1. Between my eyelids and my loved ones is a barzakh
The years of sorrow are like a faraskh

2. If I could glimpse it, I would see a houri
A maiden freeing her glance and uncovering

3. O heart, trust that the Beloved has chosen
To dwell in you and He cries out for you

4. A Lord has come down from the throne of His kingdom
Condescending, His covenant will not be broken

5. He came to us in an age of our disbelief
Reason confused, transgressors rebuked

6. He is the chosen and hoped-for God
And the humble Son of God does not lord it over others

7. This is Jesus the son of the Most High, whose resolve
Has armed him with a piercing lance

8. He stretched out his right hand from atop the cross
His left hand stained with his blood

9. Until, when he killed the transgressors with his agony
And his side was pierced with the spear

10. The new tomb embraced him by his command
For everything an end that cannot be undone

11. On the third day he rose by his own power
And by his judgment without a trumpet sounding

12. Victorious, dominant, and triumphing
Over his enemy, he is the firmest conqueror

13. He descended from the sight of the soil of life
And the sun hides from his brilliance and is unmade

14. The universe shone on the eve of his tomb
Marvel at an occident that became a brilliant orient

15. The bringers of good tidings appeared suddenly
Calling, and Adam soiled by tribulation

16. Adam startled at the tidings they brought
Which he did not expect when they cried out

17. He called his sons, the prophephets and the saints
For tidings that stirred him to his core

18. The sun of guidance rose upon them unexpectedly
In a place that had been dark to them

19. God is one Lord in His essence
And in His nature, and creatures bow down before Him

20. Father, Son, Holy Spirit from them both
His hypostasis pleasing to those who do not rebel

21. The Son fulfilled as savior from Mary
So our salvation from her is pleasing and well-prepared

22. The highest heavens were too narrow for Him
Yet Mary's womb was a spacious earth

23. She became pregnant with Him by a wondrous mystery
Among mankind, her honor unstained

24. Marvel at a fire held by a palm branch
That did not burn and its branches are unharmed

25. For God is a fire that dwelt in her womb
And her seal remains unmoved and undefiled

26. Therefore she is distinguished with praise
Surely by her praise Satan is utterly disgraced

27. Whoever plays with diversions, desiring them
Instead of praising her is deaf and wretched

28. My love for her inspires the meanings describing her
And casts them into verse, for praising her is the barzakh for me