ رَبُّ الخَلقِ قَسَّامُ القِسَم

أَولاهُمُ الوُدَّ وأَجزَلَ النِّعِم

And Zeus, lord of creation, allotter of destinies,

Bestowed affection and abundant blessings upon them.

وفي ثلاثٍ بِبَنِي سِيما أَتى

إِبنُ شَرُوفُسٍ وأَغلايا الفتى

And in three ships, with the sons of Syme, came

The young son of Charopus and Aglaia,

نِيرِيُسٌ أَجملُ أَهلِ الحَملةِ

غِلاَّ ابنَ فيلا القَرمَ عالي الهِمَّةِ

Nireus, the handsomest of the expedition,

Except Peleus's son, the lofty-hearted champion.

لكنَّهُ طَبعاً ضَعيفُ الباسِ

ولم يَكُن الابِنَزرِ النَّاسِ

But by nature he was weak in valor,

And had with him only a few men.

وفي ثلاثينَ مَلا فِيلبُّسِ

وَأَنطِفُوسٍ وَلَدَي ثَسَّالُسِ

And thirty were filled by Pheidippus

And Antiphus, the two sons of Thessalus,

مَن كانَ مِن رَهطِ الهِرَقلِييِّنا

من جُزرِ كالِدنِيَةٍ آتُونا

Who belonged to the race of Heracles,

Coming from the Calydnian islands,

ونِيسِرُس إِكرانَثُس كَاسُوسِ

كذاكَ أَرضِ اُورِفيلُس كُوسِ

And Nisyros, Carpathus, and Casos,

Likewise Cos, the land of Eurypylus.

تَتلُوهُمُ أَرغُوسَةُ الفَلاسِجَه

بسفُنٍ خَمسين سارت هائِجَه

Following them was Pelasgian Argos,

With fifty ships sailing fiercely.

قد عُرِفوا باسمِ الهلانِيِّينا

او مِرمِدُونٍ أو أَخائِيينا

They were known by the name of Hellenes,

Or Myrmidons, or Achaeans,

مَع أَهلِ آلُوفا وإِطراخِينا

وإِفثِيا ثمَّ الأُلُوسِيّينا

With the people of Alope and Trachis,

And Phthia, then the Olusinians,

كذا هِلاَسَ مَوطنِ الحِسانِ

زَعيمُهُم آخيلُ عالي الشَّانِ

Likewise Hellas, home of lovely women.

Their chief was Achilles, of lofty renown.

قد غادَرَ الحربَ بما قد آلى

فاعتزَلُوا الكِفاحَ والنِّزالا

He had left the war because of his oath,

So they withdrew from fighting and battle.

وظَلَّ عندَ الفُلكِ مُشتَدَّ الأَرَق

على بَرِيسا مُضمِراً كُلَّ الحَنَق

He remained beside the ships, fiercely sleepless,

Harboring all his anger over Briseis.

وكانَ من لِرنِيسةٍ سباها

بَشَرِّ حَربٍ عَمَّمَت بَلاها

He had taken her captive from Lyrnessus

In a terrible war whose affliction spread everywhere.

ودَكَّ ثِيبَةٍ وفَرعِي إِيبِنُس

جَنَدَل مِينيساً وإِيفِستَرُفُس

He razed Thebe, and the two sons of Euenus

He felled: Mynes and Epistrophus,

الباسِلَينِ من بني سِيلِفيُسِ

فظَلَّ نائِياً بذاك المَجلِسِ

The two valiant men of Selepius's line.

So he remained aloof in that gathering;

لكنَّهُ بُعَيدَ هذي المُدَّه

يَنهَضُ للحرب بكُلِّ شِدَّه

But shortly after this interval

He would rise to war with all his might.

