1. كَذا أغرَاهُ بالوَعدِ احتِيَالا

    وغادَرَهُ يرَى ما لَن يَنالا

    Thus he lured him with a promise, deceitfully,

    And left him imagining what he would never attain.

  2. فَلاحَ لهُ وَما أغوَاهُ يعلو

    بذاكَ اليَومِ إِليُونَ احتِلالا

    It seemed to him—how deluded he was!—that he would conquer

    Ilium that very day, taking possession of it.

  3. ولم يَعلَم نَوايا الرَّبِّ لَمَّا

    عَلَيهِ قَدَّرَ الحَربِ السِّجَالا

    But he did not know the god's intentions when

    The god decreed for him a war of shifting fortunes.

  4. أَعدَّ لِجُملَةِ القَومَينِ بُؤساً

    وأَرزَاءً إِذا اشتَبَكُوا اقتِتالا

    He prepared misery for both peoples alike,

    And calamities when they clashed in battle.

  5. أَفاقَ وَصَوتُ رَبِّ الطَّيفِ يَدوِي

    حَوَالَيهِ فَهَبَّ وَقَامَ حَالا

    He awoke, with the dream-god's voice resounding

    Around him; he sprang up and stood at once.

  6. تدَثَّرَ فِى شَعارٍ ذِي بهَاءٍ

    وَأردَفَ حُلَّةً تَزهُو جَمالا

    He wrapped himself in a splendid undergarment,

    And added a robe that shone with beauty.

  7. وَأَوثَقَ خِفَّه الزَّاهي وأَلقَى

    على كَتِفَيهِ سَيفاً قد تَلالا

    He fastened his splendid boot and slung

    Over his shoulders a sword that gleamed.

  8. وأمسَكَ صَولَجاناً خَالِدِياً

    لأَهلِيهِ وَنحوَ الفُلكِ مالا

    He grasped an everlasting scepter

    Belonging to his family, and turned toward the ships.

  9. وأَمَّت رَبَّةُ الفَجرِ المَعالي

    لِزَفسٍ وَالمَيامِينِ امتِثالا

    And the goddess of dawn made for the heights,

    In obedience to Zeus and the blessed ones,

  10. تُبَشِّرُهُم بِطّرِ الصُّبحِ لمَّا

    اَغامَمنُونُ بَينَ القَومِ جالا

    Announcing to them the break of dawn, when

    Agamemnon moved among the people.

  11. وَنادى في الدُّعاةِ بأَن يَصيحُوا

    بأَعلى الصَّوتِ للشُّورى ارتِحالا

    He called upon the heralds to cry out

    At the top of their voices, bidding the people set out for council.

  12. فَلَبَّوهُ وأَقبَلَتِ السَّرَايا ال

    شُّكَاةُ إِلَيهِ تَنتَضِلُ انتِضالا

    So they answered him, and the companies came,

    Armed, vying with one another to reach him.

  13. وَقَد عَقَدَ الشُّيُوخُ قُبَيلَ هذا

    بجانبِ فُلكِ نَسطُورَ احتِفالا

    The elders had already, shortly before this, held

    A gathering beside Nestor's ship.

  14. بِهِم أَترِيذُ نادَى مُستَشِيراً

    لما زَعمَوا مِنَ الأَمرِ احتِمالا

    Atreides called to them, seeking their counsel

    On what they thought possible in the matter.