1. What a narrow passage is not the door, but how spacious is the valley
How easy is the journey, but how guiding is the guide

2. Rise with us towards a monasticism that leads
Us towards the throne of the redeeming Creator

3. O you who travel it, strengthen your resolves
Vain is the effort of one frustrated and distracted

4. Whoever looks behind has misguided his proof
From the kingdom of the Lord and His manifest paradise

5. O a grace none has succeeded in except a few
Whoever depends on other than it is struck with rods

6. Its founder has spoken truly, his understanding is sound
His concept intelligible, his words precise

7. Sell your belongings and come to Me, you'll find in place
Of what you leave behind of wealth and children

8. This perfection which the righteous always seek
Without clothes or provisions they journey

9. Towards the eternal life that will never end
Whoever desires it walks the guided path

10. A great treasure he sees on the throne of My kingdom
Who sold his desires and chose My worshippers

11. O beauty of monasticism whose vanguards
Renounced bodily pleasures when they grew old and frail

12. It is reliance, so whoever is dyed in its hue
Sees a life that came after birth

13. It is the sacrifice, whoever sacrifices their will
Willingly for God succeeds in benefaction

14. It is martyrdom, so take it off, with it
You are honored by shedding blood more than ascetics

15. It is the guarantor, so trust O you charged with it
You have become of the chosen, ever-living

16. It is the path, so do not abandon its proof
Turning away while the Guardian protects you

17. It is the truth, so seek it you'll find deeds
Firm on pillars and pegs

18. It is life, and God's Spirit dwells within it
Whoever turns away from it contains shredded livers

19. It is loyalty, so never expect loyalty
Except through it, your religion is of demanding creditors

20. It is the intercessor, so God's door is open
Through it, and the huge door is closed, guided

21. It is the guide, and God's glory is indicated
Through it, in it I see a token of guidance

22. That is the lighthouse, the holy of holies bearing
The lights of deeds of ascetics and devout

23. It is the heaven whose joys eternally
Grow with its inhabitants in that valley

24. Antonius is a flame that illuminates its children
From the cunning of envious ones

25. Boukhmius the guide, leading in his rank
Mcaruis the guide who built it for the club

26. Simeon its lofty pillar in its beginning
Isaac who waters its guided place

27. Ephrem is its harp, his instrument in his right hand
Basilius who praised it in beautiful chant

28. Clement is a ladder to God ascending it
Ignatius its crown in knowledgeable circles

29. Its crown piercing lights, strung
By the pearl of virtues beyond material substance

30. Repel your sins with charity to purify them
With a spoken text from the Giving Creator

31. O you who sells himself to God relying
On an easy yoke that inspires a generous steed

32. The proof of asceticism is firm, through it no
Human remains immune from all hesitation

33. Grant me my God through my monasticism, discipline
And even zeal and striving without slackening

34. Until my soul feels in its transference
It reaches the rung of ascension

35. Blessed are the souls who spent their term in asceticism
But woe to the soul that came while evil ruins

36. I hoped in my Lord but I am a fearful man
When my deeds are miserable among ascetics