بَني فِلاقا وفِراسا الخَضرا

قُدسِ ذِميتيرا الرياضِ الغَرَّا

The sons of Phylace and green Pyrasus,

Sacred to Demeter, with gleaming meadows,

وجندَ إِفتِيلُونَ ذَاتِ الزَّهرِ

وأَنتَرُونَ فَوقَ جُرفِ البَحرِ

And the troops of flower-rich Pteleon,

And Antron above the sea-cliff,

وأَهلَ إِيتُونا الوَفِيرَةِ النَّعَم

بأَربعين مَركَباً سُوداً نَظَم

And the people of Iton, abundant in livestock,

In forty black vessels were arrayed

إِفرُوطِسيلاسُ الفتى المِحرابُ

لكنَّهُ قد ضَمَّهُ التُّرابُ

By Protesilaus, the warlike youth;

But the earth had already embraced him.

وَهوَ ابنُ إِيفكلُوسَ صاحِب الغَنَم

إِبنِ فِلاخُسَ بنِ آرِيسَ النِّقم

He was the son of Iphiclus, keeper of sheep,

Son of Phylacus, son of vengeful Ares.

قد كانَ أَوَّلَ الصَّنادِيدِ الأُولى

على العِدى انقَضُّوا فأَلفى الأَجَلا

He had been the first of the champions who

Swooped upon the enemy, and met his death.

وفي فِلاقا بَيتُهُ لم يَكمُلِ

وعِرسُهُ تَبكِيهِ مِلءَ المُقَلِ

In Phylace his house remained unfinished,

And his wife mourned him with eyes full of tears.

وجُندُهُ بفَرطِ حُزنِهِم لَقَد

وَلَّوا فُذَرقُساً أَخاهُ المُعتَمَد

His troops, in their overwhelming grief,

Appointed his trusted brother Podarces.

لكِنَّهُ أَقلُّ حُسناً وكِبَر

وإِن يَكُن مِمَّن بِبَأسِهِ اشتَهَر

But he was less handsome and younger,

Though among those renowned for their valor.

وأهلُ بِيبِيا وإِغلامِيرا

وهَورِبيبياسَ ثمَّ فِيرا

And the people of Boebe and Glaphyrae,

And Lake Boebeis, then Pherae:

سُفُنُهُم أَتَينَ إِحدى عَشرَه

أَفمِيلُ أَذمِيتَ وليُّ الإِمرَه

Their ships came, eleven in number.

Eumelus of Admetus held command,

وَهوَ ابنُ أَلكِستا مَجِيدَةِ النِّسَا

أَجمَلَهِنَّ بِبنَاتِ فَليَسا

The son of Alcestis, noblest of women,

The fairest among the daughters of Pelias.

بسبع فلكٍ أهلُ أُولِيزُونا

ثُوماكِيا مِيليبِيا مِثيُونا

In seven ships came the people of Olizon,

Thaumacia, Meliboea, and Methone.

زَعيمُها فِيلُكتِتيسُ النَّابِلُ

كُلٌّ بِخَمسينَ أَتَت تُنَاضِلُ

Their chief was Philoctetes the archer;

Each brought fifty fighting bowmen.

جَمِيعُهُم فاقُوا بضَربِ النَّبلِ

لكِنَّ مَولاهُم شَتِيتُ الشَّملِ

All excelled in shooting arrows;

But their lord was separated from them,

يلقى بِلِمنُوسَ عَنا النَّكالِ

مُلقًى بِجُرحِ حَيَّةٍ عُضالِ

Suffering grievous torment on Lemnos,

Abandoned with a crippling snake-wound.

وسَوفَ يَذكُرُونَهُ طُرّاً على

سُفُنُهِم وَهوَ يُقاسي العِلَلا

They would all remember him aboard

Their ships, while he suffered his ailments.

شقَّ عَلَيهِم أَمرُهُ كَثيرا

لكنَّهُم رامُوا لهم أَمِيرا

His plight weighed heavily upon them,

But they sought a commander for themselves.

لذاكَ ولَّوا أَمرَهُم مِيدُونا

إِبنَ سِفاحِ وِيلُسٍ ورِينا

Thus they entrusted their command to Medon,

The illegitimate son of Oileus and Rhene.

