1. واذكروا هجرةَ المسيح صبيًّا

    هارباً من مقتل الصبيان

    And remember Christ's flight as a child,

    fleeing the slaughter of the boys,

  2. يومَ وافى جبريلُ مريمَ ليلاً

    مُرسلاً من مدبر الاكوانِ

    when Gabriel came to Mary by night,

    sent by the Ruler of the worlds,

  3. قائلاً قومي غادري بيت لحمٍ

    واحذري بالصب غبَّ التواني

    saying, “Rise, leave Bethlehem,

    and beware the consequences of delay for the child.”

  4. حملَتهُ العذراءُ والنفسُ منها

    في اضطرابٍ والقلب في خفقان

    The Virgin carried him, her soul

    in turmoil, and her heart pounding.

  5. وانبرت تقطعُ القفارَ بهِ وال

    جوع والخوفَ والعناءَ تُعاني

    And she set out across the wastelands with him, while

    suffering hunger, fear, and hardship.

  6. واصلَت بابنها المسير وعنهُ

    ما ثناها في ذلك التيه ثانِ

    She continued the journey with her son; from it

    no one turned her back in that trackless wilderness.

  7. وعليها من السماء مدلاَّ

    ةٌ حواشي عناية الرحمنِ

    And over her, from heaven, hung down

    the fringes of the Most Merciful's care.

  8. وعلى مصر أقبلت واستضافت

    ها فحلت منها سويدا الجنان

    And she came to Egypt, which welcomed

    her; then she settled in its heart's dark core.

  9. وأقامت حتى دعاها ملا ال

    ربِ فاستقبلتهُ بالإِذعانِ و

    And she stayed until summoned by the angel of the

    Lord; so she received him with submission, and

  10. ورأت أن روح هيردوس السفَّا

    صارت في قبضة الشيطانِ

    saw that the soul of Herod the slaughterer

    had come into Satan's grasp.

  11. وعلى اثرها كثيرٌ أتوا مِص

    رَ من الشام بغية استيطانِ

    And in her footsteps, many came to Egypt

    from the Levant, seeking to settle.

  12. واليها نرى من الشام حتى ال

    يومَ تزجى ايانقُ الركبانِ

    And toward it, we see, from the Levant even to this

    day, the riders' she-camels being driven along.