وجُندُ إِترِمكا وإِيتُومَ الأَصَم

أُوخالِيا حيث أُريتُ قد حَكَم

And the troops of Tricca and rocky Ithome,

And Oechalia, where Eurytus had ruled,

بإمرَةِ ابنَي أَسقَلِيبَ الآسي

مَخَاوُنٍ وفُولَذِيرِ الباسِ

Under the two sons of Asclepius the healer,

Machaon and valiant Podalirius,

أَشهرُ مَن اتقَنَ عِلمَ الطِّبِّ

على ثلاثِينَ جَرَوا للحَربِ

The most renowned masters of medicine,

Sailed to war on thirty ships.

وجَيشُ أَرمينا كَذا أَستِيرِيا

وأَرض مجرى السَّيلِ في هِيفيرِيا

And the army of Ormenium, likewise Asterium,

And the land of flowing streams in Hypereia,

وشامِخِ الطِّيطانِ مُبيَضِّ القُمَم

بأَربَعينَ مَركباً سُوداً عَزَم

And lofty Titanus, with whitened summits,

Set forth in forty black vessels.

وأُورفِيلُ بينهم زَعيمُ

إِبنُ أَبِيمُونَ الفتى العَظِيمُ

Eurypylus was their chief,

The great youth, son of Euaemon.

وجُندُ أَرغِيسا وأُولُوسُونا

أُرثا وغِرتُونا وإِيليُونا

And the troops of Argissa and Oloosson,

Orthe, Gyrtone, and Elone:

فُولِيفِتٌ زَعيمُها ذو البأسِ

إِبنُ فِريثُؤُّس سليلِ زَفَسِ

Their chief was mighty Polypoetes,

Son of Pirithous, descendant of Zeus.

وَهوَ ابنُ هِيفوُذامِيا الحَسناءِ

قد وَضَعَتهُ وأَبُوهُ ناءِي

He was the son of beautiful Hippodamia,

Who bore him while his father was far away,

يقتصُّ من مَرَدَةِ القَناطِرَه

ويلتقيهم بالنِّبالِ الماطرَه

Taking vengeance upon the rebellious Centaurs

And meeting them with a rain of arrows.

طَرَدَهُم مِن أَرضِ فِيليُونا

إلى شَوامِخِ الأَثيكيِّينا

He drove them from the land of Pelion

To the lofty heights of the Aethices.

لم يَنفَرِد فُولِيفِتٌ بالاَمر بَل

لِيُنتُسُ ابنُ آرِسٍ مَعهُ استقل

Polypoetes did not command alone; rather,

Leonteus, son of Ares, shared command with him,

إِبنُ كرُولُنٍ سَليلِ كِينا

بسُفُنٍ سَوداءَ اَربَعينا

Son of Coronus, descendant of Caeneus,

With forty black ships.

وغُونِيُس بجُندِ كِيفُوسَ على

مَراكِبَ اثنَينِ وعِشرينَ تَلاَ

And Guneus, with the troops of Cyphus, aboard

Twenty-two vessels, followed,

بِفِتيَةِ الإِينانِ والفَرِيبَه

مما يلي دُودُونَةَ القَريبَه

With the youths of the Enienes and Perrhaebi,

From the country beside nearby Dodona,

ومن رُبى جَدولِ طِيطارِسيُسِ

ذاكَ الذِي يَنصَبُّ في فِينُيسِ

And from the hills of the stream Titaresius,

Which pours into the Peneius,

بمَوجِهِ الفِضِيِّ لا يَمتَزِجُ

إِذ ذاكَ من لُجّ الستِّكسِ يَخرُجُ

But does not mingle with its silvery waves,

For it issues from the depths of Styx,

من السِتكسِ مُثقلِ الأَيمانِ

لِذا طَفا كالزَّيتِ للعيانِ

From Styx, laden with oaths;

Thus it visibly floats like oil.

ثمَّ فُرُوثُو بنُ تَنثرِيدُونا

بمن أَتى مِن غابِ فِيليُونا

Then Prothous, son of Tenthredon,

With those who came from Pelion's woods

وجُرفِ فِيناوُسَ من أَهالي

مغَنِيسِيا بأَربعين تالي

And the banks of the Peneius, from the people

Of Magnesia, followed with forty ships.

فهذه اَماثِلُ البِلادِ

وجُملةُ المُلوكِ والقُوَّادِ

These, then, were the foremost men of the lands,

And the full company of kings and commanders.